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Share of US household net worth: top vs. bottom

How it's computed: Federal Reserve Distributional Financial Accounts (DFA), quarterly since 1989. Values exactly as published by the source (rounded).
Source: FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (WFRBST01134, WFRBSTP1300, WFRBSB50215) · link [2] [3]
As of: 1 Apr 2026 · fetched 24 Oct 2026

148 rows

Year / date	Top 1% (% of total net worth)	Top 0.1% (% of total net worth)	Bottom 50% (% of total net worth)
1989-07-01	22.8	8.6	3.5
1989-10-01	23	8.7	3.4
1990-01-01	22.8	8.6	3.5
1990-04-01	22.9	8.7	3.4
1990-07-01	22.4	8.4	3.5
1990-10-01	22.9	8.7	3.6
1991-01-01	23.2	8.9	3.5
1991-04-01	23.1	8.8	3.5
1991-07-01	23.1	8.8	3.7
1991-10-01	23.6	9.1	3.7
1992-01-01	23.4	9	3.8
1992-04-01	23.2	8.9	3.9
1992-07-01	23	8.9	4.1
1992-10-01	23.5	9.2	4
1993-01-01	24	9.5	3.8
1993-04-01	24.2	9.6	3.8
1993-07-01	24.5	9.8	3.8
1993-10-01	25	10.1	3.7
1994-01-01	25.2	10.3	3.5
1994-04-01	25.4	10.4	3.4
1994-07-01	25.6	10.5	3.5
1994-10-01	26	10.8	3.5
1995-01-01	26.4	11	3.5
1995-04-01	26.7	11.1	3.6
1995-07-01	27.3	11.4	3.7
1995-10-01	27.4	11.5	3.6
1996-01-01	27.4	11.5	3.5
1996-04-01	27.3	11.4	3.4
1996-07-01	27.1	11.3	3.5
1996-10-01	27.1	11.3	3.4
1997-01-01	26.9	11.2	3.4
1997-04-01	27.1	11.3	3.4
1997-07-01	27.3	11.4	3.4
1997-10-01	27.4	11.5	3.3
1998-01-01	27.8	11.7	3.3
1998-04-01	27.8	11.7	3.2
1998-07-01	27.1	11.2	3.5
1998-10-01	27.7	11.5	3.2
1999-01-01	27.4	11.2	3.3
1999-04-01	27.5	11.2	3.2
1999-07-01	27.3	11	3.2
1999-10-01	27.9	11.3	3.2
2000-01-01	27.9	11.2	3.2
2000-04-01	27.4	10.8	3.2
2000-07-01	27.3	10.7	3.2
2000-10-01	26.7	10.3	3.2
2001-01-01	26	9.9	3.2
2001-04-01	26.1	9.9	3.1
2001-07-01	25.5	9.5	3.1
2001-10-01	25.7	9.6	2.9
2002-01-01	25.6	9.5	2.9
2002-04-01	25.4	9.3	2.9
2002-07-01	24.7	8.9	3
2002-10-01	24.8	8.9	2.9
2003-01-01	24.7	8.8	2.8
2003-04-01	25.3	9.1	2.6
2003-07-01	25.5	9.2	2.7
2003-10-01	25.9	9.4	2.6
2004-01-01	26.6	9.9	2.5
2004-04-01	26.5	9.8	2.6
2004-07-01	26.8	10	2.5
2004-10-01	27.1	10.2	2.5
2005-01-01	27	10.2	2.5
2005-04-01	27.2	10.4	2.4
2005-07-01	27.2	10.5	2.5
2005-10-01	27.2	10.5	2.5
2006-01-01	27.9	11	2.4
2006-04-01	27.7	10.9	2.4
2006-07-01	27.8	11	2.4
2006-10-01	28.2	11.3	2.3
2007-01-01	28.5	11.5	2.2
2007-04-01	28.7	11.7	2.1
2007-07-01	29	11.9	2
2007-10-01	29	11.9	1.7
2008-01-01	28.9	11.7	1.5
2008-04-01	28.8	11.6	1.5
2008-07-01	28.4	11.2	1.2
2008-10-01	27.6	10.6	1
2009-01-01	27.2	10.2	0.8
2009-04-01	27.4	10.2	0.8
2009-07-01	27.9	10.5	0.7
2009-10-01	27.9	10.4	0.6
2010-01-01	28.2	10.6	0.5
2010-04-01	28	10.5	0.5
2010-07-01	28.4	10.7	0.5
2010-10-01	28.8	11	0.4
2011-01-01	29.1	11.2	0.4
2011-04-01	29.2	11.3	0.4
2011-07-01	28.8	11.1	0.5
2011-10-01	29.1	11.3	0.4
2012-01-01	29.5	11.6	0.4
2012-04-01	29.5	11.6	0.6
2012-07-01	29.7	11.8	0.6
2012-10-01	29.3	11.7	0.7
2013-01-01	29.5	11.9	0.7
2013-04-01	29.4	11.9	0.8
2013-07-01	29.4	12	0.9
2013-10-01	29.6	12.1	0.9
2014-01-01	29.9	12.2	0.9
2014-04-01	30.2	12.4	1
2014-07-01	30.2	12.4	1.1
2014-10-01	30.4	12.5	1
2015-01-01	30.5	12.5	1.1
2015-04-01	30.6	12.6	1.1
2015-07-01	30.3	12.4	1.1
2015-10-01	30.3	12.4	1.2
2016-01-01	30.4	12.4	1.2
2016-04-01	30.6	12.6	1.2
2016-07-01	30.7	12.6	1.3
2016-10-01	30.5	12.5	1.3
2017-01-01	30.5	12.5	1.3
2017-04-01	30.6	12.5	1.4
2017-07-01	30.5	12.5	1.4
2017-10-01	30.6	12.5	1.4
2018-01-01	30.4	12.4	1.5
2018-04-01	30.3	12.3	1.6
2018-07-01	30.5	12.4	1.6
2018-10-01	29.8	11.9	1.6
2019-01-01	30.4	12.3	1.6
2019-04-01	30.2	12.2	1.6
2019-07-01	30.1	12.1	1.7
2019-10-01	30.4	12.4	1.7
2020-01-01	29	11.7	1.9
2020-04-01	29.6	12.2	2
2020-07-01	29.8	12.5	2.1
2020-10-01	30.4	13	2.2
2021-01-01	30.5	13.2	2.3
2021-04-01	30.7	13.5	2.4
2021-07-01	30.7	13.6	2.4
2021-10-01	30.9	13.8	2.4
2022-01-01	30.4	13.6	2.6
2022-04-01	29.4	13.1	2.7
2022-07-01	29.3	13.1	2.7
2022-10-01	29.7	13.3	2.6
2023-01-01	30	13.5	2.6
2023-04-01	30	13.5	2.6
2023-07-01	29.8	13.4	2.6
2023-10-01	30.2	13.6	2.5
2024-01-01	30.4	13.7	2.5
2024-04-01	30.4	13.7	2.5
2024-07-01	30.7	13.9	2.4
2024-10-01	30.9	14	2.4
2025-01-01	30.8	14	2.4
2025-04-01	31.1	14.1	2.4
2025-07-01	31.5	14.4	2.4
2025-10-01	31.8	14.6	2.4
2026-01-01	31.7	14.5	2.4
2026-04-01	32.5	15	2.3