In the U.S., steady black-white income gap has held steady since 1970 Median U.S. household income, in 2018 dollars
The black-white income gap in the U.S. has persisted over time. The difference in median household incomes between white and black Americans has grown from about $23,800 in 1970 to roughly $33,000 in 2018 (as measured in 2018 dollars). Median black household income was 61% of median white household income in 2018, up modestly from 56% in 1970 – but down slightly from 63% in 2007, before the Great Recession, according to Current Population Survey data.
In the U.S., steady black-white income gap  | has held steady since 1970  | Median U.S. household income, in 2018 dollars  | $84,600  | White  | $54, 100  | $51, 600  | $30,400  | Black  | 1970 1978 1988  | 1998 2008  | 2018  | Note: Income is adjusted for household size and scaled to  | reflect a three-person household. Whites and blacks include  | those who report being only one race and are non-Hispanic.  | Source: Pew Research Center analysis of 1970 to 2019  | Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic  | Supplements.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 