Sociologist Dennis Gilbert compared income distribution in the United States to a national pie sliced into five portions, ranging from stingy to generous, that represent how income is divided among segments of the U. S. population. In 2015, the poorest 20 percent of households in the United States received of the total income pie.

more than 50 percent

Explanation:

According to Dennis Gilbert, a sociologist, he gathered that, in 2015 the wealthiest 20 percent of households received more than 50 percent of the total income “pie” while the poorest 20 percent of households received less than 4percent of all income. Thus the remaining 60 percent share about 48 percent of the total income, this in turn shows that, there is great disparity among classes and access to wealth.

Again, his study revealed that the wealthiest top 5 percent of the population received more than 20 percent of all income amount, which is apparently more than that of the bottom 50percent of all households.