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Chart of Percentage of Wealth Held by Richest and Poorest Americans

Percentage of Wealth Held by Richest and Poorest Americans

2005 version of this chart

Sources

National Bureau of Economic Research; cited at: inequality.org/facts/wealth

Tags: income inequality, economic inequality, wealth in the united states, income distribution, wealthiest 1%, wealthiest 5%, poverty in the united states, percentage of wealth held by richest and poorest americans, wealth-inequality

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