US Wealth by Generation 1990-2026
US Wealth by Generation 1990-2026
This week’s visualization is based on the Federal Reserve’s Distributional Financial Accounts and compares shares of U.S. household wealth held by four generations from 1990 to 2026. These are aggregate wealth shares, rather than wealth per household or comparisons at the same age.
My Visualization
This visualization compares wealth shares across generations over time, showing how the balance changes between Silent and older generations, Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials and younger generations.
AI-assisted Visualization
Below is an AI-assisted Plotly ribbon chart showing generational wealth shares at seven observations from 1990 to 2026, with ribbon widths representing shares of total net worth.
Insights
- In the supplied data, the wealth share held by Silent and older generations falls from 79.7% in 1990 to 10.7% in 2026, while Baby Boomers rise from 19.8% to 52.5%;
- Generation X holds 25.7% of wealth in 2026, compared with 11.2% for Millennials and younger generations; together, these two groups hold 36.9%.
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