The gap between the United States has set a new high in 40 years

United States Washington local time on 29 August, the United States Census Bureau published domestic family expenditure survey, 2005 to measure the average level of income distribution indicator-Gini coefficient hits new high, reaching 0.469, updated the 1967 take existing methods for statistics and the highest recorded since.

Gini coefficient is generally used to measure the average level of income distribution in an target, its numeric value between 0 and 1. Higher values indicate the average income distribution; Conversely, the less, the more the average income distribution. As of last year, the United States by the Gini coefficient has risen for three consecutive years. This is the numeric value of 0.469 hit a 40-year high.

The report shows that the United States domestic income gap continues to widen. United States the richest 20 per cent rise in the median income family 2.2 per cent, that is $ 3592 16.6 million, representing income 50.4 per cent. While the poorest 20 per cent of family income only in old rose 0.2 per cent, that is US $ 17, $ 11288, total revenue, 3.4% since the last century since the mid-1960s, the lowest proportion.

According to the United States standards, personal annual income at $ following, or four-member family annual revenues $ following is poor. According to this standard, the United States a total of 37 million people live below the poverty line, the proportion of the total population of 12.6 per cent.

Although the United States is the world's most powerful economies in the United States, but many people cannot enjoy the basic medical insurance services. According to the census, in the United States national, about 15.7 per cent of the population (i.e. United States 685 million) have no medical insurance. 5 years, this figure has been an upward trend.

In addition the report also shows that in 2005 the average income in the United States domestic actual 4.6 million, compared with the previous year was up 1.1 per cent. This is since 1999, the United States domestic average income growth for the first time. But if you exclude the inflation factor, the United States yet from the 2001 recession full recovery. The survey also found that the 2005 Asian family median income $ 61094, in various communities throughout the United States, high ranking but Asian population living in poverty has increased.

This report, like a mirror that reflects the status of the disparity between the United States. Although the United States economy is still in the slow growth, but the Democratic Party and its supporters have been strongly pointed out that the United States economic development did not make the general public benefit, but tilting to wealth, poverty and income disparity is likely to become the United States Congress in November this year the focus of the mid-term election.

When the report is published, when United States President George w. Bush in the southern city of New Orleans to attend the "Hurricane Katrina" United States one anniversary. To this end, a United States academics claimed that "when President Bush visits New Orleans to rebuild more commitment, the introduction of the report is displayed, the Government has not gap as, on the contrary, the Bush Administration's policies would only lead to disparities. ”