Distribution of Per Capita Income of the Medicare Population, By Race/Ethnicity, 2012 Share of Medicare beneficiaries Median (50th percentile) Median income () Mean income Top 10th percentile (×) Overall $22,500 $32,450 $66,350 White $24,800 $35,050 $70,000 Black $15,250 $21,900 $43,900 Hispanic $13,800 $20,100 $44,550 10th percentile White Overall Black Hispanic Per Capita Income NOTE: Beneficiaries identified as “other” races not shown separately. SOURCE: Urban Institute / Kaiser Family Foundation analysis, 2012.