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From Economic Policy Institute:

The gap between the richest and poorest families, as well as between the richest and middle-income families, grew significantly in most states over the past two decades.

A new study of the latest Census Bureau data shows that the nation's long-standing trend of growing inequality has only accelerated in the last several years, as incomes fell for poor and stagnated for middle-income families in a number of states.

Read the full-report (Pulling Apart -- A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends), the press release, and fact sheets on every state co-published by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Economic Policy Institute here.

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