The wealth gap in the United States isn't just wide—it's a chasm. The top 1 percent, about 1.3 million households, hold $52 trillion in net worth. The bottom 50 percent, 66 million households, scrape ...

Data from the Federal Reserve shows that the so-called K-shaped economy in America is alive and well, with low- and middle-income households falling further behind as the richest Americans pull away.

Global wealth is quietly being redrawn, and the new map has a striking center of gravity: three countries now host more than half of the planet’s billionaires. A record 3,428 individuals with ...

Edward Wolff, one of the country's leading experts on household wealth, here provides a comprehensive study of wealth in America since 1910. The century brought shifting patterns in the ownership of ...

The share of wealth owned by the 1% of richest people in the United States has reached a new record of 31.7% in the third quarter of 2025, the highest since records began in 1989, according to figures ...

Wealth in our nation is exclusively concentrated in the hands of the few. In a country of 330 million people, 23 million millionaires and 902 billionaires have a net worth exceeding $50 trillion. The ...

The ranks of America's ultrawealthy are surging — and the biggest winners aren't New York or California. A new report from wealth intelligence firm Altrata released on Tuesday shows that Florida, ...