Race and Class The Current Reality
Parity Estimates By using basic statistical techniques, it is possible to predict the approximate date that parity will be reached if present trends continue Median Per-Capita Income: 2067 Median Net Worth: the gap is expanding Median Household Income: parity will not be reached if present trends continue Poverty Rates: 2017
Unemployment Rate Total: 4.6% White: 4.2% Black: 7.7% Asian: 3.4 % Latino/a: 5.4% Unemployment Rate, August 2007, for the Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population Aged 16 Years and Older
Percent of Population in Poverty WhiteBlackLatinoAPANative (from 1976) 23.5 (from 1987) n/a
Poverty Over Time Source:
Poverty and Childhood
Indicators for Immigrants
Median Household Income, 2005
Median Per Capita Income, 2006 All Americans: $25,267 Whites: $29,406 Blacks: $16,556 Asian/Pacific Islander: $27,844 Latino/a: $14,736 Native American: $15,736 Why don’t per capita and household income line up?
Gender and Wages
Changes in Household Income
Income Categories by Race (1980s)
Income Disparity Percentage of Income Earned by Quintile in the Income Distribution
Wealth Median Net Worth (2000) - Home Equity (2000) White$79,400$22,566 Black$7,500$1,166 Latino/a$9,750$1,850
Wealth and Lineage (1980s)
Wealth and Education (1980s)
Home Ownership
Asset Ownership
Net Worth Categories by Race, 1980s WhiteBlack
Net Financial Assets, 1980s WhiteBlack
How Long will Wealth Last?
Wealth Disparity
Wealth Inequality
Simulating the Wealth Distribution