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Study: Texas Leads U.S. in Income Inequality Between Wealthiest and Middle-Income Families

  

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Lynsey Kluever /(512) 320-0222 x 112

January 26, 2006

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For years, there have been reports about the widening gaps between the rich and the poor, but few include a detailed look at income inequality trends in Texas. The study, Pulling Apart, put out by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Economic Policy Institute, finds that Texas leads the nation in the income inequality between its richest and middle-income families, and has the second widest gap between its wealthiest and poorest.