Chart: Black and Hispanic individuals are less likely to enjoy financial comfort and security: Share of adults who report “doing okay” or “living comfortably” by race and ethnicity

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Black and Hispanic individuals are less likely to enjoy financial comfort and security: Share of adults who report "doing okay" or "living comfortably" by race and ethnicity

	White	Black	Hispanic
2019	79.4%	65.5%	66.4%
2021	81.4%	67.5%	70.9%
2024	77.0%	64.9%	63.2%

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Note: Race and ethnicity are mutually exclusive (i.e., white non-Hispanic, Black non-Hispanic, Hispanic any race).

Source: Author’s analysis of Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking (Washington: Board of Governors, 2020, 2022, and 2025).

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