In the first quarter of 2022, the share of net wealth in the United States held by the top 10 percent decreased to 69.2 percent from the fourth quarter of 2021 when the top 10 percent held 69.7 percent of wealth. At the beginning of 1990, this figure stood at 60.6 percent. Between 1990 and the beginning of 2022, the wealth share of the 90th to 99th percentile remained broadly constant at around 37 percent, while the share of the top one percent increased from 23.5 percent of net wealth to 31.9 percent.
Distribution of net wealth in the United States from Q1 1990 to Q3 2022
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St. Louis Fed. (January 3, 2023). Distribution of net wealth in the United States from Q1 1990 to Q3 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 30, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/299460/distribution-of-wealth-in-the-united-states/
St. Louis Fed. "Distribution of net wealth in the United States from Q1 1990 to Q3 2022." Chart. January 3, 2023. Statista. Accessed January 30, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/299460/distribution-of-wealth-in-the-united-states/
St. Louis Fed. (2023). Distribution of net wealth in the United States from Q1 1990 to Q3 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 30, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/299460/distribution-of-wealth-in-the-united-states/
St. Louis Fed. "Distribution of Net Wealth in The United States from Q1 1990 to Q3 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Jan 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/299460/distribution-of-wealth-in-the-united-states/
St. Louis Fed, Distribution of net wealth in the United States from Q1 1990 to Q3 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/299460/distribution-of-wealth-in-the-united-states/ (last visited January 30, 2023)
Distribution of net wealth in the United States from Q1 1990 to Q3 2022 [Graph], St. Louis Fed, January 3, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/299460/distribution-of-wealth-in-the-united-states/