By the numbers Income gap

13.6: Percent of income growth for Maine’s poorest earners over past two decades

57.8: Percent of income growth for the top earners

10: Rank of Maine among all states in growth of income inequality, over past decade

38: Number of states in which incomes of richest 20 percent grew significantly faster than the incomes of the poorest 20 percent, over past two decades

Source: Maine Center for Economic Policy