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Asset Ownership of Households: 1995

Table 5.  Mean Value of Assets for Households by Type of Asset Owned and Selected Characteristics: 1995
(In dollars.  Excludes group quarters.)

                                                             Interest                              Stocks                                     
                                                              earning       Other                     and   Equity in                         
                                                            assets at   interest-     Regular      mutual    business   Equity in   Equity in 
                                                            financial     earning    checking        fund          or       motor         Own 
                                              Net worth  institutions      assets    accounts      shares  profession    vehicles        home 
   Total                                        102,626        14,241      59,691       1,213      41,214      55,492       9,523      70,917 
                                                                                                                                              
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN OF HOUSEHOLDER                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                              
White                                           112,840        15,312      59,945       1,237      41,882      57,129       9,806      73,058 
Black                                            30,531         3,642         (B)         887      12,305      19,513       7,035      41,735 
Hispanic Origin                                  38,986         5,494         (B)         895      32,164      28,763       6,291      52,323 
                                                                                                                                              
AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                              
Less than 35 years                               27,210         3,660      32,892         783      12,816      41,142       7,792      29,888 
35 to 44 years                                   73,332         6,974      21,624       1,045      30,091      60,140       9,450      54,624 
45 to 54 years                                  128,190        12,842      50,820       1,455      38,727      62,881      11,353      76,305 
55 to 64 years                                  166,384        15,697      75,171       1,197      65,055      47,931      11,581      90,735 
65 years and over                               161,164        31,536      80,820       1,762      56,588      58,870       8,666      92,729 
65 to 69 years                                  188,506        26,649      73,613       1,868      57,359      66,308      10,804      99,289 
70 to 74 years                                  160,793        27,291      69,659       1,606      51,616      49,478       8,942      91,611 
75 and over                                     144,165        37,135      94,000       1,790      59,570         (B)       6,875      88,868 
                                                                                                                                              
EDUCATION OF HOUSEHOLDER                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                              
Less than 12 years                               60,219        15,088      56,233       1,193      29,028      30,795       6,854      57,108 
High school:    4 years                          86,128        14,055      59,145       1,060      29,642      62,619       8,923      65,464 
College:        1 to 3 years                     94,122        12,248      51,245       1,028      36,395      50,828       9,447      66,166 
                4 or more years                 171,592        15,732      63,871       1,630      52,247      61,337      12,363      91,902 
                                                                                                                                              
TYPE OF HOUSEHOLD BY AGE                                                                                                                      
OF HOUSEHOLDER                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                              
Married-couple households                       132,552        14,498      60,377       1,301      45,166      56,069      11,558      74,097 
   Less than 35 years                            37,290         4,062      22,133         810      12,041      41,688       9,145      29,022 
   35 to 54 years                               119,430        10,048      38,782       1,247      36,952      61,020      12,057      68,496 
   55 to 64 years                               217,450        18,141      75,154       1,313      75,263      49,812      13,874      98,830 
   65 years and over                            219,391        34,403      86,638       2,263      63,657      60,556      11,320     103,319 
Male householder                                 71,071        11,538      47,235       1,425      33,080      68,073       7,005      63,004 
   Less than 35 years                            23,503         3,124      50,399         856      13,900      49,145       6,654      29,427 
   35 to 54 years                                76,363         9,552      17,912       1,866      31,549      74,349       7,080      58,838 
   55 to 64 years                               104,819        12,837         (B)       1,330      41,559         (B)       8,007      81,098 
   65 years and over                            133,061        28,784      71,947       1,720      55,615         (B)       6,997      85,109 
Female householder                               62,771        15,217      65,561         878      32,981      30,142       6,194      65,361 
  Less than 35 years                             13,018         3,174         (B)         658      14,474         (B)       5,873      34,846 
  35 to 54 years                                 46,469         7,618      44,635         783      23,550      42,617       6,650      50,160 
  55 to 64 years                                 79,247         9,536      81,361         846      29,680         (B)       7,060      69,908 
  65 years and over                             109,838        28,912      74,125       1,187      45,309         (B)       5,565      80,419 
                                                                                                                                              
