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Household Net Worth

Total assets minus debts held by US households, an aggregate.

Household Net Worth
$183.0T
Millions of dollars · latest, Jan 2026
vs prior quarter▲ 0.1%
vs year ago▲ 7.9%
1953-54 Recession · Jul 1953 – May 19541957-58 Recession · Aug 1957 – Apr 19581960-61 Recession · Apr 1960 – Feb 19611969-70 Recession · Dec 1969 – Nov 19701973-75 Recession · Nov 1973 – Mar 19751980 Recession · Jan 1980 – Jul 19801981-82 Recession · Jul 1981 – Nov 19821990-91 Recession · Jul 1990 – Mar 19912001 Recession · Mar 2001 – Nov 2001Global Financial Crisis · Dec 2007 – Jun 2009COVID-19 Recession · Feb 2020 – Apr 2020$50T$100T$150T1960197019801990200020102020$183.0T
Household Net Worth — one value per year; US recessions are shaded on the chart.
YearHousehold Net Worth
1951$1.3T
1952$1.3T
1953$1.4T
1954$1.5T
1955$1.6T
1956$1.7T
1957$1.8T
1958$1.9T
1959$2.0T
1960$2.1T
1961$2.3T
1962$2.3T
1963$2.4T
1964$2.6T
1965$2.8T
1966$2.9T
1967$3.2T
1968$3.6T
1969$3.7T
1970$3.9T
1971$4.3T
1972$4.9T
1973$5.1T
1974$5.2T
1975$5.9T
1976$6.5T
1977$7.1T
1978$8.0T
1979$9.1T
1980$10.4T
1981$11.3T
1982$12.1T
1983$13.0T
1984$14.1T
1985$15.5T
1986$17.2T
1987$18.4T
1988$20.2T
1989$22.0T
1990$22.6T
1991$24.1T
1992$25.2T
1993$26.7T
1994$27.7T
1995$30.1T
1996$32.2T
1997$35.5T
1998$39.3T
1999$43.3T
2000$44.5T
2001$46.0T
2002$45.9T
2003$50.9T
2004$57.8T
2005$63.4T
2006$68.3T
2007$69.9T
2008$61.1T
2009$61.5T
2010$66.0T
2011$67.0T
2012$72.0T
2013$80.9T
2014$87.0T
2015$90.0T
2016$95.2T
2017$104.0T
2018$104.0T
2019$115.7T
2020$130.7T
2021$151.6T
2022$143.7T
2023$156.3T
2024$169.8T
2025$182.9T
2026$183.0T

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Source: FRED · TNWBSHNO · series · Oct 1951 to Jan 2026 · latest-revised

Refreshed Jul 31, 2026 from FRED.

Total assets minus debts held by US households, an aggregate.

Total assets minus liabilities of US households and nonprofit organizations (Fed Z.1).

Source: FRED · Jan 2026 · Full lesson → Learn

About the bands. Shaded spans are NBER-dated US recessions, drawn as factual overlays. They mark when the economy contracted, not why. Lining an event up with a move is not evidence it caused the move.

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No single number is the economy. These measure nearby parts of it — add one to compare, or open it on its own.

  • Household Debt The liabilities subtracted to reach net worth.
  • Top 1% Wealth Share How that net worth is distributed, which the aggregate hides.