Eur. Phys. J. B (2016) 89: 82
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2016-60670-1

Regular Article

Household income distribution in the USA

Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA

^a e-mail: costas@physics.ucf.edu

Received: 12 August 2015
Received in final form: 28 December 2015
Published online: 28 March 2016

Abstract

In this article we present an alternative model for the distribution of household incomes in the United States. We provide arguments from two differing perspectives which both yield the proposed income distribution curve, and then fit this curve to empirical data on household income distribution obtained from the United States Census Bureau.