This statistic presents the length of time of emergency fund coverage of family expenses in the United States in 2019. In that year, 22 percent of the respondents revealed that that their emergency fund would cover their family expenses for more than six months.
For how many months would your emergency fund cover your family's expenses?
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Statistics on Personal savings in the United States
Overview
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- Basic Statistic Monthly personal savings as a share of disposable income in the U.S. 2015-2022
- Premium Statistic Mean and median amount of personal savings in the U.S. 2022, by type
- Basic Statistic Personal savings in the U.S. 1960-2021
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- Premium Statistic Amount of money saved in savings accounts in the U.S. 2020-2022
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Household savings
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- Basic Statistic Household savings in the U.S. 2000-2021
- Basic Statistic Time and savings deposits of households and nonprofit organizations U.S. 2000-2021
- Premium Statistic Share of families that saved in the U.S. 2001-2019, by ethnicity
- Premium Statistic Share of families that saved in the U.S. 2004-2019, by work status
- Premium Statistic Share of families with savings bonds in the U.S. 2007-2019, by age of family head
- Premium Statistic Financial instruments owned by children in the U.S. 2022
College savings
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Retirement savings
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- Premium Statistic Adults with any retirement savings in the U.S. 2021, by age group
- Premium Statistic Opinion of Americans on state of their retirement savings 2021, by ethnicity
- Premium Statistic Drivers for starting to save for retirement in the U.S. 2020-2021
- Premium Statistic Household retirement savings in the U.S. 2020-2021, by amount
- Premium Statistic Value of assets invested in IRAs in the U.S. 2021, by type
- Premium Statistic Probability of outliving their savings in the U.S. 2020-2022
Saving practices
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- Basic Statistic Reasons why families saved in the U.S. 2010-2019
- Premium Statistic Goals in New Year's financial resolution in the U.S. 2022
- Premium Statistic Factors that are holding back Americans from saving for a down payment 2021
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- Premium Statistic Emergency bill: savings, credit card, borrow vs personal loan U.S. 2022
- Premium Statistic Bank account and service complaints reported CFPB in the U.S. 2021
Impact of the economy on savings
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- Premium Statistic Adults who spent money from their savings due to inflation in the U.S. 2022, by age
- Premium Statistic Main reasons why respondents could not save more in the U.S. 2022
- Premium Statistic Share of respondents who have delayed financial milestones in the U.S. 2022
- Premium Statistic Share of respondents who avoided expenditures in the U.S. 2022
- Premium Statistic Actions people have found most effective to save money worldwide 2022
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- Time period for which emergency savings fund suffices among U.S. Millennials 2014
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- Number of new EPF subscribers in India by age 2020
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- Canada - revenue of universities and degree-granting colleges, by type of fund 2019
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- Expense ratio for selected fund types worldwide 2006-2010
- Average of monthly savings of working households in Japan 2021, by region
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T. Rowe Price. (March 21, 2019). For how many months would your emergency fund cover your family's expenses? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 07, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/542697/us-families-time-their-emergency-fund-would-cover-family-expenses/
T. Rowe Price. "For how many months would your emergency fund cover your family's expenses?." Chart. March 21, 2019. Statista. Accessed February 07, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/542697/us-families-time-their-emergency-fund-would-cover-family-expenses/
T. Rowe Price. (2019). For how many months would your emergency fund cover your family's expenses?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 07, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/542697/us-families-time-their-emergency-fund-would-cover-family-expenses/
T. Rowe Price. "For How Many Months Would Your Emergency Fund Cover Your Family's Expenses?." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Mar 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/542697/us-families-time-their-emergency-fund-would-cover-family-expenses/
T. Rowe Price, For how many months would your emergency fund cover your family's expenses? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/542697/us-families-time-their-emergency-fund-would-cover-family-expenses/ (last visited February 07, 2023)
For how many months would your emergency fund cover your family's expenses? [Graph], T. Rowe Price, March 21, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/542697/us-families-time-their-emergency-fund-would-cover-family-expenses/