Tax Policy Center

Fiscal Facts

October 25, 2021
Many families hold some amount of financial assets, broadly defined. However, stock holdings are greatly skewed; the top ten percent of taxpayers owned more than five times as much stock as the next highest percentile group in 2019.
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Many families hold some amount of financial assets, broadly defined. However, stock holdings are greatly skewed; median holdings for the top ten percent of families owning stock were more than five times higher than the next highest percentile group in 2019.