{"id":43,"date":"2004-04-07T11:27:00","date_gmt":"2004-04-07T11:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journal.electric-rocket.com\/?p=43"},"modified":"2025-04-25T01:50:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T01:50:39","slug":"wsj-and-net-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journal.electric-rocket.com\/?p=43","title":{"rendered":"WSJ and Net Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Someone posted this data on a Fool discussion board, and lamented the poor state of savings in our country.<\/p>\n

\r\nMedian net worth for U.S. households by age as of 2000<\/b>
\r\n
\r\n                 With Home      Excluding     \r\n Age             Equity         Home Equity      \r\n75 and older    $100,100        $19,025      \r\n70-74           $120,000        $31,400      \r\n65-69           $114,050        $27,588      \r\n55-64           $112,048        $32,304      \r\n45-54           $ 83,150        $23,525      \r\n35-44           $ 44,275        $13,100      \r\n34 and younger  $  7,240        $ 3,300\r\n
\r\nSource:  U.S. Census<\/b>\r\n<\/pre>\n
It is kind of scary.  When Social Security goes, who’s going to take care of these folks?  Do I need to start saving for their<\/i> retirement, too?<\/p>\n
*sigh*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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