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 Wealth and Asset Ownership




Asset Ownership of Households: 1995

Table 3.  Interest-earning Asset Ownership Rates for Households, by Selected Characteristics: 1995
(Excludes group quarters.)

                                                                          Percent owning interest-earning assets                 
                                                                                     Held at financial institute                 
                                                                                                   Money      Certi-   Interest- 
                                               Number of                            Passbook      market     ficates     earning 
                                              households                             savings     deposit          of    checking 
                                             (thousands)       Total       Total    accounts    accounts     deposit    accounts 
   Total                                           99088        70.3        69.8        59.5        10.5        13.4        36.4 
                                                                                                                                 
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN OF HOUSEHOLDER                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                 
White                                              84224        73.5        72.9        61.7        11.6        14.9        39.1 
Black                                              11719        47.6        47.4        43.4         2.6         3.7        17.0 
Hispanic Origin                                     8161        49.8        49.6        44.8         3.4         3.4        19.1 
                                                                                                                                 
AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                 
Less than 35 years                                 24092        62.1        61.8        55.5         4.7         4.1        28.0 
35 to 44 years                                     23343        70.6        70.2        62.5         8.5         7.7        33.8 
45 to 54 years                                     17813        72.8        72.5        64.9        12.0        11.4        37.9 
55 to 64 years                                     12338        72.0        71.1        58.9        13.2        16.4        39.7 
65 years and over                                  21502        76.0        75.1        56.6        16.1        30.0        45.7 
65 to 69 years                                      6056        75.7        74.7        59.1        15.6        25.6        45.5 
70 to 74 years                                      5834        75.7        74.8        58.0        18.0        30.0        45.6 
75 and over                                         9612        76.3        75.4        54.2        15.2        32.7        45.9 
                                                                                                                                 
EDUCATION OF HOUSEHOLDER                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                 
Less than 12 years                                 20597        50.3        50.1        41.0         5.3        11.9        22.3 
High school:    4 years                            31669        67.5        67.1        57.3         8.1        13.5        32.7 
College:        1 to 3 years                       23665        74.4        73.9        64.8         8.9        11.5        37.4 
                4 or more years                    23158        87.6        86.7        73.5        19.8        16.6        53.1 
                                                                                                                                 
TYPE OF HOUSEHOLD BY AGE                                                                                                         
OF HOUSEHOLDER                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                 
Married-couple households                          54685        77.7        77.3        67.4        12.7        14.9        41.8 
   Less than 35 years                              11753        70.6        70.5        64.2         6.6         5.0        32.8 
   35 to 54 years                                  25949        78.6        78.2        70.7        12.0        10.9        40.7 
   55 to 64 years                                   7495        80.1        79.0        65.8        16.4        19.8        46.6 
   65 years and over                                9487        82.3        81.7        63.7        19.3        34.2        52.3 
Male householder                                   16044        63.8        63.1        51.8         7.4         9.2        31.7 
   Less than 35 years                               5402        61.1        60.5        52.7         3.5         4.1        27.2 
   35 to 54 years                                   6336        62.9        62.4        53.2         8.0         6.7        29.9 
   55 to 64 years                                   1539        62.2        61.5        48.3         8.9        10.7        33.6 
   65 years and over                                2767        71.9        70.4        48.7        12.7        24.3        43.4 
Female householder                                 28359        59.5        59.0        48.6         7.8        12.9        28.8 
  Less than 35 years                                6937        48.4        48.2        42.9         2.5         2.6        20.6 
  35 to 54 years                                    8869        57.1        57.0        50.1         5.7         6.5        24.6 
  55 to 64 years                                    3305        58.2        57.9        48.3         8.0        11.4        26.7 
  65 years and over                                 9248        70.7        69.6        51.6        13.8        27.4        39.7 
                                                                                                                                 
