Graph and download economic data for Minimum Wealth Cutoff for the 90th to 99th Wealth Percentiles (WFRBLN09304) from Q3 1989 to Q3 2022 about wealth, percentile, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Share of Net Worth Held by the 99th to 99.9th Wealth Percentiles (WFRBS99T999273) from Q3 1989 to Q2 2025 about shares, net worth, wealth, percentile, Net, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Share of Net Worth Held by the Top 0.1% (99.9th to 100th Wealth Percentiles) (WFRBSTP1300) from Q3 1989 to Q2 2025 about shares, net worth, wealth, percentile, Net, and USA.

In the first quarter of 2025, almost two-thirds percent of the total wealth in the United States was owned by the top 10 percent of earners. In comparison, the lowest 50 percent of earners only owned 2.5 percent of the total wealth. Income inequality in the U.S. Despite the idea that the United States is a country where hard work and pulling yourself up by your bootstraps will inevitably lead to success, this is often not the case. In 2023, 7.4 percent of U.S. households had an annual income under 15,000 U.S. dollars. With such a small percentage of people in the United States owning such a vast majority of the country’s wealth, the gap between the rich and poor in America remains stark. The top one percent The United States was the country with the most billionaires in the world in 2025. Elon Musk, with a net worth of 342 billion U.S. dollars, was among the richest people in the United States in 2025. Over the past 50 years, the CEO-to-worker compensation ratio has exploded, causing the gap between rich and poor to grow, with some economists theorizing that this gap is the largest it has been since right before the Great Depression.

In the third quarter of 2024, the top ten percent of earners in the United States held over ** percent of total wealth. This is fairly consistent with the second quarter of 2024. Comparatively, the wealth of the bottom ** percent of earners has been slowly increasing since the start of the *****, though remains low. Wealth distribution in the United States by generation can be found here.

United States - Total Net Worth Held by the 50th to 90th Wealth Percentiles was 48494665.00000 Mil. of $ in January of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Total Net Worth Held by the 50th to 90th Wealth Percentiles reached a record high of 48591064.00000 in July of 2024 and a record low of 7288584.00000 in July of 1989. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Total Net Worth Held by the 50th to 90th Wealth Percentiles - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on September of 2025.

In 2023, roughly 1.49 billion adults worldwide had a net worth of less than 10,000 U.S. dollars. By comparison, 58 million adults had a net worth of more than one million U.S. dollars in the same year. Wealth distribution The distribution of wealth is an indicator of economic inequality. The United Nations says that wealth includes the sum of natural, human, and physical assets. Wealth is not synonymous with income, however, because having a large income can be depleted if one has significant expenses. In 2023, nearly 1,700 billionaires had a total wealth between one to two billion U.S. dollars. Wealth worldwide China had the highest number of billionaires in 2023, with the United States following behind. That same year, New York had the most billionaires worldwide.

In the first quarter of 2021, the top one percent in the U.S. owned **** percent of all stocks and mutual funds, while the bottom ** percent owned **** percent. However, **** percent of total debt was owed by the bottom ** percent, compared to the **** percent of debt owed by the top one percent.

As of 2019, ** percent of millionaires in the United States had a net worth of between *********** and ********************** U.S. dollars. On the other end of the scale, **** percent of millionaires had a net worth of over *** million U.S. dollars.

United States - Share of Total Net Worth Held by the Top 1% (99th to 100th Wealth Percentiles) was 30.80000 % of Aggregate in January of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Share of Total Net Worth Held by the Top 1% (99th to 100th Wealth Percentiles) reached a record high of 31.10000 in April of 2021 and a record low of 22.50000 in July of 1990. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Share of Total Net Worth Held by the Top 1% (99th to 100th Wealth Percentiles) - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on August of 2025.

United States - Share of Total Net Worth Held by the Bottom 50% (1st to 50th Wealth Percentiles) was 2.50000 % of Aggregate in April of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Share of Total Net Worth Held by the Bottom 50% (1st to 50th Wealth Percentiles) reached a record high of 4.00000 in July of 1992 and a record low of 0.40000 in October of 2010. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Share of Total Net Worth Held by the Bottom 50% (1st to 50th Wealth Percentiles) - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on September of 2025.

United States - Share of Total Net Worth Held by the 50th to 90th Wealth Percentiles was 30.10000 % of Aggregate in April of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Share of Total Net Worth Held by the 50th to 90th Wealth Percentiles reached a record high of 36.60000 in July of 1992 and a record low of 28.20000 in July of 2018. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Share of Total Net Worth Held by the 50th to 90th Wealth Percentiles - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on September of 2025.

Graph and download economic data for Household Count in the 99th to 99.9th Wealth Percentiles (WFRBL99T999308) from Q3 1989 to Q2 2025 about wealth, percentile, households, and USA.

In the first quarter of 2025, 51.4 percent of the total wealth in the United States was owned by members of the baby boomer generation. In comparison, millennials own around 10.3 percent of total wealth in the U.S. In terms of population distribution, there was almost an equal share of millennials and baby boomers in the United States in 2024.

United States - Total Net Worth Held by the Bottom 50% (1st to 50th Wealth Percentiles) was 4003987.00000 Mil. of $ in January of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Total Net Worth Held by the Bottom 50% (1st to 50th Wealth Percentiles) reached a record high of 4006844.00000 in October of 2024 and a record low of 239436.00000 in October of 2010. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Total Net Worth Held by the Bottom 50% (1st to 50th Wealth Percentiles) - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on September of 2025.

In 2023, just over 50 percent of Americans had an annual household income that was less than 75,000 U.S. dollars. The median household income was 80,610 U.S. dollars in 2023. Income and wealth in the United States After the economic recession in 2009, income inequality in the U.S. is more prominent across many metropolitan areas. The Northeast region is regarded as one of the wealthiest in the country. Maryland, New Jersey, and Massachusetts were among the states with the highest median household income in 2020. In terms of income by race and ethnicity, the average income of Asian households was 94,903 U.S. dollars in 2020, while the median income for Black households was around half of that figure. What is the U.S. poverty threshold? The U.S. Census Bureau annually updates its list of poverty levels. Preliminary estimates show that the average poverty threshold for a family of four people was 26,500 U.S. dollars in 2021, which is around 100 U.S. dollars less than the previous year. There were an estimated 37.9 million people in poverty across the United States in 2021, which was around 11.6 percent of the population. Approximately 19.5 percent of those in poverty were Black, while 8.2 percent were white.

United States - Total Net Worth Held by the Top 1% (99th to 100th Wealth Percentiles) was 49396697.00000 Mil. of $ in January of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Total Net Worth Held by the Top 1% (99th to 100th Wealth Percentiles) reached a record high of 49457457.00000 in October of 2024 and a record low of 4668012.00000 in July of 1989. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Total Net Worth Held by the Top 1% (99th to 100th Wealth Percentiles) - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on September of 2025.

Graph and download economic data for Household Count in the Top 0.1% (99.9th to 100th Wealth Percentiles) (WFRBLTP1310) from Q3 1989 to Q2 2025 about wealth, percentile, households, and USA.

The massive wealth inequality in the world is underpinned by this chart: while *** percent of the world's population had fortunes of more than one million U.S. dollars in 2025, over ** percent of the global population had a total wealth of less than 10,000 U.S. dollars.

Over ** million individuals residing in the United States belonged to the global top one percent of ultra-high net worth individuals worldwide in 2022. China ranked second, with over **** million top one percent wealth holders globally. France followed in third.