Black households have lower incomes and higher rates of poverty than white households: Real median household income and overall poverty rate, by race, 2018
| Median household income | Overall poverty rate | |
|---|---|---|
| Black | $41,692 | |
| White | $70,642 | |
| Black | 20.7% | |
| White | 8.1% |
Notes: White refers to non-Hispanic whites, black refers to blacks alone. Black households are households in which the head of household is black. White households are households in which the head of household is white. The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the official family-size-adjusted poverty threshold.
Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement Historical Poverty Tables (Tables 3, H-5, and H-9). Adapted from Racial and Ethnic Income Gaps Persist Amid Uneven Growth in Household Incomes (EPI 2019).