Economic Policy Institute

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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_inequality_in_the_United_States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_inequality_in_the_United_States

Census

https://2020census.gov/en.html

List of U.S. states by Gini coefficient of income inequality

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_Gini_coefficient

wealth-gap-widens-as-boston-booms/

https://www.baystatebanner.com/2018/10/17/wealth-gap-widens-as-boston-booms/

Wealth inequality in the United States

Wealth inequality in the United States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_inequality_in_the_United_States


Household Net Worth Top 1% 90th to 99th 50th to 90th Bottom 50% Total
Q4 2016 ($ trillions) 29.18 34.59 26.53 1.08 91.38
Q4 2019 ($ trillions) 36.80 41.69 31.63 1.66 111.78

Bottom 50% has 1.5% of the wealth.


https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/fiscal-fact/median-value-wealth-race-ff03112019
Brookings Institute

White 170k, 60%
Hispanic 21K, 18%
Black 17k, 13%

bottom 40%

Changes in U.S. Family Finances from 2013 to 2016: Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances: https://www.federalreserve.gov/publications/files/scf17.pdf

Percentile of net worth

Less than 25 † .2 … –13.8 –12.1 12
25–49.9 32.3 39.8 23 37.0 44.7 21
50–74.9 173.3 192.0 11 183.2 204.1 11
75–89.9 521.6 605.0 16 563.2 659.3 17
90–100 1,930.0 2,387.5 24 4,150.0 5,336.0 29