Sources: 2011 Annual Report Injustice Infographic

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." 
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

1. The richest 1% hold 34.6% of all wealth in the U.S (PDF).

2. CEO pay relative to the average worker has tripled since the early 1980s.

  • 1983: 48:1
  • 2009: 185:1

3. Child poverty is not colorblind.

U.S. child poverty rates by race:

  • White: 10%
  • Asian: 12%
  • Latino: 27%
  • Black: 33%
  • American Indian: 40%

4. One in five U.S. children live in poverty.

5. The benefits of increased productivity have not gone to the middle class.

6. Union membership has declined by over 50% since 1973.

  • 1973: 24%
  • 2010: 11.9%

7. The wealthy have disproportionately high levels of both income and financial asset ownership.

Average Income (2008) (PDF):

  • Bottom 90%: $31,244
  • Top 10%: $261, 951
  • Top 1%: $1,137, 684

Ownership of all Financial Assets (2009) (PDF):

  • Bottom 90%: 17%
  • Top 10%: 92%
  • Top 1%: 43%

8. Lobbying expenses have increased over 19-fold since 1983 (PDF).

  • 1983: $200 million
  • 1999: $1.44 billion
  • 2009: $3.87 billion

9. Seventy percent of graduates from four-year colleges are in student loan debt.

10. Corporate taxes as a portion of federal revenue have decreased.

  • 1950: 30%
  • 2009: 6.6%

11. Wealth is spread unevenly by race.

Net worth of median household by race:

  • White: $97,860
  • Black: $2,170
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