Householder, 1967-2012 In 2012 dollars
The median household incomes of white, black, Hispanic and Asian households did not statistically change from 2011 to 2012.
As the recent Pew Research report on Martin Luther King Jr.’s elusive dream noted, the gap in median income between white and black households has not changed much over the decades. In 1972, white incomes were 1.7 times black incomes. White and black incomes have both risen since then and in 2012 white incomes were 1.7 times black incomes. The white-to-Hispanic income gap has risen since 1972, from 1.3 in 1972 to 1.5 in 2012. The Census Bureau has tracked Asian household incomes since 1987. In 1987 white incomes were about 88% of the typical Asian household. By 2012, whites incomes were 83% of Asian incomes. These household income figures from the Census are not adjusted for variance in household size. Asian-Americans tend to have more people living in their households than do other race groups, which may account for some of the gap in median income.
Householder, Median Household Income by Race/ ethnicity of  | Householder, 1967-2012  | In 2012 dollars  | $80, .000  | Asian  | $68 .636  | $62 309  | 60,000  | $57 ,009  | $50,644  | White  | Hispanic  | $37 .681  | 40, .000  | $39 005  | $33 .321  | Black  | $25 .996  | 20, .000 $25  | 1967  | 1980  | 1990  | 2000  | 2012  | Notes: White households prefers to households headed by a nonHispanic white  | Data for Hispanics not ava ilable prior to 1972 Data for Asians not available prior  | to 1987 White median house hold income not available for 1983.  | Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of U.S Census Bureau historical  | income ta bles  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 