According to a survey in late 2018, only 13 percent of U.S. adults with one million or more U.S. dollars in investible assets considered themselves wealthy. Investible assets include cash, stocks, bonds, and funds. Excluded are assets like real estate, employer-sponsored retirement plans, and business partnerships.
Share of millionaires in the United States who consider themselves wealthy in 2018
respondents had at least one million U.S. dollars in investable assets
Method of interview
Online panel
Supplementary notes
Investible assets include cash, stocks, bonds and funds. Excluded is the value of non-investible assets like real estate, employer-sponsored retirement plans and business partnerships.
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Ameriprise Financial. (April 10, 2019). Share of millionaires in the United States who consider themselves wealthy in 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126001/millionaires-self-perception-wealth-us/
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Ameriprise Financial. (2019). Share of millionaires in the United States who consider themselves wealthy in 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126001/millionaires-self-perception-wealth-us/
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Share of millionaires in the United States who consider themselves wealthy in 2018 [Graph], Ameriprise Financial, April 10, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126001/millionaires-self-perception-wealth-us/
