Distribution of Household Income by Race (2024)

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Find a table listing of the income categories of U.S. households by race from 1975 to the most current data

	White						Black						Hispanic origin¹
Income range	1975	1985	1995	2006	2010	2014	1975	1985	1995	2006	2010	2014	1975	1985	1995	2006	2010	2014
Number of households (thousands)	64,392	76,576	84,511	94,705	83,471	98,679	7,489	9,797	11,577	14,354	15,065	16,437	2,948	5,213	7,939	12,973	13,655	16,239
Percent distribution
Under $5,000	2.4%	2.4%	2.1%	2.5%	n.a.	n.a.	5.5%	6.3%	6.2%	6.6%	n.a.	n.a.	3.8%	4.1%	4.5%	3.5%	n.a.	n.a.
$5,000 to $9,999	6.8	5.8	5.1	3.7	n.a.	n.a.	15.4	15.0	12.3	9.2	n.a.	n.a.	10.0	9.7	10.1	5.7	n.a.	n.a.
$10,000 to $14,999	7.5	7.0	6.4	5.6	11.1²	11.0²	13.4	11.0	9.6	8.6	25.8²	22.4²	10.2	10.8	9.9	7.1	17.4²	14.6²
$15,000 to $24,999	14.2	12.9	13.2	11.5	11.1	10.6	18.0	17.1	16.4	15.2	14.7	14.4	20.5	17.9	18.8	15.5	14.8	14.0
$25,000 to $34,999	13.5	12.8	11.9	11.3	10.2	9.8	14.7	14.3	13.5	13.5	12.7	12.7	16.7	14.5	14.9	14.0	13.8	12.4
$35,000 to $49,999	19.4	16.7	16.0	14.6	13.6	13.1	15.6	13.8	14.8	14.8	14.6	14.4	19.0	16.7	15.8	17.5	15.7	15.6
$50,000 to $74,999	21.4	20.7	19.5	18.8	18.3	17.5	12.4	13.3	14.7	15.2	15.2	15.1	14.2	15.6	14.1	17.3	17.2	17.9
$75,000 to $99,999	9.0	11.0	11.7	11.8	12.4	12.1	3.5	6.0	7.0	7.7	7.6	8.2	3.7	6.5	6.5	8.9	9.6	10.7
$100,000 and over	5.8	10.5	14.2	20.2	13.5³	14.0³	1.4	3.1	5.3	9.1	6.5³	8.1³	1.9	4.4	5.4	10.5	7.7³	9.7³
Median income	$39,463	$43,100	$45,496	$50,673	$54,620	$56,866	$23,691	$25,642	$28,485	$31,969	$32,068	$35,398	$28,350	$30,221	$29,079	$37,781	$37,759	$42,491

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

2. Percent distribution for $14,999 and below.

3. Starting in 2010, the categories were expanded to include $100,000-$149,999 (shown); not shown are the following data: White, $150,000-199,999: 5.1% and $200,000 and over: 4.6%. Black, $150,000-199,999: 1.8% and $200,000 and over: 1.1%. Hispanic, $150,000-199,999: 2.3% and $200,000 and over: 1.5%. For 2011: White, $150,000-199,999: 5.7% and $200,000 and over: 5.0%. Black, $150,000-199,999: 2.1% and $200,000 and over: 1.5%. Hispanic, $150,000-199,999: 2.6% and $200,000 and over: 1.6%.

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census. Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2006–2011. Web: www.census.gov .

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