Poverty rate
Hispanics also saw their poverty rate decline as household incomes rose. The Hispanic poverty rate stood at 21.4% in 2015, down from 23.6% in 2014, according to the Census Bureau. Non-Hispanic whites (9.1%) and Asians (11.4%) had far lower poverty rates than Hispanics in 2015, while that of blacks (24.1%) was slightly higher.
While Latinos have made recent gains on income, poverty and employment, there has been little or no improvement in other areas. For example, the median net worth for Hispanic households in 2013 ($13,700) declined after the end of the Great Recession in 2009, and trailed far behind that of whites ($141,900), according to the latest U.S. government data. Meanwhile, the Latino homeownership rate, currently at 47%, remains below its 2007 peak of 50%.
Hispanic poverty rate declines in 2015  | Poverty rate  | 30%  | Hispanic  | 25  | 20  | 21.4  | All households  | 15  | 13. 5  | 10  | 5  | Recession  | Recession  | a  | 00  | '02  | 00  | '06  | 1998  | 10  | 12 '14 15  | Note: The Great Recession ran from December 2007 to June  | 2009. in 2001, a recess don ran from March to November.  | The lines break Tafter 2013 beca use the income question  | was redes igned.  | Source: Pew Research Center Tana lysis of U.S. Census  | Bureau data,  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 