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Who Owns America’s Wealth
Share of U.S. household net worth by wealth group, %
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From the Federal Reserve Distributional Financial Accounts. The four groups add up to all household wealth.
How U.S. household wealth splits between the top 1%, the rest of the top tenth, the middle and the bottom half. The bottom half holds a thin sliver at the base of the chart.
What this chart reads
- Share of US Household Wealth Held by the Top 1%as “Top 1%”latest 2026-06-30
- Share of US Household Wealth Held by the 90th–99th Percentileas “Next 9%”latest 2026-06-30
- Share of US Household Wealth Held by the 50th–90th Percentileas “50th to 90th percentile”latest 2026-06-30
- Share of US Household Wealth Held by the Bottom 50%as “Bottom 50%”latest 2026-06-30
Sources
Share of US Household Wealth Held by the Top 1%. Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Distributional Financial Accounts (dfa-networth-shares.csv). Quarterly, public domain.
Share of US Household Wealth Held by the 90th–99th Percentile. Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Distributional Financial Accounts (dfa-networth-shares.csv). Quarterly, public domain.
Share of US Household Wealth Held by the 50th–90th Percentile. Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Distributional Financial Accounts (dfa-networth-shares.csv). Quarterly, 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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