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 distribution earned 10. 7 times Las
Incomes are rising in the U.S., but the increase is not being felt equally by all Americans. Household income in the U.S. is at or near the highest level it has been in the last 50 years. At the same time, income inequality continues to grow, and the growth has been more pronounced among some racial and ethnic groups than among others. For example, the gap between Asians at the top and bottom of the income ladder nearly doubled between 1970 and 2016. Over that period, Asians went from being one of the groups with the lowest income inequality to the highest. A separate analysis found that, among Hispanics, the median income of foreign-born workers – but not U.S.-born workers – had returned to its pre-Great Recession peak in 2017.
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 Las  | much Las 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 include sonly non-Hispanics and are  | single-race only in 2016 Hispanics are for Tany race. Asians include  | Pacific Islanders. Income is adjusted for household size. See  | Methodology for details  | Source: Pew Research Center Tana llssis of 1970 decennial census  | and 2016 American Community Survey (IPUMS).  | "Income Inequality in the U.S. ls Rising Most Rapidly Among Asians  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 