Maryland continues to have the highest median household income in the country, but a relatively low wage increase from the previous year may speak to a lack of high-skilled jobs, according to figures released in the American Community Survey on ...

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WASHINGTON — It took 5½ years. Surging stock prices and steady home-price increases have finally allowed Americans to regain the $16 trillion in wealth they lost to the Great Recession. The gains are helping support the economy and could lead ...

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WASHINGTON — New census numbers show the Washington region is home to six of the 10 counties with the highest household incomes in the country. Loudoun County, Va., topped the list with a median household income of about $119,000 in ...

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WASHINGTON — The Census Bureau reports the number of Americans in poverty stood at 15 percent in 2011. About 46.2 million people, or nearly 1 in 6, were in poverty. That is not statistically different from the 15.1 percent who ...

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WASHINGTON — The richest 1 percent of Americans have been getting far richer over the last three decades while the middle class and poor have seen their after-tax household income only crawl up in comparison, according to a government study. ...

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WASHINGTON — The ranks of America’s poor swelled to almost 1 in 6 people last year, reaching a new high as long-term unemployment left millions of Americans struggling and out of work. The number of uninsured edged up to 49.9 ...

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