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  "title": "Average family wealth was 5.75 times the median",
  "alt": "In the Fed’s 2025 survey, median U.S. family net worth was $215,900 and mean net worth was $1,241,500, both in 2025 dollars. The mean was about 5.75 times the median.",
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      "series": "Median family net worth",
      "period": "2025",
      "value": 215900,
      "unit": "2025 US dollars",
      "population": "SCF U.S. families",
      "source_url": "https://www.federalreserve.gov/publications/files/scf26.pdf",
      "locator": "Table 2, all families, PDF page 18",
      "calculation": "215.9 thousand × 1000"
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      "series": "Mean family net worth",
      "period": "2025",
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      "calculation": "1241.5 thousand × 1000"
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      "Median: $215,900",
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    "footer": "Source: Federal Reserve, 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances, Table 2. Released October 9, 2026. Public Rot.",
    "note": "Fed: overall wealth inequality changed little from 2022 to 2025.",
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      "title": "Changes in U.S. Family Finances from 2022 to 2025",
      "url": "https://www.federalreserve.gov/publications/files/scf26.pdf",
      "publisher": "Federal Reserve Board",
      "checked_at": "2026-11-05T21:15:13Z",
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        "access": "excerpt",
        "locator": "Net Worth, printed pp. 11–12 (PDF pp. 17–18); Appendix A, printed pp. 39–40 (PDF pp. 45–46).",
        "publication_date": "2026-10-09",
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