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  1. usafacts.org › articles › how-this-chart-explainsHow this chart explains Americans' wealth across income levels

    Mar 28, 2023 · The top 20% has more than 10 times as much wealth in stocks/mutual funds as the next 20%. The fourth 20% has three times as much wealth in stocks/mutual funds as the middle income quintile. Those in the second and bottom 20% have similar wealth in stocks and mutual funds, with an average of $16,000 in stock wealth per household. 3.

  2. usafacts.org › articles › wealth-america-how-it-hasWealth in America: How it has grown and how it is distributed

    Sep 25, 2020 · The latest data from the Census Bureau shows that median household wealth in the United States was $94,670 in 2016. American household wealth—the value of assets subtracted by the liabilities and debts owed—has increased largely in the form of equity, mutual funds, and similar investments since the bottom of the Great Recession.

  3. usafacts.org › articles › how-has-wealthHow has wealth distribution in the US changed over time?

    Nov 13, 2023 · The top 20% of Americans by income have seen their share of wealth increase the most between 1990 and 2022. In the final quarter of 2022, this group held 71% of the nation’s wealth – up from 61% in 1990. The highest-earning 1% of Americans drove this growth: at the end of 2022, their share of the country’s wealth grew to 26% from 17% in ...

  4. www.stlouisfed.org › open-vault › 2024U.S. Wealth Gaps Remain Despite Widespread Gains | St. Louis Fed

    Feb 7, 2024 · Black Families’ Wealth. Black families’ median wealth was $45,000 in 2022, growing 66% from 2019. As a group, Black families owned 2% of total household wealth despite making up 11% of households. Black families had 16 cents per dollar of white median wealth. The Black-white gap grew to $242,000—up $47,000 from 2019.

  5. www.stlouisfed.org › institute-for-economic-equityThe State of U.S. Wealth Inequality | St. Louis Fed

    Oct 22, 2024 · The result is average, inflation-adjusted household wealth values, available from 1989 onward on a quarterly basis. The State of U.S. Wealth Inequality supplements our other research that generally uses median wealth instead of average wealth—producing different estimates of racial, generational and educational wealth gaps.

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  7. www.npr.org › 2022/08/13 › 1113814920One reason why America's wealth gap persists across ... - NPR

    Aug 13, 2022 · Oxfam says the rich got richer in the pandemic, and the wealth gap is killing the poor. Her son is a financial adviser and has invested the rest of his inheritance, with plans to use it to help ...

  8. www.cfr.org › backgrounder › us-inequality-debateThe U.S. Inequality Debate | Council on Foreign Relations

    Apr 20, 2022 · Inequality is a drag on economic growth and fosters political dysfunction, experts say. Concentrated income and wealth reduces the level of demand in the economy because rich households tend to ...

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