income distribution

Cultural  

1. The way national income is divided among households in the economy.

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Example Sentences

Walmart specifically caters to the lower income distribution and thereby could provide an early read on a burgeoning recession.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

According to an analysis by the Yale Budget Lab, Booker’s plan would save households in the lowest 20 percent of the income distribution more than $800 annually.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

A household with $83,730 is at the 50th percentile, right in the middle of the income distribution.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 2, 2026

“The upper end of the income distribution has increasing wealth and increasing income, and so they are less affected, if affected at all.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

Just 8 percent of undergraduates in 2004 came from families in the bottom half of the income distribution, down from 11 percent a decade earlier.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times