# U.S. Top 0.1% More Than Doubled Wealth Since End of 2019

By Enna Lee

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Published: 2026-11-10T06:16:37.000Z
Updated: 2026-11-10T06:16:37.000Z
Section: Investing

> Roughly 137,000 households held about $28 trillion, or 15% of estimated U.S. wealth.

Roughly 137,000 U.S. households in the top 0.1% more than doubled their combined wealth since the end of 2019, with their wealth estimated at about $28 trillion and the divide from other households widening.

That total represented about 15% of the estimated $186 trillion in U.S. wealth. Average wealth in the group exceeded $200 million per household. It added about $14.5 trillion since the end of 2019, with financial-market gains accounting for much of the increase, including gains in stocks and mutual funds. The gap between the ultrawealthy and other Americans widened around the pandemic.

The rest of the top 10% gained about $38.2 trillion over the same period. Those gains were spread across nearly 100 times as many households as the top 0.1% group.

The bottom half of U.S. households held about $4 trillion, equal to 2.3% of national wealth. Average wealth in that group was roughly $63,000, compared with more than $200 million for the top 0.1%—a difference of more than 3,000 times.

Income sources also differed among the wealthiest households. Businesses were the main income source for 37% of households in the top 0.1%, while 26% relied mostly on capital gains and 10% primarily on wages and salaries. In 2022, about $45.8 million in household wealth was needed to enter the top 0.1%.