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Note that families are grouped by the primary racial and ethnic identity of the survey respondent.

Race and ethnicity: non-Hispanic, white non-Hispanic, Black and Hispanic of any race.

Let’s begin by looking at family wealth and wealth inequality for different demographic groups: See our team’s latest report, The Real State of Family Wealth, for reflections on the early impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Just a note: Though the most recent SCF data are from 2019, they do not capture the impact of the pandemic on families’ economic well-being and wealth, which has the potential to erode some of the gains seen that year. Our estimates may differ slightly due to accessing the public versus private datasets and slight variation in demographic definitions. The Federal Reserve Board’s Bulletin (PDF) also summarizes changes between the 20 SCF. It is conducted every three years, most recently in 2019, and allows researchers to explore the finances of specific groups-for example, “college-educated Blacks”-with detail that would not be possible in other datasets. The Federal Reserve Board’s Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) is considered the gold standard on wealth data in the United States. population of 129 million families in 2019. In this one-minute video, see how $96.1 trillion in total American family wealth was distributed among the U.S.

Wealth is what a family owns, minus what they owe. In this article, we’ll use updated (2019) data from the Fed’s latest Survey of Consumer Finances, which was released this year, to refresh our previous primer on wealth inequality. Thus, wide wealth gaps remained, and wealth levels among Black, Hispanic and less educated families remained low-making it difficult for these groups to fully participate in the economy and have financial stability. However, since these families had higher wealth to begin with, small percentage gains translated into large gains in dollar terms. Groups that historically have had higher wealth, like white families and families with at least a bachelor’s degree, gained only 4% to 5% more wealth in the same time period. For Black families, Hispanic families and families with a high school degree (but no more), these impressive gains ranged from 25% to 60%. changed over time? What does the wealth distribution in America look like now? Well, groups that historically have had low wealth had notable increases in median wealth from 2016 to 2019. So, how has wealth inequality in the U.S.

using 2016 data-at the time, the most recently available-from the Federal Reserve Board’s Survey of Consumer Finances. In it, we showed the state of wealth and income inequality in the U.S. If you Google “wealth inequality in America,” you may find our blog post What Wealth Inequality in America Looks Like: Key Facts & Figures.