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  2. Over the past 30 years the U.S.’s top 1% got richer, and now ...

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    In 2022, families in America's top 10% held 60% of all wealth, up from 56% in 1989. Families in the top 1% held 23% of the nation's wealth in 1989, which has now grown to 27%.

  3. Wealth inequality in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Federal Reserve data indicates that as of Q4 2021, the top 1% of households in the United States held 30.9% of the country's wealth, while the bottom 50% held 2.6%. [7] From 1989 to 2019, wealth became increasingly concentrated in the top 1% and top 10% due in large part to corporate stock ownership concentration in those segments of the ...

  4. American upper class - Wikipedia

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    The American upper class is a social group within the United States consisting of people who have the highest social rank, due to economic wealth, lineage, and typically educational attainment. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The American upper class is estimated to be the richest 1% of the population.

  5. Affluence in the United States - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] However, when looked at in relative terms, wealth is highly concentrated: the bottom 50% of Americans only share 2% of total household wealth while the top 1% hold 35% of that wealth. In the United States, as of 2019, the median household income is $60,030 per year and the median household net worth is $97,300, while the mean household ...

  6. Are you rich enough to be in the top 1%? Here’s how much ...

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    As of the second quarter 2024, the average American household had wealth of $1.17 million. The average wealth of households in the top 1 percent was about $35.5 million. In the top 0.1 percent ...

  7. The top 1% held 27% of all wealth in 2022, up from 23% in 1989. ... which found that household wealth in America swelled at a record pace during the pandemic. From 2019 to 2022, the median net ...

  8. Income inequality in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Nearly half the top 1% by income were also in the top 1% by wealth. [279] In 2010, the wealthiest 5% of households owned approximately 72% of financial wealth, while the bottom 80% of households had 5%. [280] The top 1% controlled 38.6% of the country's wealth in 2016. [281] Much of the wealth gain came to those in the top 1%.

  9. How has US wealth evolved since the 1980s?

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    Households in the top 0.1% held 60% of their assets in shares of public and private companies in 2023. Meanwhile, households in the bottom half of wealth in the United States held only around 6% ...