Trends in the Distribution of Family Wealth, 1989 to 2022

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CBO examines changes in family wealth from 1989 to 2022 using a measure of wealth that includes projected Social Security benefits. Over that period, family wealth was unevenly distributed, and wealth inequality increased.

In a complementary analysis, CBO used its updated measure of family wealth to examine the relationships between family wealth and the individual characteristics that it examined in 2022. The results are presented in the supplemental data published with this report.

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