Table 2.5

Median family income by race/ethnicity, 1947–2014 (2015 dollars)

As share of white family income
Year White Black* Hispanic** Black Hispanic
1947 $29,314 $14,986 n.a. 51.1% n.a.
1969 55,998 34,299 n.a. 61.3 n.a.
1979 62,265 35,259 43,164 56.6 69.3
1989 66,418 37,311 43,287 56.2 65.2
1995 65,909 40,136 37,973 60.9 57.6
2000 72,983 46,348 47,402 63.5 65.0
2007 73,649 45,889 46,372 62.3 63.0
2014 70,690 43,201 45,166 61.1 63.9
Average annual change
1947–1969 3.0% 3.8% n.a.
1969–1979 1.1 0.3 n.a.
1979–1989 0.6 0.6 0.0
1989–2000 -0.1 1.2 0.8
1995–2000 2.1 2.9 4.5
2000–2007 0.1 -0.1 -0.3
1979–2007 0.5 0.8 0.2
2007–2014 -0.6 -0.9 -0.4

* Prior to 1967, data for blacks include all nonwhites.

** Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

Note: Data are for money income.

Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement Historical Income Tables (Table F-5)

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