Ohio's Wealthy Getting Wealthier, Report Shows ; Average Income for Top 1 Percent of Ohio Households Climbed More Than 40 Percent Over Past 18 Years.

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If you think the rich keep getting richer and most other Ohioans keep treading financial water, a new study says you're right.

Annual average income for the top 1 percent of Ohio households, adjusted for inflation, climbed by more than 40 percent during the past 18 years, hitting $986,000 in 2006, according to "The State of Working Ohio 2007," a report released today by Policy Matters Ohio, a liberal-leaning, nonpartisan research institute based in Cleveland.

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Ohio's Wealthy Getting Wealthier, Report Shows ; Average Income for Top 1 Percent of Ohio Households Climbed More Than 40 Percent Over Past 18 Years.

On average, these top-earning households took in more than 26 times what middle-i...

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