Median Adjusted Household Householder, Income by Race/ Ethnicityof Householder, 1967-2011 in2012 dollars $90 000 $80 000
The black-white income gap in the U.S. has persisted. The difference in median household incomes between whites and blacks has grown from about $19,000 in 1967 to roughly $27,000 in 2011 (as measured in 2012 dollars). Median black household income was 59% of median white household income in 2011, up modestly from 55% in 1967; as recently as 2007, black income was 63% of white income.
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