Fifty-five percent of Americans are invested in the stock market, according to Gallup’s annual Economics & Personal Finance Survey, conducted in April.
That’s up from a low of 52 percent in 2013, but lower than what the survey found before the 2009 economic crisis.
“Americans’ self-reports of having money invested in the stock market — either in an individual stock, a stock mutual fund or in a self-directed 401(k) or IRA — were routinely higher than 60 percent prior to the 2009 economic crisis, but they have not yet returned to that level,” Gallup said in reporting on the results of the survey.
Americans Invested in Stock Market — Selected Trend
Percent by age and income
| Apr. 2-5, 2007 | Apr. 8-11, 2010 | Apr. 9-12, 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| National adults | 65 | 56 | 55 |
| $75,000 and over | 90 | 92 | 88 |
| $30,000-$74,999 | 72 | 61 | 56 |
| Less than $30,000 | 28 | 24 | 21 |
| 18 to 34 years | 52 | 41 | 49 |
| 35 to 54 years | 73 | 63 | 58 |
| 55 and older | 65 | 60 | 57 |
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