In a survey conducted in 2021, 50 percent of adults in the United States aged between 18 and 29 years old believed that the existence of billionaires is a bad thing. Conversely, for respondents aged 50 years or older, only 19 percent of respondents held a negative opinion of billionaires.
Opinion of adults in the United States on whether the existence of billionaires is a good or bad thing in 2021, by age
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Statistics on Millionaires in the United States
Overview
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- Basic Statistic Number of people with wealth over one million U.S dollars 2021, by country
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- Basic Statistic U.S. wealth distribution Q3 2022
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Net worth
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- Premium Statistic Distribution of wealth in the United States 1990-2022
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- Premium Statistic Asset allocation of high net worth individuals in North America 2021
- Premium Statistic Distribution of assets by category and wealth percentile U.S. Q1 2021
Demographics
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- Premium Statistic Share of households who are millionaires by state U.S. 2020
- Premium Statistic Number of households who are millionaires. by state U.S. 2020
- Basic Statistic U.S. states with highest ratio of millionaire households per capita 2020
- Premium Statistic U.S. metropolitan areas with the highest share of millionaire households 2020
- Basic Statistic Richest self-made women in the United States 2022, based on net worth
- Premium Statistic Distribution of UHNW individuals by gender U.S. 2019
- Premium Statistic Share of U.S. families who are millionaires 2016, by ethnicity
Billionaires
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- Basic Statistic U.S. billionaires 1990-2020
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- Premium Statistic States with the most billionaires in the U.S. 2022
- Premium Statistic Combined value of billionaire wealth in the United States 2020-2022
- Premium Statistic U.S. opinions of billionaires 2022
- Basic Statistic Opinion of U.S. adults on whether billionaires are a good or bad thing 2021, by age
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Around the world
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- Basic Statistic Leading billionaires worldwide 2022
- Premium Statistic Ultra high net worth individuals 2021, by country
- Premium Statistic Share of the world's billionaires by region 2021
- Premium Statistic Global fastest growing markets for centi-millionaires 2022-2032
- Premium Statistic Cities with the highest number of UHNW individuals worldwide 2020
- Basic Statistic Most affluent women worldwide 2022, by net worth
- Basic Statistic Youngest billionaires globally 2022, by net worth
- Premium Statistic Value added to the wealth of the world's leading billionaires during pandemic 2021
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- Top 10 countries with highest percentage of female billionaires 2015
- Ranking of the richest Israelis 2019
- Ultra high-net worth individuals by wealth origin in Germany in 2014
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Pew Research Center. (July 28, 2021). Opinion of adults in the United States on whether the existence of billionaires is a good or bad thing in 2021, by age [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 27, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126075/public-opinion-billionaires-good-bad-us-age/
Pew Research Center. "Opinion of adults in the United States on whether the existence of billionaires is a good or bad thing in 2021, by age." Chart. July 28, 2021. Statista. Accessed March 27, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126075/public-opinion-billionaires-good-bad-us-age/
Pew Research Center. (2021). Opinion of adults in the United States on whether the existence of billionaires is a good or bad thing in 2021, by age. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 27, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126075/public-opinion-billionaires-good-bad-us-age/
Pew Research Center. "Opinion of Adults in The United States on Whether The Existence of Billionaires Is a Good or Bad Thing in 2021, by Age." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Jul 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126075/public-opinion-billionaires-good-bad-us-age/
Pew Research Center, Opinion of adults in the United States on whether the existence of billionaires is a good or bad thing in 2021, by age Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126075/public-opinion-billionaires-good-bad-us-age/ (last visited March 27, 2023)
Opinion of adults in the United States on whether the existence of billionaires is a good or bad thing in 2021, by age [Graph], Pew Research Center, July 28, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126075/public-opinion-billionaires-good-bad-us-age/