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The Demographics of Wealth - How Age, Education and Race Separate Thrivers from Strugglers in Today's Economy. Essay No. 1: Race, Ethnicity and Wealth


Abstract: This first essay in the \\"Demographics of Wealth\\" series examines the connection between race or ethnicity and wealth accumulation over the past quarter-century. As with subsequent essays, this one is the result of an analysis of data collected between 1989 and 2013 through the Federal Reserve's Survey of Consumer Finances. More than 40,000 heads of households were interviewed over those years.

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Part of Series: Demographics of Wealth

Publication Date: 2015

Issue: 1

Pages: 1-24