10 States Where The Rich Are Getting Richer And The Poor Are Getting Poorer

The Census Bureau’s 2009 American Community Survey came out today. In this survey, we can see the effects of the Great Recession clearly.

Last year was quite challenging for most people, yet things felt much worse in some states, where the rich were getting richer and poor were getting poorer (see 2008 poverty rates by state). We at Insider Monkey compiled the aggregate household income in 2008 and 2009 by quintile, using the data from the American Community Survey.