U.S. Census Bureau
 Wealth and Asset Ownership




Asset Ownership of Households: 1995

Table 4.  Percent Distribution of Household Net Worth, by Amount of Net Worth and Selected Characterisitics:  1995

                                     Number of      Zero      $1  $5,000  $10,000  $25,000  $50,000  $100,000  $250,000           
                                    households        or      to      to       to       to       to        to        to  $500,000 
                                   (thousands)  negative  $4,999  $9,999  $24,999  $49,999  $99,999  $249,999  $499,999   or over 
                                                                                                                                  
Total............................       99,088      10.3    14.2     6.1     11.7     11.7     16.3      19.0       7.1       3.5 
                                                                                                                                  
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN OF                                                                                                       
   HOUSEHOLDER                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                  
White............................       84,224       8.8    12.5     6.0     11.3     11.7     16.8      21.1       7.9       4.0 
Black............................       11,719      21.7    24.7     6.8     13.9     12.6     14.0       5.5       0.6       0.2 
Hispanic Origin..................        8,161      17.8    28.3     9.0     12.9      9.9     10.7       8.6       2.4       0.5 
                                                                                                                                  
AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                  
Less than 35 years...............       24,092      19.3    24.9    11.1     17.7     11.2      9.3       5.2       1.0       0.3 
35 to 44 years...................       23,343      10.2    15.1     6.5     13.5     14.5     18.0      16.0       4.3       2.0 
45 to 54 years...................       17,813       8.7     9.0     4.8     10.3     12.2     17.9      23.2       9.2       4.6 
55 to 64 years...................       12,338       5.8     8.7     3.5      7.5      8.6     18.3      29.1      12.0       6.4 
65 years and over................       21,502       4.4     8.8     2.4      6.6     10.8     19.6      28.6      12.4       6.2 
65 to 69 years...................        6,056       4.5     7.9     1.8      5.7      9.6     17.9      29.8      15.6       7.2 
70 to 74 years...................        5,834       4.4     8.1     2.1      6.0      9.9     20.8      30.1      12.0       6.6 
75 and over......................        9,612       4.4     9.8     3.1      7.6     12.2     20.0      27.0      10.7       5.3 
                                                                                                                                  
EDUCATION OF HOUSEHOLDER                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                  
Less than 12 years...............       20,597      15.1    20.7     6.5     10.5     12.3     16.1      14.5       3.4       0.9 
High school:    4 years..........       31,669       9.4    15.1     6.5     12.6     11.7     17.0      19.6       6.1       2.0 
College:        1 to 3 years.....       23,665       9.7    15.4     6.8     12.9     11.9     15.6      18.2       6.2       3.1 
                4 or more years..       23,158       8.1     6.0     4.4     10.4     11.1     16.0      23.2      12.6       8.2 
                                                                                                                                  
TYPE OF HOUSEHOLD BY AGE                                                                                                          
OF HOUSEHOLDER                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                  
Married-couple household.........       54,685       6.1     8.9     4.9     11.3     12.7     18.1      23.6       9.4       5.0 
   Less than 35 years............       11,753      12.4    18.6    10.6     20.5     15.8     13.4       7.1       1.3       0.3 
   35 to 54 years................       25,949       5.8     7.7     4.6     11.0     14.4     20.5      23.4       8.6       3.9 
   55 to 64 years................        7,495       2.7     4.7     2.1      6.0      7.1     17.4      35.3      15.2       9.5 
   65 years and over.............        9,487       1.5     3.7     1.0      4.7      8.7     18.1      35.1      17.1      10.1 
Male householder.................       16,044      13.5    20.1     8.7     14.5     11.3     12.7      12.8       4.1       2.3 
   Less than 35 years............        5,402      19.0    28.0    13.5     17.9      9.3      6.4       4.6       1.2       0.1 
   35 to 54 years................        6,336      12.5    18.5     7.4     14.3     13.3     14.5      13.1       3.6       2.8 
   55 to 64 years................        1,539      11.5    13.8     5.0     13.7      8.1     13.7      21.7      10.0       2.5 
   65 years and over.............        2,767       5.9    11.8     4.4      8.7     12.3     20.1      23.3       8.1       5.5 
Female householder...............       28,359      16.8    21.1     6.8     11.1     10.1     14.7      13.8       4.3       1.3 
  Less than 35 years.............        6,937      31.3    33.0    10.2     12.9      4.9      4.9       2.5       0.2       0.2 
  35 to 54 years.................        8,869      18.1    22.2     8.2     13.9     10.8     12.9      10.7       2.2       1.0 
  55 to 64 years.................        3,305      10.3    15.2     5.9      8.2     12.3     22.5      18.6       5.8       1.3 
  65 years and over..............        9,248       7.0    13.2     3.4      8.0     12.5     21.1      23.5       8.9       2.4 
                                                                                                                                  
LABOR FORCE ACTIVITY OF                                                                                                           
HOUSEHOLDERS UNDER 65                                                                                                             
YEARS                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                  
   Total.........................       77,586      12.0    15.7     7.1     13.1     12.0     15.3      16.4       5.6       2.7 
With labor force activity........       66,357      10.3    14.6     7.5     13.8     12.9     15.7      16.7       5.7       2.8 
   With job entire period........       61,405       9.3    13.6     7.4     14.0     13.1     16.3      17.4       6.0       2.9 
   With job part of period.......        3,518      21.3    26.3     9.0     12.4      9.5      9.3       8.4       2.1       1.7 
   No job during period, spent                                                                                                    
    looking or on layoff.........        1,434      26.2    30.3     5.9      6.7      9.6      9.6       9.7       1.7       0.4 
No labor force activity..........       11,229      21.8    22.2     4.7      9.4      6.8     12.8      14.4       5.4       2.6 
                                                                                                                                  
MONTHLY HOUSEHOLD INCOME                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                  
Lowest quintile..................       19,838      22.0    27.8     6.0     10.5     10.1     12.2       8.5       2.1       0.8 
Second quintile..................       19,812      12.4    20.5     7.7     11.5     10.8     15.4      16.7       4.5       0.5 
Third quintile...................       19,811       7.9    13.6     8.8     13.8     11.9     16.0      19.6       6.3       2.2 
Fourth quintile..................       19,812       6.5     6.8     6.0     14.5     14.8     19.2      20.8       8.1       3.3 
Highest quintile.................       19,814       2.8     2.4     1.9      8.4     11.1     18.5      29.6      14.5      10.7 
                                                                                                                                  
REGION                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                  
Northeast........................       20,184      12.7    12.6     4.5      9.3      8.8     15.9      23.5       9.0       3.7 
Midwest..........................       25,569       8.9    12.2     5.8     11.9     12.9     18.8      20.1       6.6       2.9 
South............................       33,414      10.2    15.0     6.8     13.6     13.8     16.5      15.7       5.5       2.8 
West.............................       19,921       9.9    17.2     6.9     10.8      9.7     12.9      18.8       8.5       5.2 
                                                                                                                                  
TENURE                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                  
Owner............................       63,663       2.0     2.9     2.7     10.2     15.1     23.3      28.0      10.6       5.2 
Renter...........................       35,424      25.2    34.6    12.1     14.5      5.7      3.6       3.0       0.8       0.4 


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