# The latest status symbol of the 1% is a third kid. ‘It has become rarer for everyone else,’ says an economist

- Source: Fortune | FORTUNE
- Published: 2026-11-08T13:30:00+00:00
- Category: Business
- Original: https://fortune.com/2026/11/08/third-child-top-1-percent-family-size-konczal/
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/the-latest-status-symbol-of-the-1-is-a-third-kid-it-has-become-rarer-f-c466c6/

49% of top-1% earners have three or more kids, vs. about 40% of the rest of the top 10%, economist Mike Konczal found in Federal Reserve data.

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