U.S. Income Is Rising, but Gap Is Growing
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Americans’ average income is growing, but city-by-city statistics show that the gap between the municipal haves and have-nots is widening, the government said Wednesday.
Residents of the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk-Danbury area of Connecticut, near New York City, had average incomes of $24,501 in 1986, the highest of 317 areas ranked annually by the Commerce Department.
Included in the top 15 were San Francisco, $23,542, and San Jose, $20,935. At the bottom: the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission area of Texas, near the Mexican border, $6,800.
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