Yep. I read the definitions... And boy are these people LAAAAZZYYYYYY!!! They could actually scale the data and compare adequate areas. I mean... California is

Yep. I read the definitions... And boy are these people LAAAAZZYYYYYY!!! They could actually scale the data and compare adequate areas. I mean... California is 20% of the population and has median income 20% higher than average across US. But sure... 200k earning family of two in NYC, Bay Area, Seattle, DC are Upper Middle Class apparently. I mean... Read this bullshit! Washington DC is 3x more populous that Des Moines, even in 2016. "However, inaccurately placing people from Washington, DC, as upper middle class because they have incomes just above $100,000, even though they have high local costs and would not generally be considered as being upper middle class in that location, is offset by categorizing Des Moines, IA, families with incomes just below $100,000 as being middle class, even though those families could be considered upper middle class because costs in their area are low."