LABOR FORCE ACTIVITY OF                                                                                                          
HOUSEHOLDERS UNDER 65                                                                                                            
YEARS                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                 
   Total                                           77586        68.7        68.3        60.3         8.9         8.8        33.9 
With labor force activity                          66357        72.5        72.1        64.0         9.4         9.0        35.7 
   With job entire period                          61405        74.3        73.9        65.7         9.8         9.3        36.5 
   With job part of period                          3518        55.0        54.9        47.1         4.6         5.6        27.4 
   No job during period, spent time looking                                                                                      
or on layoff                                        1434        39.8        39.8        32.7         4.8         4.1        20.0 
No labor force activity                            11229        46.1        45.6        38.3         5.8         7.7        23.0 
                                                                                                                                 
Monthly Household Income                                                                                                         
Lowest quintile                                    19838        41.4        41.1        32.0         4.1         8.6        18.2 
Second quintile                                    19812        62.6        62.1        50.8         6.8        13.7        29.2 
Third quintile                                     19811        73.7        73.3        62.6         9.2        13.6        36.5 
Fourth quintile                                    19812        82.3        81.8        71.6        11.2        13.9        42.4 
Highest quintile                                   19814        91.3        90.5        80.4        21.0        17.3        56.0 
                                                                                                                                 
Household Net Worth                                                                                                              
Negative or Zero                                   10247        34.2        34.2        29.2         1.3         1.5        15.5 
$1 to $4,999............                           14092        43.2        43.0        37.4         1.3         1.6        14.5 
$5,000 to $9,999........                            6022        62.7        62.2        54.9         2.3         4.2        21.7 
$10,000 to $24,999......                           11629        69.8        69.5        61.5         4.7         6.3        31.3 
$25,000 to $49,999......                           11633        73.4        73.0        63.8         6.9         9.9        34.4 
$50,000 to $99,999......                           16111        79.1        78.7        68.1         9.6        15.3        39.9 
$100,000 to $249,999....                           18862        89.3        88.6        74.6        17.9        25.2        54.6 
$250,000 to $499,999....                            7028        94.7        93.8        74.9        32.0        35.0        63.0 
$500,000 and over.......                            3464        96.7        93.5        72.7        40.3        31.5        68.3 
                                                                                                                                 
REGION                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                 
Northeast                                          20184        74.2        73.6        62.9        12.5        12.4        38.4 
Midwest                                            25569        75.3        74.7        64.2        10.3        17.7        38.5 
South                                              33414        63.2        62.8        51.9         9.4        12.7        34.0 
West                                               19921        71.7        71.2        62.8        10.3        10.2        36.0 
                                                                                                                                 
TENURE                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                 
Owner                                              63663        79.9        79.3        67.4        13.9        17.7        44.0 
Renter                                             35424        52.9        52.6        45.2         4.2         5.7        22.9 



Table 3.  Interest-earning Asset Ownership Rates for Households, by Selected Characteristics: 1995
(Excludes group quarters.)

                                                       Percent owning interest-earning assets           
                                                           Other interest-earning assets                
                                                                           U.S.   Municipal             
                                                              Money     Govern-         and             
                                                             market        ment   corporate       Other 
                                                  Total       funds  securities       bonds      assets 
   Total                                            7.8         3.3         1.9         3.0         2.0 
                                                                                                        
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN OF HOUSEHOLDER                                                                 
                                                                                                        
White                                               8.8         3.8         2.2         3.4         2.2 
Black                                               1.1         0.2         0.1         0.3         0.8 
Hispanic Origin                                     1.7         0.8         0.3         0.5         0.6 
                                                                                                        
AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER                                                                                      
                                                                                                        
Less than 35 years                                  3.3         1.9         0.6         0.9         0.8 
35 to 44 years                                      5.5         2.8         1.0         1.5         1.5 
45 to 54 years                                      7.7         4.0         1.4         2.5         2.1 
55 to 64 years                                     10.4         4.3         2.6         4.4         2.6 
65 years and over                                  13.8         4.3         4.4         6.5         3.5 
65 to 69 years                                     15.3         5.8         4.7         7.2         3.7 
70 to 74 years                                     14.2         4.7         4.1         6.7         3.6 
75 and over                                        12.6         3.1         4.5         5.9         3.2 
                                                                                                        
