Mean savings in retirement accounts of households age 26–79, by race/ethnicity, 1989–2010 (2010 dollars)

Year White, non-Hispanic Black Hispanic
1989 $29,447 $5,363 $6,438
1992 $32,992 $7,050 $4,745
1995 $43,120 $8,981 $17,920
1998 $57,573 $14,931 $13,184
2001 $82,406 $15,835 $15,440
2004 $87,590 $21,912 $11,491
2007 $100,300 $26,026 $21,089
2010 $109,122 $17,081 $17,239

Note: Retirement account savings include savings in 401(k) and other defined-contribution plans, IRAs (including employer-sponsored SEP IRAs and SIMPLE IRAs) and Keogh plans for small businesses. In this figure, “black” and “Hispanic” are not mutually exclusive categories, so a black person of Hispanic origin will be included in both categories.

Source: Authors' analysis of Survey of Consumer Finance microdata

View the underlying data on epi.org.