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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Demography. 2018 Jun;55(3):1009–1032. doi: 10.1007/s13524-018-0676-5

Table 2.

Median net worth for selected points in the wealth distribution, by year and household type

Child Households
Elderly Households
P0–P100 P0–P50 P51–P90 P91–P99 P100 P0–P100 P0–P50 P51–P90 P91–P99 P100
Year
 1989 27,889 146 73,156 380,776 2,019,309 106,647 27,114 224,085 1,229,576 6,693,649
 1992 22,828 16 67,956 428,207 2,268,170 119,095 37,898 231,212 955,640 4,954,717
 2001 29,766 607 100,344 658,644 4,370,008 170,062 57,665 373,152 1,633,287 11,300,000
 2004 30,828 262 104,270 660,366 5,347,351 171,653 45,133 379,438 1,676,785 10,500,000
 2007 34,043 0 115,328 685,689 5,433,769 192,559 58,722 413,958 2,259,503 10,700,000
 2010 14,489 −148 56,698 659,236 5,175,390 171,643 48,494 363,215 1,977,761 12,200,000
 2013 12,413 −233 68,974 584,850 5,165,138 154,998 46,020 325,976 2,121,674 11,300,000
Percentage Change
 1989–2013 −55.5 −259.7 −5.7 53.6 155.8 45.3 69.7 45.5 72.6 68.8
 1989–1992 −18.1 −88.9 −7.1 12.5 12.3 44.8 90.5 24.8 −9.6 17.7
 1992–2001 30.4 3,633 47.7 53.8 92.7 42.8 52.2 61.4 70.9 128.1
 2001–2004 3.6 −56.9 3.9 0.3 22.4 0.9 −21.7 1.7 2.7 −7.1
 2004–2007 10.4 −100.0 10.6 3.8 1.6 12.2 30.1 9.1 34.8 1.9
 2007–2010 −57.4 −50.8 −3.9 −4.8 −10.9 −17.4 −12.3 −12.5 14.0
 2010–2013 −14.3 −57.1 21.6 −11.3 −0.2 −9.7 −5.1 −10.3 7.3 −7.4
 2007–2013 −63.5 −40.2 −14.7 −4.9 −19.5 −21.6 −21.3 −6.1 5.6

Notes: Net worth amounts are in constant 2013 dollars. Net worth was adjusted by the square root of household size. All estimates are weighted.