Table 2.5
Median family income by race/ethnicity, 1947–2014 (2015 dollars)
As share of white family income | |||||
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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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