Statistics & Data Visualizations

Qualifying Households under Financial Criteria Excluding Retirement Assets (1989 - 2022)

June 13, 2025

This data visualization shows the effect that excluding retirement assets would have on the number and percentage of U.S. households that qualify as accredited investors based on net worth threshold ($1,000,000) from 1989 to 2022. The term “retirement assets” is based on the SCF’s definition of retirement accounts as “individual retirement accounts, Keogh accounts, and certain employer-sponsored accounts, such as 401(k), 403(b), and thrift savings accounts from current or past jobs; other current job plans from which loans or withdrawals can be made; and accounts from past jobs from which the family expects to receive the account balance in the future” in Changes in U.S. Family Finances from 2019 to 2022: Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances.

For description, calculation method, and data source: Statistics Guide of Qualifying Households under Accredited Investor Financial Criteria
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Last Reviewed or Updated: Aug. 12, 2025