▲ 311 ▼ US wealth by wealth percentile group. 50% of households own 2.5% of the nation’s wealth. (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world 25 comments fedilink hide all child comments Source: Federal Reserve
[–] scholar@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (3 children) How many people are in each category? permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 year ago Curren population is 347.533.640 99.9 => 347.533 people 99 - 99.9 => 3.127.802 people 99 - 90 => 31.625.562 people 99 - 50 => 142.141.258 people 50 - 0 => 173.766.820 people permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago Multiply the population by the percentage? (I didn't find anything on that page suggesting that it wouldn't be the case.) 342 million * 0.5 = 171 million people who are in the bottom yellow line. The top darker green line is 342 million * 0.001 = 342 thousand people I think you can do the others yourself if you like. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Bigfish@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 1 year ago Around 350M Americans, so the bottom 50% is about 175M, next 49%'s about the same, top 1% is 3.5M, top 0.1% is 350K people. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 year ago Curren population is 347.533.640 99.9 => 347.533 people 99 - 99.9 => 3.127.802 people 99 - 90 => 31.625.562 people 99 - 50 => 142.141.258 people 50 - 0 => 173.766.820 people permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago Multiply the population by the percentage? (I didn't find anything on that page suggesting that it wouldn't be the case.) 342 million * 0.5 = 171 million people who are in the bottom yellow line. The top darker green line is 342 million * 0.001 = 342 thousand people I think you can do the others yourself if you like. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bigfish@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 1 year ago Around 350M Americans, so the bottom 50% is about 175M, next 49%'s about the same, top 1% is 3.5M, top 0.1% is 350K people. permalink fedilink source parent