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https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publicatio...

"The median household wealth in 2021 was $166,900. The 10th percentile of household wealth was zero dollars, meaning 1 in 10 households had wealth of zero dollars or less. The 90th percentile of household wealth was $1,623,000, meaning 1 in 10 households had wealth exceeding $1.6 million."



We live in an amazing country. Presumably some of the <0 folks are recent grads with student debt etc rather than the classical poor as well.


Plenty of classic poor too. 4 in 10 americans can’t cover a $400 expense without selling assets or taking on debt.




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