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U.S. wealth statistics

U.S. households were worth $186 trillion in the quarter ending June 2026, on the Federal Reserve's figures. The wealthiest 1% held 32.5% of it and the less wealthy half 2.3%.

15 key numbers from 9 charts. They update themselves when new data comes out; newest data as of June 30, 2026.

  1. Net worth of all U.S. households, Quarter ending June 2026

    $186 trillion

    What households own minus what they owe.

    Source: Federal Reserve Board, Distributional Financial Accounts (Public domain (Federal Reserve Board; cite the Board as the source)), data as of June 30, 2026. See the chart

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  2. Share of household wealth held by the wealthiest 1%, Quarter ending June 2026

    32.5%

    The next 9% held 36.4% and the next 40% 28.8%.

    Source: Federal Reserve Board, Distributional Financial Accounts (Public domain (Federal Reserve Board; cite the Board as the source)), data as of June 30, 2026. See the chart

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  3. Share of household wealth held by the less wealthy half of households, Quarter ending June 2026

    2.3%

    Source: Federal Reserve Board, Distributional Financial Accounts (Public domain (Federal Reserve Board; cite the Board as the source)), data as of June 30, 2026. See the chart

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  4. Share of household wealth held by the wealthiest 1% when the Fed's series begins, the third quarter of 1989

    22.8%

    32.5% in the second quarter of 2026.

    Source: Federal Reserve Board, Distributional Financial Accounts (Public domain (Federal Reserve Board; cite the Board as the source)), data as of June 30, 2026. See the chart

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  5. Share of household wealth held by the less wealthy half when the Fed's series begins, the third quarter of 1989

    3.5%

    2.3% in the second quarter of 2026; the lowest was 0.4% in the fourth quarter of 2010.

    Source: Federal Reserve Board, Distributional Financial Accounts (Public domain (Federal Reserve Board; cite the Board as the source)), data as of June 30, 2026. See the chart

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  6. Median net worth of households headed by someone under 35, Survey of Consumer Finances, 2025

    $32,820

    Half of these households had more and half less.

    Source: Federal Reserve Board, Survey of Consumer Finances (Public domain (Federal Reserve Board; cite the Board as the source)), data as of December 31, 2025. See the chart

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  7. Median net worth of households headed by someone 55 to 64, Survey of Consumer Finances, 2025

    $411,340

    Source: Federal Reserve Board, Survey of Consumer Finances (Public domain (Federal Reserve Board; cite the Board as the source)), data as of December 31, 2025. See the chart

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  8. Median net worth of households headed by someone 75 or older, Survey of Consumer Finances, 2025

    $504,600

    Source: Federal Reserve Board, Survey of Consumer Finances (Public domain (Federal Reserve Board; cite the Board as the source)), data as of December 31, 2025. See the chart

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  9. Share of household wealth held by households headed by someone 55 to 69, Quarter ending June 2026

    41%

    $76.1 trillion.

    Source: Federal Reserve Board, Distributional Financial Accounts (Public domain (Federal Reserve Board; cite the Board as the source)), data as of June 30, 2026. See the chart

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  10. Share of household wealth held by households headed by someone under 40, Quarter ending June 2026

    6.5%

    $12.1 trillion.

    Source: Federal Reserve Board, Distributional Financial Accounts (Public domain (Federal Reserve Board; cite the Board as the source)), data as of June 30, 2026. See the chart

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  11. Share of household wealth held by baby boomers, Quarter ending June 2026

    52.5%

    Households headed by someone born 1946 to 1964: $97.4 trillion.

    Source: Federal Reserve Board, Distributional Financial Accounts (Public domain (Federal Reserve Board; cite the Board as the source)), data as of June 30, 2026. See the chart

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  12. Share of household wealth held by millennials and younger, Quarter ending June 2026

    11.2%

    Households headed by someone born in 1981 or later: $20.8 trillion.

    Source: Federal Reserve Board, Distributional Financial Accounts (Public domain (Federal Reserve Board; cite the Board as the source)), data as of June 30, 2026. See the chart

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  13. Share of households' stocks and mutual funds held by the wealthiest 1%, Quarter ending June 2026

    50.9%

    The less wealthy half held 0.6%. Not counting stocks in 401(k)s and similar plans.

    Source: Federal Reserve Board, Distributional Financial Accounts (Public domain (Federal Reserve Board; cite the Board as the source)), data as of June 30, 2026. See the chart

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  14. Share of private business wealth held by the wealthiest 1%, Quarter ending June 2026

    53.0%

    Businesses not traded on a stock exchange, such as family firms and partnerships.

    Source: Federal Reserve Board, Distributional Financial Accounts (Public domain (Federal Reserve Board; cite the Board as the source)), data as of June 30, 2026. See the chart

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  15. Share of U.S. home value held by the less wealthy half of households, Quarter ending June 2026

    9.7%

    The wealthiest 1% held 13.4%. Before subtracting mortgages.

    Source: Federal Reserve Board, Distributional Financial Accounts (Public domain (Federal Reserve Board; cite the Board as the source)), data as of June 30, 2026. See the chart

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What these numbers can and can't tell you

Wealth is net worth: what households own (homes, stocks, retirement accounts, businesses, cars, bank deposits) minus what they owe (mortgages, credit cards, student and car loans). Groups such as "the wealthiest 1%" are ranked by it.

The quarterly figures are the Federal Reserve's Distributional Financial Accounts, whose newest quarters are estimates that get revised. The medians by age come from its Survey of Consumer Finances, taken every three years, in dollars of the survey year.

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