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Affluence and economic standing within society are often expressed in terms of percentile ranking. The economic ranking is conducted either in terms of giving lower thresholds for a designated group (e.g. the top 5%, 10%, 15%, etc.) or in terms of the percentage of households/individuals with incomes above a certain threshold (e.g. above $75,000, $100,000, $200,000, etc.).
Countries by median wealth ( US dollars) per adult. From 2021 publication of Credit Suisse. This is a list of countries of the world by wealth per adult or household, from sources such as UBS 's annual Global Wealth Databook [1] and the OECD 's Better Life Index. [2] Wealth includes both financial and non-financial assets.
The average white family's median net worth was $285,000. Hispanic families had a median net worth of $61,600, and for black families, this figure was $44,900. Although black families had the lowest median net worth of all racial groups, they experienced the greatest percent increase in net worth from 2019 to 2022, at 60 percent.
Average net worth—which heavily weights extremely high-wealth families—substantially exceeds median net worth (families in the fiftieth percentile). Further, average net worth outgrew median net worth from 2019 through 2022. According to PolitiFact, in 2011 the 400 wealthiest Americans "have more wealth than half of all Americans combined."
With that in mind, a net worth of $604,900 would put you in the upper 25% of American households and having $1 million or more should make you firmly a member of the upper class.
A Middle-Class Net Worth in America’s Wealthiest State ... Using $270,000 as the 50th percentile — roughly midway on the middle-class net worth spectrum — the 20th percentile is $10,000 for ...
The two charts on the right show the average net worth of individuals in the top 1%, top 10%, 50th to 90th percentile, and bottom half of the population from 1962 to 2021. Note that net worth, particularly for high-net-worth individuals, is typically concentrated in illiquid assets such as real estate and corporations whose valuations are ...
With a $10,000 net worth, this group struggles financially. Any assets are often offset by liabilities. Homeownership and investments are rare in this percentile.