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academic IELTS Writing: Task 1
Overall score
6.00
6.0 of 9.0
Submitted on
Dec 03, 2024 (4 months ago)
Writing duration
0 minutes
Task description
The chart below shows the number of households in the US by their annual income in 2007, 2011 and 2015. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
You should write a minimum of 150 words.

Source: Cambridge 18
Task answer
The provided bar graph depicts the number of families in the United States categorized by their yearly salary for the years 2007, 2011, and 2015.
Overall, the number of households with less than 25000 dollars has an initial upward trend. Similarly, the families with 25000 to 49999 dollars have the same trend. This is while households with 50000-74000 dollars are stable in the time frame. However, families with 75000-99999 dollars have a fluctuating trajectory. The category with 100,000 dollars or more also fluctuated in the same time span.
Families with income less than 25,000 dollars were 25 million in 2007, and then it increased to nearly 28 in 2011, followed by a downward trend to reach roughly 26 million. It took third in population in the years 2007 and 2015, and it took second place in 2011. Households with salaries of 25000–49999 dollars were 28 million in 2007. Subsequently, it has an upward trend to reach 30 million in 2011; after that, it has a downhill trajectory to reach 29 in 2015. It takes place as second in population in 2007 and 2015, and it became first in 2011.
Families with a yearly income of 50,000-74,999 dollars were about 20 million in 2007, and it had a steady state in 2011 and 2015. It takes place as the fourth place for all years. Households that earn between 75000-99999 dollars were below 20 million in 2007 and followed by an increase in 2011; consequently, it has an upward trend to reach 20 million in 2015. It has become the fifth place for all years. Families that earn 100,000 dollars or more are approximately 30 million and then have a downward trend to reach 27 in 2011, followed by a rise to 34 in 2015. It took first place in 2007 and 2015, and in 2011, it took third place.
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