Median Income – Bad Data Alert

Yesterday I posted the above map, and I see that many lefty bloggers have done the same. However, as Jane Galt points out, the data behind the map was put together very poorly, and the statistics given on the map have little validity. (Thanks to Nobody.Really, who pointed out Jane’s post in comments).

Kevin Drum has posted more accurate data; although it shows that median incomes have indeed dropped in most states since 1999, the situation is not as dire as the inaccurate map made it seem.

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1. Giving Relative Income A Sense Of Scale
2. Why Men Right's Activists Prefer Data From Before 1990
3. The Richest and Poorest Counties and Cities in the US
4. Growth
5. False story alert: Women in Germany probably not being forced into prostitution by welfare state