<Tr> <Th> 2015 </Th> <Td> 86,300 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 2016 </Th> <Td> 91,600 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 2017 </Th> <Td> 98,750 </Td> </Tr> <P> As of Q4 2017, total household net worth in the United States was a record $99 trillion, an increase of $5.2 trillion from 2016 . This increase reflects both stock market and housing price gains . This measure has been setting records since Q4 2012 . If divided evenly, the $99 trillion represents an average of $782,000 per household (for about 126.2 million households) or $302,000 per person . However, median household net worth (i.e., half of the families above and below this level) was $97,300 in 2016 . The bottom 25% of families had a median net worth of zero, while the 25th to 50th percentile had a median net worth of $40,000 . </P>

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