U.S. Department of Commerce

Wealth and Asset Ownership






Asset Ownership of Households: 1993

Table 5.  Mean Value of Holdings for Asset Owners, by Selected Characteristics:  1993

(In dollars.  Excludes persons in group quarters.  For meaning of symbols, see text)
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                                               Interest                       Stocks
                                                earning      Other               and   Equity in                                   Other                IRA
        Characteristics                       assets at  interest-   Regular  mutual    business  Equity in  Equity in    Rental    real     U.S.        or
                                     Net      financial    earning  checking    fund          or      motor        own  property  estate  savings     KEOGH     Other
                                   worth institutions/1   assets/2  accounts  shares  profession   vehicles       home    equity  equity    bonds  accounts  assets/3  
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  Total.........................  99,772         15,939     46,646     1,148  39,888      59,002      7,512     68,933    79,265  48,992    4,583    29,050    57,780

RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN OF
 HOUSEHOLDER

White........................... 109,132         16,953     47,438     1,175  40,186      59,856      7,785     70,802    78,621  49,877    4,754    29,549    57,793
Black...........................  28,416          4,528     18,191       833  21,543      33,230      4,584     40,575    47,707  25,205    2,395    11,544       (B)
Hispanic origin/4...............  38,792          6,143        (B)     1,104  20,765      24,692      5,096     55,781    62,935  46,071    4,011    19,585       (B)

AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER

Less than 35 years..............  26,789          4,525     14,791       734  16,738      34,547      5,725     30,322    38,077  31,903    1,654     9,034    40,097
35 to 44 years..................  75,490          8,420    235,753     1,031  23,848      51,408      7,480     56,061    64,034  41,957    4,142    19,737    54,671
45 to 54 years.................. 123,443         13,027     33,176     1,225  39,096      68,855      8,895     75,025    82,569  51,268    3,795    29,174    53,848
55 to 64 years.................. 167,588         21,982     58,050     1,431  58,433      72,731      9,178     88,278   112,718  54,501    5,706    39,265    64,628
65 years and over............... 153,363         33,734     72,084     1,574  61,095      84,822      7,450     86,934    80,252  57,655    9,435    43,043    64,474
  65 to 69 years................ 167,545         27,946     64,303     1,387  59,126      73,497      8,540     88,243    86,317  57,471    9,502    46,777       (B)
  70 to 74 years................ 161,372         33,321     71,937     1,406  63,823      84,431      8,069     92,094    71,230  67,925    8,853    40,869    72,935
  75 years and over............. 139,010         37,729     77,579     1,834  60,895     106,920      6,099     82,601    80,715  49,412    9,886    36,421    56,838

EDUCATION OF HOUSEHOLDER

Less than 12 years..............  57,897         16,738     52,124       956  24,834      33,917      5,418     55,909    56,244  29,717    4,162    21,178       (B)
High school:  4 years...........  81,500         14,051     44,610       978  25,929      55,598      7,156     61,948    71,655  39,249    3,927    23,591    46,833
College:      1 to 3 years......  91,005         13,195     46,026     1,054  33,663      60,004      7,486     66,278    74,321  42,304    3,575    24,646    49,560
              4 or more years... 172,807         19,883     46,895     1,613  53,629      69,132      9,521     90,231    98,000  68,770    6,059    36,214    73,606

TYPE OF HOUSEHOLD BY AGE OF
 HOUSEHOLDER

Married-couple households....... 130,466         16,908     45,724     1,208  40,767      62,507      9,053     72,899    84,096  51,031    4,845    32,422    66,707
  Less than 35 years............  38,325          4,952     13,069       763  15,332      36,128      6,573     31,366    38,749  33,222    1,741     9,734       (B)
  35 to 54 years................ 121,032         11,132     27,876     1,163  31,738      62,891      9,548     69,693    75,644  47,612    4,227    26,231    57,975
  55 to 64 years................ 206,197         24,320     54,184     1,596  56,664      74,934     10,770     96,452   111,454  56,110    6,054    43,649    69,063
  65 years and over............. 214,363         39,009     78,811     1,646  67,805      88,305      9,600     95,738    98,774  64,733   10,537    49,751    81,091
Male householder................  69,105         14,767     54,149     1,310  43,694      49,672      5,554     57,942    86,771  45,558    4,578    22,515    41,750
  Less than 35 years............  19,648          4,680        (B)       833  19,619      22,861      4,963     30,149       (B)     (B)    1,775     8,642       (B)
  35 to 54 years................  71,456         11,767     36,779     1,364  37,868      62,693      5,743     53,851    73,412  43,680    4,184    22,368       (B)
  55 to 64 years................ 140,380         20,539        (B)     1,523  80,271         (B)      7,038     75,938       (B)     (B)      (B)    31,489       (B)
  65 years and over............. 126,467         38,798    106,966     2,445  73,871         (B)      5,497     77,664    88,808  43,785    9,999    32,939       (B)
Female householder..............  58,918         14,253     44,948       919  33,756      44,421      4,785     62,564    55,380  41,976    3,442    19,532    40,760
  Less than 35 years............  12,036          3,292        (B)       582  18,088      43,954      4,357     24,589       (B)     (B)    1,193     6,786       (B)
  35 to 54 years................  43,186          6,492     29,707       803  20,889      21,521      4,862     49,296    58,393  44,368    2,544    16,411       (B)
  55 to 64 years................  90,571         15,454     70,327       948  53,069         (B)      5,534     68,153    66,911  35,601    3,000    23,639       (B)
  65 years and over.............  98,838         26,055     50,898     1,303  43,631         (B)      4,712     77,464    46,605  46,663    6,824    27,230    42,524

