CRSP US Total Market Index

What the CRSP US Total Market Index is, where it lives officially, and how its ride has looked over the years.

What does the CRSP US Total Market Index track?

Basically the entire American stock market in one list: nearly 4,000 companies from giants to micro caps, maintained by CRSP (the Center for Research in Security Prices, now part of Morningstar).

If a company is publicly traded in the US and investable, it's almost certainly in here. No picking, no guessing — just everything.

Maintained byCRSP, part of Morningstar logoCRSP, part of Morningstar
On this site we follow it throughVanguard logoVanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI).

VTI since 2001

Price history of VTI tracking the CRSP US Total Market Index$25$112$198$285$37120052010201520202025

The chart shows the dividend-adjusted share price of VTI, the ETF tracking this index — not the raw index level. The shape of the ride is the same.

VTI returns by year (USD)

Last 5 years
+13.07%
average per year (CAGR)
Last 10 years
+14.25%
average per year (CAGR)
YearTotal return
2026 (so far)+11.04%
2025+17.10%
2024+23.81%
2023+26.05%
2022-19.52%
2021+25.68%
2020+21.08%
2019+30.67%
2018-5.23%
2017+21.21%
2016+12.82%
2015+0.36%
2014+12.55%
2013+33.45%
2012+16.45%
2011+0.97%
2010+17.43%
2009+28.90%
2008-36.99%
2007+5.37%
2006+15.70%
2005+6.30%
2004+12.78%
2003+30.74%
2002-20.48%
2001-4.40%

Calendar-year total returns of VTI in USD, dividends reinvested — the ETF tracking this index, not the raw index level.

Compare VTI head to head

Yearly returns side by side against the other funds we track.