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In San Jose, Calif., where median household income is nearly twice the U.S. level, the number of kids under age 5 has dropped 34% in the past decade—more than any other large city.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Millions of American families are left needing to pay more and more to cover their bills, and with less disposable income.

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026

Even for higher income earners, that's equivalent to a month's worth of groceries.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

If funded entirely through increases in water rates, an estimated 30.4 million households would spend more than 2.5% of their income on drinking water, according to the report.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

My father's modest income didn't allow us any of those entertainments.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson

According to the 2020 census, more than nine million black people earn incomes above the white median.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

"But incomes and bill support mechanisms have not kept up. Households are left with mounting energy debts, forced to choose between heating and eating."

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Ashok Prasad Kushwaha, an auto-rickshaw driver in Delhi who has visited the Ram temple three times in two years, said donations are acts of faith made even by people with modest incomes.

From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026

Mobile homes in California house some of the lowest-income residents and some of the oldest, many of whom live on fixed incomes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

In the late 1990s, Medicare slashed reimbursement levels to around $450 per procedure, and the incomes of the surgically minded ophthalmologists fell.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis