Note:
(a) Drum Major Institute
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_Major_Institute
(full name: Drum Major Institute for Public Policy (DMI) non-profit; founded
in 1961 during Civil Rights Movement; headquarted in New York City; Martin
Luther King Jr used "drum major" to refer to a leader)
(b) The VOA report talks about "五组家庭." For that, click
Household income in the United States
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United_States
and go to the section "1.1 Quintiles." Please note "SOURCE: US Census Bureau
, 2004" beneath the table.
(i) The latest data from Census Bureau is that of 2008.
Table HINC-05. Percent Distribution of Households, by Selected
Characteristics Within Income Quintile and Top 5 Percent in 2008. Census
Bureau, Sept. 11, 2009.
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/cpstables/032009/hhinc/new05_000.htm
The 2008 table shows that the lowest income for the second fifth quintile
was $20,712, and that for the highest quintile, $100,250--close to 2万1000美
元 and 10万美元 used by the VOA report.
(c) Hillsdale, Michigan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsdale,_Michigan
(city population was 8,233; county seat of Hillsdale County; run as a
council-manager government--thus no mayor)