WEALTH & INEQUALITY

6 indicators · 1959–2026 · every value from its primary publisher

┊ dashed lines mark 1979 Oil shock & inflation peak · 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic

Income Inequality (Gini)Gini index, 0-100 · 1976–2024 · FRED SIPOVGINIUSA

41.82024

+6.2 pts since 1976
35.6 then

Top 1% Wealth Sharepercent of household net worth · 1989–2026 · FRED WFRBST01134

31.6%2026 thru Jan

+8.7 pts since 1989
22.9% then

Poverty Ratepercent of people, all ages · 1989–2024 · FRED PPAAUS00000A156NCEN

12.1%2024

−0.7 pts since 1989
12.8% then

Child Poverty Ratepercent of people under 18 below the official poverty line · 1976–2024 · Census Bureau, CPS ASEC Historical Poverty Table 3

14.3%2024

−1.7 pts since 1976
16.0% then

On Food Stamps (SNAP)percent of US residents receiving SNAP, fiscal-year average · USDA Food and Nutrition Service, SNAP Annual Summary; population from BEA via FRED (POPTHM)

12.4%2025

+3.9 pts since 1976
8.5% then

Food Insecuritypercent of households food insecure at some time during the year · 2001–2024 · USDA Economic Research Service, Household Food Security in the United States

13.7%2024

+3.0 pts since 2001
10.7% then

Data

Complete year-by-year values, raw numbers in the unit in each column header. Machine-readable: stats.json · stats.csv.

Year	Income Inequality (Gini)Gini index, 0-100 · 1963–2024	Top 1% Wealth Sharepercent of household net worth · 1989–2026 (2026 thru Jan)	Poverty Ratepercent of people, all ages · 1989–2024	Child Poverty Ratepercent of people under 18 below the official poverty line · 1959–2024	On Food Stamps (SNAP)percent of US residents receiving SNAP, fiscal-year average · 1969–2025	Food Insecuritypercent of households food insecure at some time during the year · 2001–2024
1959				27.3
1960				26.9
1961				25.6
1962				25
1963	36.7			23.1
1964	37.4			23
1965	36.8			21
1966	37.1			17.6
1967	36.9			16.6
1968	36.3			15.6
1969	36			14	1.4
1970	36.6			15.1	2.1
1971	36.9			15.3	4.5
1972	36.7			15.1	5.3
1973	36.1			14.4	5.7
1974	35.5			15.4	6
1975	35.7			17.1	7.9
1976	35.6			16	8.5
1977	35.5			16.2	7.8
1978	34.8			15.9	7.2
1979	34.8			16.4	7.8
1980	34.7			18.3	9.3
1981	35.5			20	9.8
1982	36.7			21.9	9.4
1983	37.3			22.3	9.2
1984	37.3			21.5	8.8
1985	37.6			20.7	8.3
1986	37.6			20.5	8.1
1987	37.2			20.3	7.9
1988	37.7			19.5	7.6
1989	38.2	22.9	12.8	19.6	7.6
1990	38.3	22.7		20.6	8
1991	38	23.2		21.8	8.9
1992	38.4	23.3		22.3	9.9
1993	40.4	24.4	15.1	22.7	10.4
1994	40	25.5		21.8	10.4
1995	39.9	26.9	13.8	20.8	10
1996	40.3	27.2	13.7	20.5	9.5
1997	40.5	27.3	13.3	19.9	8.4
1998	40	27.6	12.7	18.9	7.2
1999	40	27.6	11.9	17.1	6.5
2000	40.1	27.4	11.3	16.2	6.1
2001	40.6	26	11.7	16.3	6.1	10.7
2002	40.4	25.4	12.1	16.7	6.6	11.1
2003	40.8	25.4	12.5	17.6	7.3	11.2
2004	40.5	26.8	12.7	17.8	8.1	11.9
2005	41.3	27.2	13.3	17.6	8.7	11
2006	41.7	28	13.3	17.4	8.9	10.9
2007	41.1	28.8	13	18	8.7	11.1
2008	41.1	28.2	13.2	19	9.3	14.6
2009	40.9	27.8	14.3	20.7	10.9	14.7
2010	40.2	28.4	15.3	22	13	14.5
2011	41.2	29	15.9	21.9	14.3	14.9
2012	41.2	29.5	15.9	21.8	14.8	14.5
2013	40.9	29.7	15.8	21.5	15	14.3
2014	41.7	30.4	15.5	21.1	14.6	14
2015	41.5	30.6	14.7	19.7	14.2	12.7
2016	41.3	30.7	14	18	13.6	12.3
2017	41.4	30.7	13.4	17.4	12.9	11.8
2018	41.8	30.5	13.1	16.2	12.4	11.1
2019	41.9	30.5	12.3	14.4	10.8	10.5
2020	40	29.9	11.9	16	12	10.5
2021	39.7	30.8	12.8	15.3	12.5	10.2
2022	41.7	29.8	12.6	15	12.3	12.8
2023	41.8	30.1	12.5	15.3	12.5	13.5
2024	41.8	30.8	12.1	14.3	12.3	13.7
2025		31.4			12.4
2026		31.6

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