Historical Statistics of the United States Millennial Edition Online

		Be21	Be22	Be23	Be24	Be25	Be26
		Consumer units			Household money income-ratio to median at the
		Share of money income received by		Gini coefficient	95th percentile	80th percentile	20th percentile
		Top 20 percent	Top 5 percent
Row	Year	Percent	Percent	Share	Ratio	Ratio	Ratio
1	1929	30.0	54.4	0.49	3.604	1.780	0.462
2	1935	26.5	51.7	0.47	3.451	1.871	0.494
3	1941	24.0	48.8	0.44	2.997	1.759	0.443
4	1944	20.7	45.8	0.39	2.851	1.661	0.522
5	1946	21.3	46.1	----	2.935	1.640	0.531

6	1947	20.9	46.0	0.40	2.919	1.670	0.528
7	1950	21.4	46.1	0.40	2.878	1.650	0.511
8	1951	20.7	44.9	----	2.777	1.612	0.522
9	1952	20.5	44.7	----	2.727	1.606	0.515
10	1953	19.9	44.7	----	2.788	1.620	0.511

11	1954	20.3	45.2	0.39	2.837	1.631	0.505
12	1955	20.3	45.2	----	2.849	1.615	0.521
13	1956	20.2	45.3	0.39	2.868	1.636	0.522
14	1957	20.2	45.5	----	2.892	1.650	0.514
15	1958	20.0	45.5	----	2.905	1.670	0.516

16	1959	20.0	45.6	----	2.951	1.671	0.504
17	1960	19.6	45.4	----	2.944	1.680	0.502
18	1961	19.6	45.5	----	2.941	1.690	0.499
19	1962	19.6	45.5	0.40	2.935	1.687	0.501
20	1964	20.0	45.5	----	2.837	1.700	0.472

21	1970	19.2	44.9	----	2.789	1.696	0.486
22	1971	19.1	44.6	----	2.781	1.696	0.496