Patrick Iturra

Everyone’s talking about saving America’s middle class. But just who exactly falls into this group?

That’s actually a much more difficult question to answer than it seems. While some experts define the middle class by income, others define it by lifestyle. Still others say it’s a state of mind.

Here are five different ways that economists, federal agencies and even the White House measure and characterize the middle class.

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