Distribution of U.S. Wealth, 2010 U.S. owned wealth of all U.S. wealth wealth group
Wealth inequality is even greater than income inequality. NYU economist Edward Wolff has found that, while the highest-earning fifth of U.S. families earned 59.1% of all income, the richest fifth held 88.9% of all wealth.
Distribution of U.S. Wealth, 2010  | House holds in the  | U.S. owned wealth of all  | U.S. wealth  | wealth group  | Top 1%  | Next 4%  | 35.4%  | Next 5%  | Top 1%  | Next 10%  | Next 20%  | 27.7  | Next 4% 88. .9%  | Top 20%  | Next 20%  | Bottom 40%  | 13.6  | Next 5%  | 12.2  | Next 10%  | 9.4  | Next 20%  | 2.6  | Next 20%  | -0 99  | Bottom 40%  | Source: "The Asset Price Meltdown and the Wea 1th of the  | Middle Class," by Edward N. Wolff, NYU (November 2012)  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 