LABOR FORCE ACTIVITY OF                                                                                                                       
HOUSEHOLDERS UNDER 65                                                                                                                         
YEARS                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                              
   Total                                         86,403         8,932      46,375       1,093      35,887      55,186       9,739      63,232 
With labor force activity                        87,655         8,462      44,108       1,125      33,370      55,181       9,891      62,198 
   With job entire period                        91,164         8,593      44,955       1,136      32,741      56,027      10,111      62,732 
   With job part of period                       47,794         5,759         (B)         977      46,227      24,185       7,000      52,294 
   No job during period, spent time looking                                                                                                   
or on layoff                                     35,170         6,900         (B)         809         (B)         (B)       6,316      48,352 
No labor force activity                          79,002        13,327      61,104         821      60,780      55,367       8,620      70,782 
                                                                                                                                              
Monthly Household Income                                                                                                                      
Lowest quintile                                  41,001         8,150      25,644         679      35,937      32,113       4,998      56,902 
Second quintile                                  60,800        13,211      31,139         797      24,058      27,866       6,305      60,907 
Third quintile                                   85,615        12,834      37,863       1,010      27,946      45,024       8,364      64,576 
Fourth quintile                                 107,272        12,918      46,419       1,223      30,548      53,866      10,854      64,804 
Highest quintile                                218,510        19,999      89,358       2,045      58,849      80,433      15,450      94,483 
                                                                                                                                              
Household Net Worth                                                                                                                           
Negative or Zero                                 -6,937         1,178         (B)         532       2,980      -2,606       3,724      10,052 
$1 to $4,999............                          2,108           839         (B)         492       1,882         586       2,801       2,911 
$5,000 to $9,999........                          7,330         1,909         (B)         795       2,643       1,759       5,836       5,315 
$10,000 to $24,999......                         16,684         3,414       4,533         872       3,752       6,366       8,467      11,593 
$25,000 to $49,999......                         36,573         5,010       8,139       1,042       7,172       9,651       9,221      25,610 
$50,000 to $99,999......                         73,030         8,273      12,569       1,098      11,569      15,966      10,465      50,377 
$100,000 to $249,999....                        157,347        17,534      27,988       1,503      27,311      41,112      12,669      92,345 
$250,000 to $499,999....                        341,379        38,921      53,063       2,387      59,092     103,042      15,655     147,396 
$500,000 and over.......                        866,848        73,315     179,353       4,915     162,273     216,899      20,771     234,041 
                                                                                                                                              
REGION                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                              
Northeast                                       116,465        14,308      51,267       1,256      43,362      55,738       9,626      92,276 
Midwest                                          98,622        14,663      60,348       1,187      38,934      54,784       9,875      61,083 
South                                            85,581        14,588      51,042       1,116      35,860      53,577       9,554      55,116 
West                                            122,332        13,077      78,861       1,339      49,426      58,760       8,929      93,329 
                                                                                                                                              
TENURE                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                              
Owner                                           149,909        16,550      63,220       1,400      44,682      59,051      11,179      70,917 
Renter                                           17,649         7,879      39,973         810      23,969      42,157       5,994         (B) 



Table 5.  Mean Value of Assets for Households by Type of Asset Owned
and Selected Characteristics: 1995
(In dollars.  Excludes group quarters.)

                                                              Other                     IRA             
                                                 Rental        real        U.S.          or             
                                               property      estate     savings       KEOGH       Other 
                                                 equity      equity       bonds    accounts      assets 
   Total                                         89,364      58,642       4,147      35,519      68,545 
                                                                                                        
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN OF HOUSEHOLDER                                                                 
                                                                                                        
White                                            95,116      53,932       4,278      36,703      69,586 
Black                                            33,479     109,225       2,297      10,555         (B) 
Hispanic Origin                                  56,100      38,945       1,638      28,503         (B) 
                                                                                                        
AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER                                                                                      
                                                                                                        
Less than 35 years                               41,186      59,603       1,198      11,031      29,736 
35 to 44 years                                   56,725      49,389       3,109      21,578      52,005 
45 to 54 years                                   88,459      66,046       3,652      39,132      65,578 
55 to 64 years                                  129,036      66,679       5,555      46,531      76,986 
65 years and over                                93,355      50,458       8,667      52,961      83,122 
65 to 69 years                                  102,136      43,889       7,208      59,675     107,468 
70 to 74 years                                   85,517      67,889       7,654      49,431      69,066 
75 and over                                      91,753      41,818      11,677      43,617      72,902 
                                                                                                        
