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Wealth and Asset Ownership




Table 4. Percent Distribution of Household Net Worth, by Amount of Net Worth and Selected Characterisitics: 2004

  Number of Households (thousands) Zero or Negative $1 to $4,999 $5,000 to $9,999 $10,000 to $24,999 $25,000 to $49,999 $50,000 to $99,999 $100,000 to $249,999 $250,000 to $499,999 $500,000 or over
TOTAL 112,992 15.6 9.1 4.1 6.3 7.4 11.6 19.6 13.4 12.8
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN OF HOUSEHOLDER
White Alone 92,454 13.1 8.1 3.9 6.0 7.3 11.9 20.8 14.6 14.3
White Alone(Not of Hispanic Origin) 81,254 11.8 6.9 3.4 5.7 7.2 12.1 21.6 15.6 15.7
Black Alone 13,917 30.8 14.5 5.4 7.8 8.4 11.4 13.3 5.2 3.2
Asian Alone 3,221 12.5 9.7 4.6 7.2 7.9 6.1 16.4 19.6 16.0
Other (residual) 3,399 22.8 13.3 4.8 7.0 7.9 10.5 17.0 9.0 7.6
Hispanic Origin 12,167 23.8 16.7 7.1 8.2 8.0 10.4 14.2 7.7 4.0
Not of Hispanic Origin 100,825 14.6 8.2 3.8 6.1 7.4 11.8 20.3 14.1 13.8
AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER
Less than 35 years 24,739 30.7 15.5 7.4 9.8 9.0 10.3 10.6 4.3 2.3
35 to 44 years 23,882 16.2 9.3 4.2 7.3 8.6 13.2 20.0 12.6 8.7
45 to 54 years 23,918 12.5 7.0 3.2 5.3 6.9 11.4 21.3 16.2 16.1
55 to 64 years 17,595 8.8 6.3 2.6 4.5 6.2 10.7 21.1 18.0 21.7
65 years and over 22,858 7.0 6.4 2.6 4.0 6.0 12.4 26.0 17.8 17.9
65 to 69 years 6,222 6.7 5.8 3.2 3.9 5.8 10.8 24.4 18.7 20.7
70 to 74 years 5,358 8.2 5.6 2.0 3.7 6.4 12.1 25.3 18.2 18.5
75 and over 11,278 6.5 7.0 2.5 4.2 6.0 13.4 27.3 17.0 16.0
EDUCATION OF HOUSEHOLDER
No High School Diploma 11,856 23.8 17.5 7.1 7.5 8.7 11.9 14.6 5.8 3.2
High School Graduate Only 30,469 16.5 11.7 4.8 7.0 7.8 13.0 19.5 11.5 8.1
Some College, No Degree 19,821 17.6 9.7 4.5 6.4 7.6 11.1 19.8 12.0 11.1
Associate's Degree 20,681 15.1 8.3 3.8 6.9 8.5 12.8 21.2 13.1 10.3
Bachelor's Degree or Higher 30,165 10.4 3.3 2.2 4.7 5.7 9.7 20.4 19.6 24.0
TYPE OF HOUSEHOLD BY AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER
Married-couple households 59,593 9.7 5.0 3.0 5.6 6.8 11.7 22.2 17.4 18.4
Less than 35 years 11,827 23.0 10.5 6.2 11.0 10.7 13.5 14.8 6.5 3.8
35 to 54 years 28,193 8.6 4.4 2.7 5.2 6.9 12.4 24.1 18.6 17.1
55 to 64 years 10,037 3.9 2.5 1.6 3.3 4.5 9.5 22.5 21.7 30.4
65 years and over 9,536 2.9 2.9 1.4 2.3 4.1 9.7 25.7 23.1 27.8
Male householder 20,745 20.1 14.2 5.9 8.4 8.3 11.5 16.0 8.5 7.1
Less than 35 years 5,908 30.7 19.8 8.9 10.4 8.7 8.6 8.1 3.2 1.5
35 to 54 years 8,563 18.5 13.2 5.3 8.5 8.6 12.4 17.5 9.1 6.8
55 to 64 years 2,854 15.3 11.8 4.3 6.3 8.4 11.4 18.6 12.0 11.9
65 years and over 3,419 9.4 9.2 3.7 6.1 6.5 14.4 23.7 13.5 13.3
Female householder 32,654 23.4 13.2 5.0 6.4 8.0 11.6 17.1 9.3 6.0
Less than 35 years 7,004 43.8 20.2 8.1 7.3 6.4 6.3 5.7 1.6 0.5
35 to 54 years 11,044 25.8 13.8 4.9 7.5 9.2 11.9 14.3 7.8 4.8
55 to 64 years 4,704 15.4 11.0 3.8 5.9 8.5 12.9 19.6 13.9 9.0
65 years and over 9,903 10.0 8.7 3.3 4.9 7.7 14.3 27.2 14.0 9.9
LABOR FORCE ACTIVITY OF HOUSEHOLDERS UNDER 65 YEARS
Total 90,133 17.8 9.8 4.5 6.9 7.8 11.5 18.0 12.4 11.5
With labor force activity 74,583 16.6 9.3 4.6 7.3 8.1 11.8 18.6 12.6 11.0
With job entire period 64,304 14.7 8.1 4.4 7.2 8.0 12.3 19.7 13.6 12.0
With job part of period 8,157 28.2 17.8 6.0 8.4 8.3 8.6 11.5 6.5 4.8
No job during period, spent time looking or on layoff 2,123 27.6 13.6 7.0 7.0 8.5 9.4 13.3 6.9 6.6
No labor force activity 15,550 23.5 11.9 3.8 5.1 6.4 9.8 14.9 11.0 13.6
MONTHLY HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Lowest quintile 22,711 29.1 19.4 5.1 6.0 7.0 10.0 13.3 5.8 4.3
Second quintile 22,496 18.2 13.7 6.2 7.7 8.3 12.0 17.7 10.0 6.2
Third quintile 22,590 15.3 7.9 4.9 8.4 9.5 13.2 20.6 11.7 8.5
Fourth quintile 22,610 10.6 3.2 3.1 6.7 8.2 14.6 24.3 16.3 13.0
Highest quintile 22,586 4.6 1.3 1.2 2.8 4.2 8.5 22.1 23.4 32.0
REGION
Northeast 21,442 17.4 9.7 3.2 5.4 6.0 9.5 18.3 15.3 15.3
Midwest 25,589 13.9 8.1 3.6 5.9 8.3 13.0 22.4 13.8 11.0
South 40,938 15.6 9.0 4.7 7.5 8.8 14.0 20.2 11.0 9.2
West 25,022 15.8 9.7 4.5 5.6 5.6 8.3 16.8 15.4 18.3
TENURE
Owner 76,258 4.3 1.4 1.8 5.0 8.2 15.1 27.0 19.0 18.2
Renter 36,734 39.1 25.0 9.0 9.0 5.8 4.5 4.2 1.9 1.5
NOTE: Excludes group quarters.
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: October 31, 2011