This statistic shows the household income of black families in the United States from 1990 to 2018. The median income in 2018 was at 41,361 U.S. dollars for black households.
Median income of black private households in the U.S. from 1990 to 2018
(in 2018 U.S. dollars)
Median income in 2018 CPI-U-RS adjusted U.S. dollars
Income in 2018 CPI-U-RS adjusted dollars.
Medians are calculated using 2,500 U.S. dollars income intervals. Beginning with 2009 income data, the Census Bureau expanded the upper income intervals used to calculate medians to 250,000 U.S. dollars or more. Medians falling in the upper open-ended interval are plugged with “$250,000.” Before 2009, the upper open-ended interval was 100,000 U.S. dollars and a plug of “$100,000” was used.
1990-2001: White, not Hispanic. 2002-2018: White alone, not Hispanic.
1990-2001: Black. 2002-2018: Black alone.
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US Census Bureau. (September 10, 2019). Median income of black private households in the U.S. from 1990 to 2018 (in 2018 U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 16, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/203295/median-income-of-black-households-in-the-us/
US Census Bureau. "Median income of black private households in the U.S. from 1990 to 2018 (in 2018 U.S. dollars)." Chart. September 10, 2019. Statista. Accessed July 16, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/203295/median-income-of-black-households-in-the-us/
US Census Bureau. (2019). Median income of black private households in the U.S. from 1990 to 2018 (in 2018 U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 16, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/203295/median-income-of-black-households-in-the-us/
US Census Bureau. "Median Income of Black Private Households in The U.S. from 1990 to 2018 (in 2018 U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Sep 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/203295/median-income-of-black-households-in-the-us/
US Census Bureau, Median income of black private households in the U.S. from 1990 to 2018 (in 2018 U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/203295/median-income-of-black-households-in-the-us/ (last visited July 16, 2020)
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