The first graph below shows the wealth level at each percentile of distribution; note that wealth is overwhelmingly concentrated at the top of society.
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Wealth Level By Percentile (2016)
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The next graph shows the percent of wealth owned by each decile, that is, by each 10% of the population. So, you can see that while the bottom 10 percent of us owns 0.5 percent of the wealth in the country, the top 10 percent owns 77.1 percent of it.
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Wealth Share By Wealth Decile (2016)
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Finally, let's see what percent of national wealth is owned by the top 1 percent of families.
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Wealth Share of the Top 1%
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In 1989, the top 1 percent owned 29.9 percent of our country's wealth. Today, that's up to 38.5 percent.
A possible clue to the dwindling of the middle class?
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