About 60% of Americans have investments in the stock market.

Use the most recent survey data available as of April 2025 on the share of Americans or US households owning stock directly or indirectly (funds, retirement accounts), e.g. Gallup or the Federal Reserve Survey of Consumer Finances. True: the share is roughly 55-65%. Mostly true: about 50-55% or 65-70%. Mostly false: about 40-50% or 70-80%, or the 60% applies only to a narrower or different group than Americans generally. False: below 40% or above 80%.

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1. E1 What Percentage of Americans Own Stock? Gallup · 5 May 2025

   “Sixty-two percent of Americans in 2025 report owning stock, matching the 2024 reading and similar to the 61% recorded in 2023.”

2. E2 Stocks Fall, Gold Rises; Real Estate Still Best Investment Gallup · 5 May 2025

   “A steady 62% of U.S. adults say they, alone or with a spouse, have money invested in the stock market — either in an individual stock, a stock mutual fund, or a self-directed 401(k) or individual retirement account.”

3. E3 Accessible Version Federal Reserve Board · 8 November 2023

   “Families with direct and indirect holdings of stock, by usual income group, 2013–2022 surveys Percent | Percentile of usual income | 2013 | 2016 | 2019 | 2022 | |---|---|---|---|---| | All | 49 | 52 | 53 | 58 |”

Gallup reports that 62% of Americans owned stock in 2025, matching the 2024 reading, which was the most recent Gallup figure available in April 2025 (E1, E2). Gallup counts individual stocks, stock mutual funds and self-directed retirement accounts (E2). The Federal Reserve's 2022 Survey of Consumer Finances shows 58% of families with direct or indirect stock holdings (E3). Both figures fall within the 55-65% range that the criteria treat as true.