This statistic shows the household income of black families in the United States from 1990 to 2020. The median income in 2020 was at 45,870 U.S. dollars for black households. This was not a large decrease from the previous year despite the nation going through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Median income of black private households in the United States from 1990 to 2020
(in 2020 U.S. dollars)
Characteristic
Median income in 2019 CPI-U-RS adjusted U.S. dollars
Income in 2019 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. 2002-2020: Black alone.
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US Census Bureau. (September 14, 2021). Median income of black private households in the United States from 1990 to 2020 (in 2020 U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 17, 2022, 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 United States from 1990 to 2020 (in 2020 U.S. dollars)." Chart. September 14, 2021. Statista. Accessed August 17, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/203295/median-income-of-black-households-in-the-us/
US Census Bureau. (2021). Median income of black private households in the United States from 1990 to 2020 (in 2020 U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 17, 2022. 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 United States from 1990 to 2020 (in 2020 U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Sep 2021, 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 United States from 1990 to 2020 (in 2020 U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/203295/median-income-of-black-households-in-the-us/ (last visited August 17, 2022)
