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English: Chart showing household wealth, by percentile, in the United States Data source: Sullivan, Brianna; Hays, Donald; Bennett, Neil. The Wealth of Households: 2021 / Current Population Reports / P70BR-183 2 (Table 1). United States Census Bureau (June 2023). Archived from the original on May 24, 2024.
This difference comprises the largest reason for the continuation of wealth inequality in America: the rich are accumulating more assets while the middle and working classes are just getting by. As of 2007, the richest 1% held about 38% of all privately held wealth in the United States. [14] While the bottom 90% held 73.2% of all debt. [74]
With personal wealth doubling over the past 12 years, and more wealth concentrated at the top, especially among older baby boomers, the financial cascade in the coming years is expected to accelerate.
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%.
In terms of information, Politizane's video isn't offering anything new: Its analysis of American perceptions of wealth distribution, the line between rich and poor and the issue of America's ...
English: Chart showing household wealth, by highest educational attainment, in the United States Data source: Sullivan, Brianna; Hays, Donald; Bennett, Neil The Wealth of Households: 2021 / Current Population Reports / P70BR-183 5 (Figure 2). United States Census Bureau (June 2023). Archived from the original on May 24, 2024.
Wealth per household. Average wealth. $154.39 trillion (100 percent) $1.17 million. Average wealth of bottom 50 percent. $3.82 trillion (2.5 percent) $58,149. Average wealth of 50th – 90th ...
Wealth in the United States is commonly measured in terms of net worth, which is the sum of all assets, including the market value of real estate, like a home, minus all liabilities. [20] The United States is the wealthiest country in the world. [21] U.S. Household and non-profit Net Worth 1959 – 2016, nominal and real (2016 dollars).