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New York has the lowest percentage of households in the middle class.

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  • Business Insider analyzed what qualified as middle class across the US.
  • Utah, Idaho, and Alaska had the highest share of residents in the middle class.
  • Meanwhile, New York, Massachusetts, and Montana had the highest percentages of lower-class residents.

These three charts show how many Americans in each state are in the lower, middle, or upper class — and how much income it takes to qualify for each.

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economy, finance, middle-class, lower-class, upper-class, Rich, Poverty, Wealthy, Census, new-york
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Here's how much money you need to make to be middle class in each US state