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Household wealth grew 135% for one income group since 2009

Wealth is rising, but at different rates

The nation is facing a pandemic-fueled economic recession, but so far, household wealth has not decreased the way it did during the Great Recession. What’s different about household wealth now?

USAFacts breaks down how wealth has grown in America since 2009 in this new report.

Source: Household wealth grew 135% for one income group since 2009

State of US Standard of Living, Income and Poverty | 2020 State of the Union Facts

How have income, poverty and wealth changed, and how have they been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic? Get nonpartisan data about the American standard of living, the middle class, and more with the State of the Union in Numbers.

Source: State of US Standard of Living, Income and Poverty | 2020 State of the Union Facts

Anna Rosling Rönnlund: See how the rest of the world lives, organized by income | TED Talk | TED.com




“What does it look like when someone in Sweden brushes their teeth or when someone in Rwanda makes their bed? Anna Rosling Rönnlund wants all of us to find out, so she sent photographers to 264 homes in 50 countries (and counting!) to document the stoves, bed, toilets, toys and more in households from every income bracket around the world. See how families live in Latvia or Burkina Faso or Peru as Rosling Rönnlund explains the power of data visualization to help us better understand the world.”