“Seven-eighths of the families hold but one-eighth of the national wealth,” and vice versa, as the diagrams on the following page indicate, where the 12,690,152 families represent 62,622,250 individuals as in the preceding diagrams. Population: 12,690,152.[20] Wealth: $65,037,091,197. Poor Poor families } 7/8 families } 1/8 Rich Rich families } 1/8 families } 7/8 These diagrams represent exactly the truth of the conclusion: “Seven-eighths of the families of this nation held but one-eighth of the national wealth;[20] or seven-eighths of the nation’s wealth was held by but one-eighth of the families. The table on the next page illustrates some of the details of the above conclusion. The upper division of that table presents the distribution of wealth among the families, where the two “per family” averages indicate [SN: FAMILIES.] a difference in the worth of more than 11-million families that held $732 each, and the worth of little over 1½-million families that held $35,875 each. So that, each family of the latter group was worth as much as 49 families of the former. While the general average of $5,125 shows that, if the national wealth had been equally distributed among all families, every one of them would have had this average amount as its own. Table III. +-----------+-------------++-----------+-----------------+------------+ |Proportions| Numbers of ||Proportions| Aggregate wealth| Average | | of | families in || of | per group, | wealth per | | | groups. || | in dollars. | family. | +-----------+-------------++-----------+-----------------+------------+ | 7/8 | 11,103,883 || 1/8 | 8,129,636,399 | $ 732 | | 1/8 | 1,586,269 || 7/8 | 56,907,454,798 | 35,875 | +-----------+-------------++-----------+-----------------+------------+ | 8/8 | 12,690,152 || 8/8 | 65,037,091,197 | 5,125 | +===========+=============++===========+=================+============+ | | Number of || | Wealth—the same | Wealth | | | individuals.|| | in dollars. | per head. | +-----------+-------------++-----------+-----------------+------------+ | 7/8 | 54,794,468 || 1/8 | 8,129,636,399 | $ 148 | | 1/8 | 7,827,782 || 7/8 | 56,907,454,798 | 7,269 | +-----------+-------------++-----------+-----------------+------------+ | 8/8 | 62,622,250 || 8/8 | 65,037,091,197 | 1,036 | +-----------+-------------++-----------+-----------------+------------+