The 15 states with the largest middle class

The size of the American middle class varies from state to state.Using data from the US Census Bureau, we found how many households fall between 2/3 and 200% of the median household income in each state.Here are the 15 states with the largest share of households falling in that middle-income group.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.The number of Americans who have middle-class incomes varies from state to state.The middle class faces a few major financial challenges compared to their wealthier peers. According to an INSIDER/Morning Consult poll, respondents who described themselves as “middle class” as opposed to “affluent” had higher levels of debt and smaller retirement savings accounts.We recently took a look at the US states with the smallest middle classes. Here are 15 states where the middle class is quite a bit larger.In an analysis of class in America, the Pew Research Center classified households as middle-income if they fell between 2/3 and 200% of the national median household income. We used that definition to find how many households in each US state had middle-class incomes.According to the US Census Bureau's 2017 American Community Survey, the median household income that year (the most recent for which data is available) was $60,336. Using data from the Minnesota Population Center's 2017 American Community Survey Integrated Public-Use Microdata Series, we counted up how many households in each state had incomes between 2/3 of that median (or $40,224) and double that median (or $120,672).Here are the 15 states with the largest share of households falling in that middle-income bracket, along with the share of lower-income households below 2/3 the national median, and the share of upper-income households above 200%:

美国中产阶级的规模因州而异。利用美国人口普查局的数据，我们发现有多少家庭落在每个州家庭收入中位数的2/3到200％之间。这里是中等收入群体中家庭比例最大的15个州。访问Business Insider的主页了解更多故事。拥有中产阶级收入的美国人数因州而异。中产阶级面临一些主要的财务状况与富裕的同行相比，面临挑战。根据INSIDER / Morning Consult的民意调查，自称为“中产阶级”而不是“富裕阶层”的受访者有较高的债务水平和较小的退休储蓄账户。我们最近看了中产阶级最小的美国州。这里有15个州，中产阶级相当大。在美国的一个班级分析中，皮尤研究中心将家庭划分为中等收入，如果他们落在全国家庭收入中位数的2/3和200％之间。我们使用该定义来查找每个美国州有多少家庭拥有中产阶级收入。根据美国人口普查局2017年美国社区调查，当年的家庭收入中位数（最新数据可用）为60,336美元。利用明尼苏达州人口中心2017年美国社区调查综合公共使用微观数据系列的数据，我们统计了每个州有多少家庭的收入在中位数的2/3（或40,224美元）之间，并且是中位数的两倍（或120,672美元）。这里是中等收入阶层中家庭比例最大的15个州，以及低于全国中位数2/3的低收入家庭的比例，以及高于200％的高收入家庭的比例：