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Wisconsin leads in shrinking middle class
http://www.wmur.com/money/the-middle-class-is-getting-smaller/31991186NEW YORK (CNNMoney) —The middle class is on the decline in every state ... in size, anyway.
The percentage of households considered middle class shrunk nationwide between 2000 and 2013, a state-by-state analysis by Pew Charitable Trusts' Stateline news site found.
Wisconsin had the biggest loss, with the share of middle class households plummeting 5.6 percentage points to 48.9 percent. In Wyoming, meanwhile, the share of middle class families slipped only 0.3 percentage points to 51.2 percent.
Stateline defines the middle class as those making between 67 percent and 200 percent of the state's median income. Most states saw median incomes fall between 2000 and 2013, an ominous sign for the well-being of the middle class.
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