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In the fourth quarter of 2023, the top ten percent of earners in the United States held 66.9 percent of total wealth. This is fairly consistent with the third quarter of 2023. Comparatively, the wealth of the bottom 50 percent of earners has been slowly increasing since the start of the 2010s, though remains low. Wealth distribution in the United States by generation can be found Distribution of net wealth in the United States from Q4 1989 to Q4 2023, by income percentile
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Federal Reserve. "Distribution of net wealth in the United States from Q4 1989 to Q4 2023, by income percentile." Chart. March 22, 2024. Statista. Accessed June 10, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/299460/distribution-of-wealth-in-the-united-states/
Federal Reserve. (2024). Distribution of net wealth in the United States from Q4 1989 to Q4 2023, by income percentile. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 10, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/299460/distribution-of-wealth-in-the-united-states/
Federal Reserve. "Distribution of Net Wealth in The United States from Q4 1989 to Q4 2023, by Income Percentile." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Mar 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/299460/distribution-of-wealth-in-the-united-states/
Federal Reserve, Distribution of net wealth in the United States from Q4 1989 to Q4 2023, by income percentile Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/299460/distribution-of-wealth-in-the-united-states/ (last visited June 10, 2024)
Distribution of net wealth in the United States from Q4 1989 to Q4 2023, by income percentile [Graph], Federal Reserve, March 22, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/299460/distribution-of-wealth-in-the-united-states/