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In the United States we have four major social classes. Yet, defining these classes is difficult because of our relatively low level of status consistency. The four major classes are the upper class, the middle class, the working class, and the lower class. The upper class makes up five percent of the U.S. population and earns at least $160,000 annually, possibly ten times that amount. Many members of the upper class work as top corporate executives or senior government officials. Within the upper class are the upper – uppers which is less than one percent of our population. Most people in this class were born into it. Members of the upper – upper class are said to have old money. In the upper class there is also the lower – up