evidence: Compared with the overall population, Congress is made up of a disproportionate share of millionaires. But determining the number of wealthy people in Congress is more complicated. [...] The claim that only 4% of Americans are millionaires compared with 51% of the members of Congress is PARTLY FALSE, based on our research. The Facebook post comes very close to being correct about the share of millionaires in Congress, but it underestimates the statistic for the general population. Recent estimates suggest the share of the U.S. population made up of millionaires could be double what the post claims. - Center for Responsive Politics, April 23, 2020, Majority of lawmakers in 116th Congress are millionaires - Credit Suisse, October 2018, Global Wealth Report 2018 - Credit Suisse, accessed June 7, The Global Wealth Report - Credit Suisse, October 2018, Global Wealth Databook 2018 - U.S. Census Bureau, August 2020, The Wealth of Households: 2017 - Kiplinger, May 28, Millionaires in America 2020: All 50 States Ranked - The New York Times archive, accessed June 7, The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of American's Wealthy - USA TODAY, Oct. 10, 2020, Fact check: Claim misstates average US wages, number of congressional millionaires - PolitiFact, March 25, 2021, Democrat Tom Nelson right on claim that two thirds of U.S. senators are millionaires - Center for Responsive Politics, accessed June 7, About the Personal Finances Data & OpenSecrets' Methodology - Center for Responsive Politics, accessed June 7, Net Worth - 2018