Census Bureau Releases Wealth and Asset Ownership Data Tables

These tables highlight annual household net worth estimates by selected characteristics, such as race, household structure and poverty status.

Gap Between Higher- and Lower-Wealth Households Widens

Median net worth increased between 2000 and 2011 for households in the top two quintiles of the net worth distribution.

Redesigned Survey of Income and Program Participation

The Census Bureau has spent the past five years redesigning the survey from the ground up.

Wealth, Asset Ownership, & Debt of Households Detailed Tables: 2016

Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation, 2014 Panel.

Wealth, Asset Ownership, & Debt of Households Detailed Tables: 2015

Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation, 2014 Panel.

Wealth, Asset Ownership, & Debt of Households Detailed Tables: 2014

Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation, 2014 Panel.

Net Worth of Households: 2016

This brief describes the change in net worth according to the Survey of Income and Program Participation between 2015 and 2016.

Monthly Poverty Rates by Selected Demographic Characteristics: 2015

This report presents monthly and average monthly poverty rates for the United States in 2015.

Net Worth of Households: 2015

This brief uses the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) to examine household net worth in 2015 and compares it with net worth in 2014.

The Use and Misuse of Income Data and Extreme Poverty

This paper examines extreme poverty in the U.S. using household surveys linked to administrative records.

Household Debt and Wealth Housing Tenure

Using SIPP data, this study identifies the effect of household debt and wealth on household’s transition from homeowner to renter or from renter to homeowner.

Item Response Rates for Composite Variables

This paper proposes three new methods for aggregating data on response rates across questions to create a measure of item response for composite variables.