Social Class & Poverty in the US: Crash Course Sociology #24

Today we’re breaking down the five different social classes in the United States: the upper class, the upper middle class, the average middle class, the working class, and the lower class. We’ll also go over what poverty looks like in the United States.

References:

• Sociology by John J. Macionis, 15th edition (2014)
• 2016 Current Population Survey (CPS) Annual Social and Economic (ASEC) Supplement https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/income-poverty/cps-finc/finc-01.html
• Bailey and Dynarski, “Gains and Gaps: Changing Inequality in U.S. College Entry and Completion” (2011) http://www.nber.org/papers/w17633
• US DHS Poverty Guidelines https://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty-guidelines
• US Census Bureau Income and Poverty in the United States: 2015 https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2016/demo/p60-256.html