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Table Be19-20 - Distribution of pre-tax money income among individuals covered on tax returns-shares received by the top percentiles: 1913-1948

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  Be19 Be20
Top 1 percent Top 5 percent
Row Year Percent Percent
1 1913 14.98 ----
2 1914 13.07 ----
3 1915 14.32 ----
4 1916 15.58 ----
5 1917 14.16 ----
6 1918 12.69 ----
7 1919 12.84 26.10
8 1920 12.34 25.76
9 1921 13.50 31.70
10 1922 13.38 30.39
11 1923 12.28 28.08
12 1924 12.91 29.06
13 1925 13.73 30.24
14 1926 13.93 30.21
15 1927 14.39 31.19
16 1928 14.94 32.06
17 1929 14.50 31.88
18 1930 13.82 30.69
19 1931 13.29 31.96
20 1932 12.90 32.12
21 1933 12.14 30.83
22 1934 12.03 29.13
23 1935 12.07 28.77
24 1936 13.37 29.26
25 1937 13.00 28.51
26 1938 11.53 27.80
27 1939 11.80 27.77
28 1940 11.89 26.83
29 1941 11.39 25.67
30 1942 10.06 22.47
31 1943 9.38 20.86
32 1944 8.58 18.68
33 1945 8.81 19.27
34 1946 8.98 19.96
35 1947 8.49 ----
36 1948 8.38 ----



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