The gap between the rich and everyone else is only getting wider. That’s according to a new report from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), which used the latest available data to analyze how the top 1 percent and the bottom 99 percent across the U.S. have fared between 1917 and 2015.
"In 2015, the top 1 percent of families in the U.S. earned, on average, 26.3 times as much income as the bottom 99 percent — an increase from 2013, when they earned 25.3 times as much," the EPI reports. And in some areas, the gap is even more severe. In the Jackson, Wyoming, metro area, home to the luxurious Jackson Hole ski resort, the top 1 percent earns an astonishing 132 times more than the bottom 99 percent.
Below, CNBC Make It rounded up America's 12 most unequal metro areas, where the average income of the top 1 percent is at least 40 times greater than that of the bottom 99 percent. All data comes from the EPI.
12. North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida
Average income of the top 1 percent: $1.8 million
Average income of the bottom 99 percent: $42,021
The top 1 percent in 2015 earned on average 43.1 times the average income of the bottom 99 percent.
11. Summit Park, Utah
Average income of the top 1 percent: $4.8 million
Average income of the bottom 99 percent: $110,003
The top 1 percent in 2015 earned on average 43.5 times the average income of the bottom 99 percent.
10. Gardnerville Ranchos, Nevada
Average income of the top 1 percent: $2.3 million
Average income of the bottom 99 percent: $51,276
The top 1 percent in 2015 earned on average 44.3 times the average income of the bottom 99 percent.
9. Hailey, Idaho
Average income of the top 1 percent: $3.1 million
Average income of the bottom 99 percent: $69,399
The top 1 percent in 2015 earned on average 44.9 times the average income of the bottom 99 percent.
8. Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Average income of the top 1 percent: $3.0 million
Average income of the bottom 99 percent: $66,015
The top 1 percent in 2015 earned on average 45 times the average income of the bottom 99 percent.
7. Port St. Lucie, Florida
Average income of the top 1 percent: $1.7 million
Average income of the bottom 99 percent: $38,212
The top 1 percent in 2015 earned on average 45.5 times the average income of the bottom 99 percent.
6. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, Florida
Average income of the top 1 percent: $2.3 million
Average income of the bottom 99 percent: $42,319
The top 1 percent in 2015 earned on average 55.4 times the average income of the bottom 99 percent.
5. Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
Average income of the top 1 percent: $6.3 million
Average income of the bottom 99 percent: $101,213
The top 1 percent in 2015 earned on average 62.2 times the average income of the bottom 99 percent.
4. Sebastian-Vero Beach, Florida
Average income of the top 1 percent: $2.9 million
Average income of the bottom 99 percent: $43,473
The top 1 percent in 2015 earned on average 67.2 times the average income of the bottom 99 percent.
3. Key West, Florida
Average income of the top 1 percent: $4.7 million
Average income of the bottom 99 percent: $58,295
The top 1 percent in 2015 earned on average 81.3 times the average income of the bottom 99 percent.
2. Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, Florida
Average income of the top 1 percent: $5.6 million
Average income of the bottom 99 percent: $62,053
The top 1 percent in 2015 earned on average 90.1 times the average income of the bottom 99 percent.
1. Jackson, Wyoming
Average income of the top 1 percent: $16.2 million
Average income of the bottom 99 percent: $122,447
The top 1 percent in 2015 earned on average 132 times the average income of the bottom 99 percent.
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