Frederick Community College Facilities Master Plan Chapter 2 Environmental Scan 2-14 May, 2023 • The immigrant share of the U.S. population is approaching a record high but is still below that of many other countries. Foreign-born individuals living in America in 2017 accounted for 13.6% of the population according to a Pew Research Center analysis of the American Community Survey. The highest share since 1910.51 • Incomes are rising in the U.S., but the increase is not equally felt by all Americans.52 Income is at the highest level in the last fifty years. Income inequality has tilted to upper-income households. The United States middle class, which once was the majority is shrinking. The percentage of Americans living in middle-income households has declined from 61% in 1971 to 51% in 2019.53 The growth has been most pronounced for the households in the 51 https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/04/11/6demographic-trends-shaping-the-u-s-and-the-world-in2019/ 52 ibid. top 5%. The disparity was lessened due to the Great Recession in the late 2000s. The U. S. recession lasted from 2007-2009 and was followed by the global recession in 2009. Males in Maryland have an income 1.26 times higher than the average income for females. The income inequality index is 0.461 which is lower than the national average.54 Frederick County’s median annual income is higher than the average for the U.S. 53 https://www.pewresearch.org/socialtrends/2020/01/09/trends-in-income-and-wealthinequality/ 54 https://datausa.io/profile/geo/frederick-md/#economy
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