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INDICATOR 11: Net Worth
Table 11c. Amount of funds (in millions of dollars) held in retirement assets, by sector and type of plan, 1975–2014
Year
All sectors Private only Public only
Individual retirement
accounts (IRAs)
Dened
contribution
Dened
benet
a
Dened
contribution
Dened
benet
a
Dened
contribution
Dened
benet
a
1975 — $74,612 $315,782 $74,612 $169,719 — $146,063
1976 — 84,341 356,824 84,341 190,962 — 165,862
1977 — 92,766 388,647 92,766 204,503 — 184,144
1978 — 110,620 452,980 110,620 240,687 — 212,293
1979 — 133,307 515,723 133,307 279,781 — 235,942
1980 — 163,363 622,636 158,812 349,622 $4,551 273,014
1981 $38,000 174,363 673,378 169,597 364,853 4,766 308,525
1982 68,000 208,297 818,105 202,201 460,731 6,096 357,374
1983 107,000 254,655 974,341 246,783 560,398 7,872 413,943
1984 159,000 287,475 1,067,492 278,883 588,721 8,592 478,771
1985 241,000 431,714 1,368,996 420,382 795,064 11,332 573,932
1986 329,000 469,697 1,494,230 455,466 816,033 14,231 678,197
1987 404,000 551,750 1,567,113 535,617 803,294 16,133 763,819
1988 468,000 597,132 1,674,304 577,118 812,800 20,014 861,504
1989 546,000
715,197 1,918,853 688,709 921,494 26,488 997,359
1990 637,000 737,198 1,962,358 708,546 899,857 28,652 1,062,501
1991 776,000 890,757 2,274,407 853,052 1,051,654 37,705 1,222,753
1992 873,000 974,323 2,427,769 930,324 1,079,860 43,999 1,347,909
1993 993,000 1,111,304 2,684,968 1,057,931 1,195,109 53,373 1,489,859
1994 1,056,000 1,186,477 2,853,227 1,127,009 1,275,964 59,468 1,577,263
1995 1,288,000 1,467,738 3,299,521 1,389,546 1,466,122 78,192 1,833,399
1996 1,467,000 1,679,084 3,660,841 1,582,489 1,590,232 96,595 2,070,609
1997 1,728,000 2,223,790 4,159,755 1,950,745 1,763,538 273,045 2,396,217
1998 2,150,000 2,585,459 4,581,283 2,240,694 1,907,730 344,765 2,673,553
1999 2,651,000 2,955,912 5,084,432 2,531,038 2,074,645 424,874 3,009,787
2000 2,629,000 2,905,379 4,977,000 2,500,499 1,978,987 404,880 2,998,013
2001 2,619,000 2,638,370 4,782,651 2,254,552 1,810,236 383,818 2,972,415
2002 2,532,000 2,402,674 4,369,875 2,054,726 1,639,303 347,948 2,730,572
2003 2,993,000 2,992,979 5,182,865 2,551,316 1,994,538 441,663 3,188,327
2004 3,299,000 3,328,948 5,586,436 2,822,627 2,132,170 506,321 3,454,266
2005 3,425,000 3,706,573 5,922,727 3,146,539 2,281,326 560,034 3,641,401
2006 4,207,000 4,089,707 6,382,102 3,448,388 2,393,189 641,319 3,988,913
2007 4,748,000 4,364,497 6,678,779 3,664,143 2,516,486 700,354 4,162,293
2008 3,681,000 3,268,405 5,303,013 2,733,992 1,897,817 534,413 3,405,196
2009 4,488,000 3,986,583 5,845,781 3,327,103 2,126,880 659,480 3,718,901
2010 5,029,000 4,507,019 6,395,589 3,763,657 2,387,116 743,362 4,008,473
2011 5,241,000 4,493,069 6,388,358 3,766,231 2,429,469 726,838 3,958,889
2012 5,907,000 5,000,368 6,770,005 4,220,842 2,627,787 779,526 4,142,218
2013 6,966,000 5,891,192 7,648,274 5,003,857 2,875,486 887,335 4,772,788
2014 7,443,000 6,298,411 7,964,469 5,342,952 2,932,973 955,459 5,031,496
— Not available.
a
Public and private dened benet plans do not include claims of pension funds on sponsor.
Reference population: Public and private retirement assets for total population.
SOURCE: Federal Reserve Board Z.1 Statistical Release for Dec. 10, 2015.