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The Forbes 400 Richest Americans list has been published annually since 1982. The combined net worth of the 2020 class of the 400 richest Americans was $3.2 trillion, up from $2.7 trillion in 2017. [1] As of March 2023, there were 735 billionaires in the United States. [2]
In 1957, Fortune magazine developed a list of the seventy-six wealthiest Americans, which was published in many American newspapers. [6] Jean Paul Getty, when asked his reaction to being named wealthiest American and whether he was worth a billion dollars, said, "You know, if you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars" and then added, "But remember, a billion dollars isn't ...
By the fourth quarter of 2010, the household net worth had recovered by a growth of 1.3 percent to a total of $56.8 trillion. An additional growth of 15.7 percent is needed just to bring the value to where it was before the recession started in December 2007. [22] In 2014 a record breaking net worth of $80.7 trillion was achieved. [64]
When it comes to the net worth of many Americans, trouble does indeed come in threes. A 2023 study found that 51% of Americans have no clue how to calculate their assets to get a true view of ...
The richest Americans have, on average, $111,600 in their bank accounts. That’s around 29% of what they make in a year. On the other hand, the bottom 20% of Americans have around $900 in their ...
The top 10% of American households by net worth had an average of $1.29 million in their retirement accounts in 2022, according to the Federal Reserve’s Survey of Consumer Finances.
Between 2008 and 2009, the net worth of US households had recovered from a low of 3.55 times GDP to 3.75 times GDP, while nonfinancial business fell from 1.37 times GDP to 1.22 times GDP. [5] The net worth of American households and non-profits constitutes three-quarters of total United States net worth – in 2008, 355% of GDP.
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.