One commonly hears reference to "the one percent" referring to the people whose income is in the top 1% of incomes. What is the data behind that number and where do others fall? Using the National Average Wage Index (AWI), an index used by the Social Security Administration to gauge individual's earnings for the purpose of calculating their retirement benefit, we can answer such questions.

On coral island in 2012, the labor force is 12,000, the unemployment rate is 10 percent, and the labor force participation rate is 60 percent. during 2013, 200 unemployed people found jobs and the working-age population increased by 1,000. the total number of people in the labor force did not change. the working-age population at the end of 2013 was the unemployment rate at the end of 2013 was round up to the second decimal. the labor force participation rate at the end of 2013 was round up to the second decimal.