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Americans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groups (lemmy.world)

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[–] wulrus@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

The blue numbers are completely absurd. 30% live in Texas, 32% in California, 30% in NYC. And 20% with a household income over 1 million? I know a couple who are top seniors at Google & Apple, respectively, and while I think they may be over 500k annually, I doubt it's a million. And I definitely know they are far from the median.