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Share of U.S. Wealth Held by the Top 0.1% vs the Bottom 50%
Share of household net worth, %
2 of 3 series are above their level a year earlier·2 of 3 are at a five-year high·1 of 3 is at a five-year low
Plays the chart through its history. Pauses are where the data set a record or moved most.
Top 0.1% · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 1 year
Next 0.9% · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 1 year
Bottom 50% · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 1 year
Dashed: the projection from the latest reading. A projection, not a promise.
Federal Reserve Board, Distributional Financial Accounts. Household net worth (assets less debts) at market value, nominal. Groups are fixed shares of households: the top 0.1% is a thousandth of them, the bottom 50% half.
About 130,000 households at the very top against the bottom half of the country, about 66 million. The top 0.1% holds most of its wealth in stocks and private businesses, so its share rises with the stock market; the bottom half holds mostly homes and cars, net of mortgages and other debt.
What this chart reads
- Share of U.S. Household Net Worth: Top 0.1%as “Top 0.1%”latest 2026-06-30
- Share of U.S. Household Net Worth: 99th–99.9th Percentileas “Next 0.9%”latest 2026-06-30
- Share of US Household Wealth Held by the Bottom 50%as “Bottom 50%”latest 2026-06-30
Sources
Share of U.S. Household Net Worth: Top 0.1%. Source: Federal Reserve Board, Distributional Financial Accounts. Public domain.
Share of U.S. Household Net Worth: 99th–99.9th Percentile. Source: Federal Reserve Board, Distributional Financial Accounts. Public domain.
Share of US Household Wealth Held by the Bottom 50%. Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Distributional Financial Accounts (dfa-networth-shares.csv). Quarterly, public domain.
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