The Chart Below Shows the Number of Households in the US by Their Annual Income
Written by Lilie
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Born and Raised in Canada
September 8, 2023
The chart below shows the number of households in the US by their annual income in 2007, 2011 and 2015.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Number of US households (in millions), by annual income
Sample Essay
The chart classifies US households into five income brackets for 2007, 2011, and 2015.
Overall, income distribution among US households displayed similar patterns in all three years, with considerably fewer households making either $50,000 to $74,999 or $75,000 to $99,000 a year.
A substantial number of households fell into the highest income range of at least $100,000 a year in both 2007 and 2015, at around 30 million and 33 million respectively. The next two biggest groups in these two years consisted of those in the two lowest income brackets: under $25,000 and between $25,000 and $49,999. They both contained 25 million to 28 million households.
However, 2011 saw a different picture. The number of households in the highest income range, at approximately 27 million, was surpassed by the number in each of the two lowest ranges, at 28 million to 30 million.
In comparison, in all three years, only about 20 million households had an annual income of $50,000 to $74,999, and only roughly 15 million earned $75,000 to $99,999 a year. (185 Words)
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This is a bar chart that illustrates the numbers of households in the US with their annual income from the year 2007 to 2015.
In the year 2007, about 30 million households had the highest income of $100,000, it also shows that 25million households had the least income of $25,000.
Gradually, in the year 2011 about 28million households had the highest income of $100,000 with about 29million households which were paid with the least income of $25,000 annually.
Finally, in the 2015 about 35million households had the highest income of $100,000 while about 28million households which had the least income of $25,000 annually.
In summary, this shows that the number of households with a high income reduced in the year 2011
but gradually the number of household with a well paid income increased within four years in 2015 . The number was households with less paid income remained almost the same.
Overall,the first two groups slightly elevated,the next two remained stable and final one peaked at the highest point during the given periods.
Right?
this graph is tough
Hi Lilie! How would you mark it?
The bar chart illustrates the US family units by their annual earnings in three years –2007, 2011 and 2015.
Overall, the changes in family income pattern in the five family categories were slight with the highest number of families earning $ 100,000 or more both in 2007 and 2015 with their number increasing from less than 30 million families in 2007 to around 33 million family units in 2015 though it decreased slightly to over 27 million in 2011.
In 2007, 25 million US households earned less than $25,000 a year, the lowest income category, which increased further to around 28 million family units in 2011 but decreased slightly to around 27 million family units in 2015. Near about 27 million family households earned between $25,000 and $49,000 in 2007 which went up to near about 30 million family units four years latter though dropped slightly to more or less 28 million families in 2015. Interestingly, the family units between $50,000 and $74,000 category remained almost static also with their number remained slightly over 20 million throughout the years with almost unnoticeable changes.
On the other hand, US households between $75,000-$99,999 earning bracket also witnessed minor changes with their number increasing from less than 15 million families in 2007 to just 15 million in 2015 with a slight fall to 14 million households in 2011.
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Is it fine to use terms like we would use in line graphs when comparing for histograms? Terms like “rise, fell, reduced, plateau, peaked”? Thanks
Yes, of course. But there isn’t much change in this chart so for this chart, I chose not to describe trends.
hy while writing task 1 shall we explain the data by time order? Like, 2007(full explaination of this time period),2011(full explanation), and 2015(full explanation).
It really depends on the chart you get. Be flexible!
The bar graph depicts information about US families divided into five different categories of salary (in millions) in three distinct years: 2007, 2011, and 2015.
Overall, the annual income of US households remained the same, along with some variations over time. However, the last income bracket went up significantly at the end of the period.
In 2007, the first income group, less than $25,000, covered 25 million families; in 2011, it rose to around 28 and remained almost the same in 2015. The second salary group, $25,000 to $49,999, had about 26 million at the start, then reached 30 in 2011 and came back to nearly 28 in 2015.
The following two income brackets, from $50,000 to $74,999 and from $75,000 to $99,999, remained constant throughout the period: 20 and 15, respectively. In contrast, the last group earning $100,000 or more experienced a dramatic increase and touched approximately 33 million at the end of the period. It was the highest number among all the categories.
Overall, the first two income brackets; slightly increased, the following two remained the same and the last one went up significantly, over time.
Is this overview not ok??
Yes, I also did not undestand overall paragraph. the two brackets stayed stable in three yearas.
The bar graph depicts information about the US families, divided into five different categories of salary in three distinct years: 2007, 2011, and 2015.
is this one good enough?
Introduction: The chart illustrates/depicts the amount of family’s income in US between the years 2007 and 2015.
Overview: looking from an overall perspective, the number of households experienced a similar pattern in their annual income through the given period however, with some fluctuations. Additionally, the number of families that made 100.000$ or more, rose the most at the end of the period.
Detail-paragraph: first and foremost, the portion of people that made between 50.000$ – $74.999 remained almost the same and slightly above 20 million. families that earned a salary amidst $75.000 – $99.999, exceeded from just below 15 million to 15 million from 2007 to 2015 but with slight decrease in 2011.
the group of individuals that earned less than $25.000 grew from 25 million in 2007 to around 29.000 million in 2011. However, settled around 27.000 in 2015. People that had an income of 25.000-49.999 had a similar situation. The number began around 26 million and went up to near 30 million and then decreased a bit.
The largest number of families in 2007 was the ones that earned 100.000 or more. It began just below 30 million and then witnessed a down-trend in 2011 going down to near 26 million. But it experienced a massive jump in 2011 reaching around 32 million.
Would it be incorrect to add the before US in intro paragraph?
Hi, “the” is not needed when ‘US’ is used as a modifier: US households, not the US households.
The bar chart illustrates the number of families in the United States categorized by their annual income in the years 2007, 2011, and 2015.
Overall, the number of households experienced slight fluctuations during the three-year period. However, the category with an annual income of less than $25,000 was the only group to exceed 30 million households in all three years.
The category of households with an annual income ranging from $50,000 to $74,999 remained relatively constant, with just over 20 million households in each of the three years. In contrast, the category of households with an annual income between $75,000 and $99,999 fluctuated around 15 million households, reaching its peak in 2015.
The category of households with an annual income of $100,000 or more amounted to approximately 29 million households in 2007. Subsequently, it decreased to around 27 million households in 2011, but rebounded to approximately 34 million households in 2015, reaching its highest level among all the categories. The other income categories followed a similar pattern, increasing in 2011 and then declining again in 2015, with their numbers ranging between 25 million and 30 million households.
Hi~ lilie. Should we put ‘the’ in front of US? If not, why?
Hi, when US functions as a modifier (US households), ‘the’ is not needed.
Does it contain 2 body paragharph or 3?
Three.
Hi, thanks a lot for your sample answer which helps me practice.
I think there is a mistake in the 3rd paragraph, the two second-largest groups in 2007 and 2015 were both those earning under $25,000.
*correction: $25,000 to $49,999
Hi, I think you misread that sentence. It talks about TWO groups: the TWO second-largest groups, not the single second-largest group.
Hey, can you please explain me the overall you have written and the last line of it?