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[2] [3] The American upper class is estimated to be the richest 1% of the population. The American upper class is distinguished from the rest of the population due to the fact that its primary source of income consists of assets, investments, and capital gains rather than wages and salaries.
In 2007, the top 20% of the wealthiest Americans possessed 80% of all financial assets. [14] In 2007, the richest 1% of the American population owned 35% of the country's total wealth, and the next 19% owned 51%. The top 20% of Americans owned 86% of the country's wealth and the bottom 80% of the population owned 14%.
After the Great Recession which started in 2007, the share of total wealth owned by the top 1% of the population grew from 34.6% to 37.1%, and that owned by the top 20% of Americans grew from 85% to 87.7%. The Great Recession also caused a drop of 36.1% in median household wealth but a drop of only 11.1% for the top 1%. [55] [53]
Recent data from Kiplinger suggests to enter into the top 2% of U.S. households, you require a net worth (that’s assets minus liabilities) of roughly $2.7 million. That’s not chump change.
Every three years, the Federal Reserve conducts a survey of American households, examining various financial details, including income, assets, and liabilities. The most recent survey data comes ...
According to a recent survey from Bank of America, individuals aged 21 to 43 with at least $3 million in assets only have 25% of their portfolio invested in stocks.
It is based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets by Forbes and by data from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The Forbes 400 Richest Americans list has been published annually since 1982. The combined net worth of the 2020 class of the 400 richest Americans was $3.2 trillion, up from $2.7 trillion in 2017. [1]
Like many of the virus’s hardest hit victims, the United States went into the COVID-19 pandemic wracked by preexisting conditions. According to a groundbreaking new working paper by Carter C ...