Proud to be an American?

An aside from the CIA world factbook: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/us.html

US:

Population below poverty line:	12% (2004 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:	lowest 10%: 1.8% highest 10%: 30.5% (1997)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:	45 (2004)

China:

Population below poverty line:	10% (2001 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:	lowest 10%: 2.4% highest 10%: 30.4% (1998)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:	44 (2002)