If Wealth Was Evenly Distributed Across America, How Much Money Would Every Person Have?

If Wealth Was Evenly Distributed Across America, How Much Money Would Every Person Have?

Andrew Lisa  Sat, May 17, 2025 GOBankingRates

According to the Federal Reserve, U.S. households hold $160.35 trillion in combined wealth, which is the value of every American’s assets minus their liabilities.

To say it’s distributed unevenly is too much of an understatement to even qualify as an understatement. The bottom 50% of the country shares less than 3% of that enormous pie, while the most fortunate 10% gorge on nearly all of it.

Here’s a look at how much money each American would have if every person got an equal slice of the country’s wealth.

How Does Just Shy of a Half-Million Bucks Sound? It Depends Who You Ask

According to Google’s Data Commons project, the U.S. is home to roughly 340.11 million people.

If they divvied up the country’s $160.35 trillion jackpot equally, each would have about $471,465. That’s $942,930 per couple. If a couple had two kids, the four of them would be sitting pretty with $1.89 million.

To most in the lower 50%, that probably sounds like a pretty sweet deal. To many in the monied class in the top half, however, a net worth of less than a half-million dollars might as well be a stint in the poorhouse.

The Haves and Have-Mores Hoard 2/3 of the Pie

Nearly one dollar in three is in the pockets of the top 1%, which owns $49.46 trillion, or 30.8% of America’s combined wealth — but even the 1% has an aristocracy and an underclass.

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