PP&D 4 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, Pew Research Center

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Planning, Policy, and Design
• Course: PP&D 4
• Professor: Walter Nicholls

Document Summary

America"s shrinking middle class: a close look at changes within metropolitan areas. From 2000 to 2014 the share of adults living in middle class income fin in 203 of 209 metropolitan area examined. There is a possibility that a shrinking of the middle class may signal a movement into either lower or upper income tier. Goldsboro: an old railroad junction town and home to seymour johnson air force base. The share of adults in middle class fell form 60% in 2000 to 48% in 2014. In midland the shrinking middle class was a sign of financial gains. Shrinking middle class was accompanied by rapid growth in the share of adults in upper-income households in midland, They doubled from 18% in 2000 to 37% in 2014. Pew research center analysis study on relative size and economic well being. Share of american adults in middle- income households shrank from 61% in 1971 to.