The average net worth of families in the United States increased nearly twofold between 1989 and 2007, when it reached 687,000 U.S. dollars. Following the financial crisis of 2008, the average net worth of Americans families dropped to 580,000 U.S. in 2013. In the following years, American families' net worth started increasing again, reaching a value of nearly 750,000 U.S. dollars.
Mean houshehold net worth in the United States from 1989 to 2019 (in thousand U.S. dollars)
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Federal Reserve. (November 17, 2020). Mean houshehold net worth in the United States from 1989 to 2019 (in thousand U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 05, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/246205/family-net-worth-in-the-united-states/
Federal Reserve. "Mean houshehold net worth in the United States from 1989 to 2019 (in thousand U.S. dollars)." Chart. November 17, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 05, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/246205/family-net-worth-in-the-united-states/
Federal Reserve. (2020). Mean houshehold net worth in the United States from 1989 to 2019 (in thousand U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 05, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/246205/family-net-worth-in-the-united-states/
Federal Reserve. "Mean Houshehold Net worth in The United States from 1989 to 2019 (in Thousand U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Nov 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/246205/family-net-worth-in-the-united-states/
Federal Reserve, Mean houshehold net worth in the United States from 1989 to 2019 (in thousand U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/246205/family-net-worth-in-the-united-states/ (last visited December 05, 2023)
Mean houshehold net worth in the United States from 1989 to 2019 (in thousand U.S. dollars) [Graph], Federal Reserve, November 17, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/246205/family-net-worth-in-the-united-states/