"The Federal Reserve's detailed survey of consumer finances showed families' median wealth plunged from $126,400 in 2007 to $77,300 in 2010 — a 39 percent decline," reports the Washington Post. "That put them on par with median wealth in 1992."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/fed-americans-wealth-dropped-40-percent/2012/06/11/gJQAlIsCVV_story.html