According to MSN.COM South Dakota is in the top-6 for states where the middle class is being left behind.

MSN reports South Dakota has one of the healthiest economies in the country yet in the past 5 years incomes for the middle class are not growing nearly as fast as they are for the wealthiest in the state.

In that time period, the middle 20% of South Dakotans saw earnings increase about 5% while the wealthiest 20% have gone up 9.8%.

  1. Wyoming
  2. Alaska
  3. Vermont
  4. New York
  5. Arizona
  6. South Dakota

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