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Table 3: Share of wealth held by the Bottom 99% and Top 1% in the United States, 1922-2009

1922
1929
1933
1939
1945
1949
1953
1962
1965
1969
1972
1976
1979
1981
1983
1986
1989
1992
1995
1998
2001
2004
2007
2009

Bottom 99 percent

Top 1 percent

63.30%
55.80%
66.70%
63.60%
70.20%
72.90%
68.80%
68.20%
65.60%
68.90%
70.90%
80.10%
79.50%
75.20%
69.10%
68.10%
64.30%
62.80%
61.50%
61.90%
66.60%
65.70%
65.40%
64.40%

36.70%
44.20%
33.30%
36.40%
29.80%
27.10%
31.20%
31.80%
34.40%
31.10%
29.10%
19.90%
20.50%
24.80%
30.90%
31.90%
35.70%
37.20%
38.50%
38.10%
33.40%
34.30%
34.60%
35.60%

Change Bottom 99
percent

Change Top 1
percent

-7.50%
10.90%
-3.10%
6.60%
2.70%
-4.10%
-0.60%
-2.60%
3.30%
2.00%
9.20%
-0.60%
-4.30%
-6.10%
-1.00%
-3.80%
-1.50%
-1.30%
0.40%
4.70%
-0.90%
-0.30%
-1.00%

7.50%
-10.90%
3.10%
-6.60%
-2.70%
4.10%
0.60%
2.60%
-3.30%
-2.00%
-9.20%
0.60%
4.30%
6.10%
1.00%
3.80%
1.50%
1.30%
-0.40%
-4.70%
0.90%
0.30%
1.00%

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