LABOR FORCE ACTIVITY OF
 HOUSEHOLDERS UNDER 65 YEARS

  Total.........................  85,070         10,612     34,446     1,053  33,311      56,531      7,527     62,695    78,929  46,586    3,692    25,762    54,727
With labor force activity.......  85,748          9,818     30,175     1,044  31,356      56,043      7,612     61,856    78,217  46,724    3,614    24,544    52,621
  With job entire period........  89,618          9,940     29,850     1,061  31,032      56,801      7,784     62,453    78,565  46,750    3,616    24,677    52,426
  With job part of period.......  51,663          8,511        (B)       797  39,653      34,199      5,980     50,895    61,400  53,935    3,536    22,851       (B)
  No job during period, spend
   time looking or on layoff....  42,137          7,274        (B)       930  32,369         (B)      5,091     56,573       (B)     (B)    3,689    21,073       (B)
No labor force activity.........  80,830         18,194     63,895     1,131  53,408      69,387      6,831     68,824    84,420  45,577    4,607    36,647    66,858

MONTHLY HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Lowest quintile.................  36,099          8,542     17,800       840  15,101      34,835      3,695     54,427    59,712  35,253    3,267    22,579       (B)
Second quintile.................  60,752         12,613     29,839       766  22,329      28,642      5,037     59,653    54,033  40,734    3,136    24,227    41,097
Third quintile..................  79,489         13,166     37,345       966  32,935      42,502      6,434     59,274    62,839  39,252    3,349    25,408    44,509
Fourth quintile................. 102,623         14,612     38,011     1,167  33,513      49,093      8,397     61,870    66,023  38,052    4,461    24,813    51,248
Highest quintile................ 220,275         25,058     62,721     1,788  53,590      92,368     12,181     95,320   107,971  66,648    5,894    35,372    78,157

HOUSEHOLD NET WORTH

Negative or zero................  -6,852          1,531        (B)       512   3,647     -18,131      2,974      7,950       (B)     (B)      686     6,219       (B)
$1 to $4,999....................   1,933            949        (B)       474   1,769       1,123      2,381      3,295       (B)     (B)      601     2,970       (B)
$5,000 to $9,999................   7,213          2,091        (B)       737   2,382       2,719      5,018      5,467       (B)     (B)    1,007     3,423       (B)
$10,000 to $24,999..............  16,766          3,778      4,615       961   3,840       4,608      6,468     12,252     6,112   9,142    1,398     6,170       (B)
$25,000 to $49,999..............  36,711          5,712      7,765       916   7,381       8,909      6,672     26,835    10,550  12,582    2,076     8,929       (B)
$50,000 to $99,999..............  72,456          9,484     12,248     1,223  10,228      18,507      7,960     49,992    21,926  20,733    2,884    13,534    17,818
$100,000 to $249,999............ 158,223         20,001     23,292     1,607  23,233      42,194     10,351     92,267    37,094  37,969    5,100    24,192    36,599
$250,000 to $499,999............ 342,327         44,038     47,545     2,125  55,023      93,890     13,293    145,120    93,106  72,083    8,456    44,063    69,281
$500,000 and over............... 864,932         92,304    141,518     3,046 178,056     264,014     16,227    237,735   257,601 140,611   19,703    95,043   153,053

REGION

Northeast....................... 112,416         16,398     48,367     1,059  43,216      60,905      7,691     91,292    70,963  70,251    4,437    27,536    59,314
Midwest.........................  95,355         16,436     37,903       996  35,461      65,002      7,867     57,300    64,701  40,770    4,281    27,863    50,665
South...........................  80,878         15,339     49,541     1,232  33,256      53,392      7,176     52,788    64,144  38,430    4,528    30,051    56,596
West............................ 123,398         15,672     52,106     1,284  51,279      56,995      7,453     92,548   119,002  60,740    5,364    31,097    64,868

TENURE

Owner........................... 145,190         18,693     49,636     1,259  42,213      62,772      8,771     68,933    82,717  50,455    5,089    31,540    59,579
Renter..........................  17,940          8,689     29,553       901  28,503      44,146      4,635        (B)    50,817  40,320    2,392    15,125    49,424
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1/Includes passbook savings accounts, money market deposit accounts, certificates of deposits, and interest-earning checking accounts.
2/Includes money market funds, U.S. Government securities, municipal and corporate bonds, and other interest-earning assets.
3/Includes mortgage held form sales of real estate, amount dure from sale of a business, unit trust, and other financial investments.
4/Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: October 31, 2011