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  2. American upper class - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. List of wealthiest Americans by net worth - Wikipedia

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    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] As of March 2023, there were 735 billionaires in the United States. [2]

  4. Are you rich enough to join the top 1%? Here's the net worth ...

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    For those looking to have a more reasonable goal, a household net worth of $1.17 million will get you into the top 5%, and about $970,000 earning your household a spot in the top 10%.

  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. Wealth inequality in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 2011, financial inequality was greater than inequality in total wealth, with the top 1% of the population owning 43%, the next 19% of Americans owning 50%, and the bottom 80% owning 7%. [15] However, after the Great Recession , which began in 2007, the share of total wealth owned by the top 1% of the population grew from 35% to 37%, and that ...

  7. Social class in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The two charts in this section show the average net worth of individuals in the top 1%, top 10%, 50th to 90th percentile, and bottom half of the population from 1962 to 2021. As of 2021, the average person in the top 10% is a HNWI, while the average person in the top 1% is a VHNWI.

  8. Forbes 400 - Wikipedia

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    The Forbes 400 or 400 Richest Americans is a list published by Forbes magazine of the wealthiest 400 American citizens who own assets in the U.S., ranked by net worth. The 400 was started by Malcolm Forbes in 1982 and the list is published annually around September. [ 2 ]

  9. List of female billionaires - Wikipedia

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    There were 337 women listed on the world's billionaires as of 4 April 2023, up from 327 in 2022. [1] Since 2021, Françoise Bettencourt Meyers has been listed as the world's wealthiest woman. According to a 2021 billionaire census, women make up 11.9% of the billionaire cohort, and "just over half of all female billionaires are heiresses, with ...