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Wealth Inequality in America: Infographics on the distribution of wealth in America, highlighting both the inequality and the difference between our perception of inequality and the actual numbers. The reality is often not what we think it is. (politizane)

More than one in five American children live in poverty.

All told, more than 46 million Americans were living in poverty in 2012, according to the most recent statistics available from the federal government. That's nearly 15 percent of the population.

The numbers always take my breath away — but it's hard to really understand what American poverty and wealth inequality look like without works like this illuminating video on the country's wealth distribution.

The video highlights a study that found that most Americans really can't even begin to conceptualize the difference in income for the top 1 percent and the rest of us.

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