From lowest to highest: Income inequality in U.S. increased most among Asians from 1970 to 2016 Ratio of income at the goth percentile to income at the 10th percentile Asians in the top 10% of the income distribution earned 10.7 times as
Income inequality in the U.S. is now greatest among Asians. In 2016, the latest year for which data are available, Asians near the top of their income distribution (the 90th percentile) had incomes 10.7 times greater than the incomes of Asians near the bottom of their income distribution (the 10th percentile). The 90/10 ratio among Asians was notably greater than among blacks (9.8), whites (7.8) and Hispanics (7.8).
From lowest to highest: Income  | inequality in U.S. increased most among  | Asians from 1970 to 2016  | Ratio of income at the goth percentile to income at the  | 10th percentile  | Asians in the top 10% of the income  | distribution earned 10.7 times as  | much as Asians in the bottom 10%  | Asian 10.7  | Black 9.8  | 9.1  | All 8.7  | White 7.8  | Hispanic 7.8  | 6, 9  | 6.  | 6. .3  | 6. 1  | 1970  | 2016  | Note: Whites blacks and Asians incudeonlynor-Hissa ofany and are  | sing e-race only in 2016 Hispanics are ofany race Asians include  | Pacific Islanders Income Hispanics is adjusted for household size See  | Methodology Research for details  | Source Pew Research Centeranalysisof 1970 decennial census  | and 2016 American Community Survey/IPUMS).  | "Income Inequality in the U.S. Is Rising Most Rapidly Among Asians  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 