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The U.S. Economy: Private and Public Sectors
Web-Based Questions
1. PERSONAL DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME—WHAT IS Bureau site, www.census.gov/govs/www/state.html, and
THE TREND? Visit the U.S. Census Bureau Web site at find the table that ranks the states by tax revenue and expen-
www.census.gov/hhes/income/midclass/index.html and ditures per capita for the latest year. Where does your home
select Data Highlights. Since 1970, how has the share of state rank in each category? Where does the state in which
aggregate household income received by the lowest and you are attending college, if different, rank? Speculate as to
highest income quintiles (fifths) changed? why a large gap separates the high-ranking and low-ranking
2. STATE TAXES AND EXPENDITURES PER CAPITA— states.
WHERE DOES YOUR STATE RANK? Go to the Census
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