The Cumulative Distribution of Income in the U.S. in 2016

What is your income percentile ranking?

The U.S. Census Bureau has begun releasing their data on the distribution of income in the U.S. for the 2015 calendar year. If you’re a visual person, you can estimate how you rank among all Americans in the charts below by finding where you income is on the horizontal axis, then looking up to find out how far up the income percentile you are on the curve. First up, the cumulative distribution of income among U.S. households.

Next, here’s the cumulative distribution of income among all U.S. families.

As of 12:00 PM EDT, the Census Bureau has yet to post the data for U.S. men, women and individuals, although they’ve set out placeholders for the data. We’ll update this post (and remove this paragraph) to show that data once we’ve developed the charts for each!

If you would like a more precise estimate of your income percentile ranking for each of these demographic groups, we’ve updated our most popular tool “What Is Your Income Percentile Ranking?” to include the data for the 2015 calendar year.