Us Income Distribution By Race

Income distribution by race and origin in 2019 published by erin duffin oct 21 2020 the statistic shows the number of families in the united states in 2019 by income level and.
Us income distribution by race. Find a table listing of the income categories of u s. At the median blacks earned 65 as much as whites in 2016 up from 59 in 1970. However the level of equity or home value less debts families have in their houses differs by race. Divided to races and ethnicities the top one percent income by race varied quite a bit.
Top one percent income by race and hispanic origin. I want you to use the layers on your own map. White families have equity of 215 800 whereas black and hispanic households have net housing wealth of 94 400 and 129 800 respectively. In terms of income by race and ethnicity the average income of asian households was.
Households by race from 1975 to the most current data. Income poverty and health insurance coverage in the united states. Distribution of household income by race. Large gaps between the incomes of blacks and whites have narrowed only modestly in recent decades.
We updated the income data to use the 2014 2018 american community survey. White black hispanic origin 1. In this survey the nationwide population was 327 167 439 and the median household income was us 61 937 in 2018. Maryland new jersey and massachusetts were among the states with the highest median household income in 2019.
We updated the income data from the 2012 2016 american community survey to the 2013 2017 data. In 2016 blacks at the 90th percentile of their distribution earned 68 as much as whites at their 90th percentile the same as in 1970. Median four person family income. Overall in the united states the top one percent of all workers made 361 020 00.
The united states census has race and ethnicity as defined by the office of management and budget in 1997. The highest top one percent income was asian at 500 228 00. Vehicles are the most common asset across all racial groups followed by a primary residence. The 2019 real median incomes of family households and nonfamily households increased 7 3 percent and 6 2 percent from their respective 2018 estimates figure 1 and table a 1.
By race and ethnicity. The following median household income data are retrieved from american community survey 2018 1 year estimates.