EDUCATION OF HOUSEHOLDER                                                                                
                                                                                                        
Less than 12 years                               92,320      32,336       4,077      32,439         (B) 
High school:    4 years                          69,358      40,952       3,490      25,468      59,294 
College:        1 to 3 years                    102,891      61,198       3,138      30,679      50,963 
                4 or more years                  94,359      77,746       5,513      45,113      90,077 
                                                                                                        
TYPE OF HOUSEHOLD BY AGE                                                                                
OF HOUSEHOLDER                                                                                          
                                                                                                        
Married-couple households                        91,894      64,842       4,698      40,163      72,817 
   Less than 35 years                            38,440      76,019       1,283      12,490         (B) 
   35 to 54 years                                70,764      60,735       3,765      33,358      57,768 
   55 to 64 years                               144,874      73,667       5,972      54,324      87,616 
   65 years and over                             98,270      59,781      11,124      59,593      93,684 
Male householder                                104,162      50,962       2,664      29,573      49,031 
   Less than 35 years                               (B)         (B)         843      10,845         (B) 
   35 to 54 years                               126,379      70,255       2,431      26,316         (B) 
   55 to 64 years                                   (B)         (B)         (B)      29,226         (B) 
   65 years and over                            113,218         (B)       6,035      66,709         (B) 
Female householder                               69,713      33,965       2,725      19,898      66,585 
  Less than 35 years                                (B)         (B)       1,190       6,665         (B) 
  35 to 54 years                                 44,789      37,783       1,629      18,907         (B) 
  55 to 64 years                                 78,911         (B)       3,540      18,369         (B) 
  65 years and over                              80,164      30,517       4,801      29,182      67,674 
                                                                                                        
LABOR FORCE ACTIVITY OF                                                                                 
HOUSEHOLDERS UNDER 65                                                                                   
YEARS                                                                                                   
                                                                                                        
   Total                                         87,820      61,205       3,195      31,196      59,585 
With labor force activity                        83,523      61,850       3,071      29,326      56,229 
   With job entire period                        82,254      64,100       3,085      29,273      55,480 
   With job part of period                          (B)      33,310       2,952      32,171         (B) 
   No job during period, spent time looking                                                             
or on layoff                                        (B)         (B)         (B)         (B)         (B) 
No labor force activity                         119,223      56,227       4,611      49,180         (B) 
                                                                                                        
Monthly Household Income                                                                                
Lowest quintile                                  92,091      41,393       2,136      41,647         (B) 
Second quintile                                  34,997      39,455       2,256      26,286      38,217 
Third quintile                                   80,276      36,614       3,777      31,775      52,795 
Fourth quintile                                  79,140      49,330       4,439      30,597      60,433 
Highest quintile                                119,001      82,921       4,980      42,206      98,831 
                                                                                                        
Household Net Worth                                                                                     
Negative or Zero                                    (B)         (B)         704       8,747         (B) 
$1 to $4,999............                            (B)         (B)         559       3,031         (B) 
$5,000 to $9,999........                            (B)         (B)         908       3,969         (B) 
$10,000 to $24,999......                          4,267       9,591       1,208       6,530         (B) 
$25,000 to $49,999......                          6,739      15,790       1,364      10,552         (B) 
$50,000 to $99,999......                         19,641      19,809       2,623      15,174      18,744 
$100,000 to $249,999....                         40,399      37,975       4,702      26,991      41,126 
$250,000 to $499,999....                         91,977      75,920       8,779      51,938      68,474 
$500,000 and over.......                        281,256     183,809      14,022     128,652     190,719 
                                                                                                        
REGION                                                                                                  
                                                                                                        
Northeast                                        96,041      58,538       4,540      36,171      73,970 
Midwest                                          71,651      44,612       4,182      32,767      72,157 
South                                            76,643      59,379       3,357      34,007      58,924 
West                                            120,367      73,356       4,868      40,529      71,924 
                                                                                                        
TENURE                                                                                                  
                                                                                                        
Owner                                            91,157      57,988       4,754      38,874      74,743 
Renter                                           65,089      62,695       1,603      17,894      30,462 


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