Nearly one-third of U.S. household wealth was held by the top 1% in the third quarter of 2025.

A recent WalletHub report ranked all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Euphoria over artificial intelligence has driven stock market performance in recent years. The wealthiest U.S. households hold the lion's share of stock wealth — and have therefore disproportionately ...

The gap between the rich and poor in America is huge and well-known. But what’s not very well known is just how large it is. According to the London School of Economics and Political Science, “The ...

When researchers measure wealth inequality, they use something called the Gini coefficient. Think of it as a score between 0 and 1, where 0 means everyone has exactly the same wealth and 1 means one ...

For many Black Americans, the dream of a secure retirement is increasingly out of reach. Despite decades of work, a combination of wage disparities, unequal access to employer-sponsored retirement ...