EDUCATION OF HOUSEHOLDER                                                                                
                                                                                                        
Less than 12 years                                  2.6         0.8         0.6         1.0         0.7 
High school:    4 years                             5.2         1.4         1.5         1.7         1.7 
College:        1 to 3 years                        6.8         2.8         1.7         2.3         1.9 
                4 or more years                    16.9         8.6         3.9         7.2         3.7 
                                                                                                        
TYPE OF HOUSEHOLD BY AGE                                                                                
OF HOUSEHOLDER                                                                                          
                                                                                                        
Married-couple households                           9.0         4.0         2.1         3.6         2.3 
   Less than 35 years                               3.3         1.9         0.6         0.7         0.8 
   35 to 54 years                                   7.6         3.9         1.4         2.3         2.1 
   55 to 64 years                                  12.6         5.2         3.1         5.6         3.2 
   65 years and over                               17.3         5.6         5.4         9.4         4.2 
Male householder                                    6.7         3.5         1.3         2.0         1.4 
   Less than 35 years                               4.8         3.0         0.8         1.6         0.9 
   35 to 54 years                                   5.9         3.5         0.6         1.1         1.2 
   55 to 64 years                                   7.1         3.6         1.2         3.0         1.8 
   65 years and over                               11.9         4.4         4.0         4.1         2.8 
Female householder                                  6.0         1.9         1.8         2.2         1.7 
  Less than 35 years                                2.1         1.0         0.6         0.5         0.6 
  35 to 54 years                                    3.7         1.2         0.7         1.5         1.3 
  55 to 64 years                                    7.0         2.6         2.2         2.2         1.6 
  65 years and over                                10.8         2.9         3.6         4.2         2.9 
                                                                                                        
LABOR FORCE ACTIVITY OF                                                                                 
HOUSEHOLDERS UNDER 65                                                                                   
YEARS                                                                                                   
                                                                                                        
   Total                                            6.1         3.0         1.2         2.0         1.6 
With labor force activity                           6.2         3.2         1.2         1.9         1.7 
   With job entire period                           6.4         3.3         1.2         2.0         1.7 
   With job part of period                          3.6         2.2         1.0         1.2         0.5 
   No job during period, spent time looking                                                             
or on layoff                                        3.0         1.2         1.5         0.7         0.4 
No labor force activity                             5.7         2.2         1.5         2.4         1.3 
                                                                                                        
Monthly Household Income                                                                                
Lowest quintile                                     2.2         1.1         0.7         0.8         0.3 
Second quintile                                     4.4         1.3         1.3         1.4         1.3 
Third quintile                                      7.2         2.3         2.0         2.7         2.1 
Fourth quintile                                     9.1         3.8         2.1         3.5         2.3 
Highest quintile                                   16.1         8.0         3.5         6.4         4.0 
                                                                                                        
Household Net Worth                                                                                     
Negative or Zero                                    0.6         0.2         0.1         0.2         0.1 
$1 to $4,999............                            0.5         0.2         0.1         0.1         0.3 
$5,000 to $9,999........                            1.2         0.5         0.1         0.0         0.5 
$10,000 to $24,999......                            2.5         1.1         0.2         0.4         0.9 
$25,000 to $49,999......                            4.2         1.8         0.6         0.7         1.5 
$50,000 to $99,999......                            6.0         2.5         1.4         1.4         1.8 
$100,000 to $249,999....                           12.4         5.0         3.2         3.8         3.1 
$250,000 to $499,999....                           26.8        11.3         7.0        12.5         6.2 
$500,000 and over.......                           44.3        20.2        13.0        27.9         9.1 
                                                                                                        
REGION                                                                                                  
                                                                                                        
Northeast                                           8.9         4.0         2.7         3.3         1.8 
Midwest                                             7.9         3.2         1.9         2.6         2.3 
South                                               6.5         2.9         1.4         2.7         1.6 
West                                                8.7         3.3         1.9         3.5         2.5 
                                                                                                        
TENURE                                                                                                  
                                                                                                        
Owner                                              10.3         4.4         2.5         4.1         2.6 
Renter                                              3.3         1.4         0.8         0.9         0.9 


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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: January 28, 2005