The racial income gap in the United States mapped
1 min readJul 18, 2020
Since the U.S. Congress enacted the Fair Housing Act in 1968, wealth amongst white households has significantly increased while wealth in black households has frozen.
According to the Survey of Consumer Finances, in 1968, a representative middle-class black household had $6,674 in wealth, while median middle-class white household had $70,786. In 2016, the representative middle-class black household had $13,024 in wealth, while the typical white household had $149,703. The wealth gap has only continued to increase.
HowMuch.net took a glance at the data concerning the median income gap within Black and white households in the U.S. and made a map clearly illustrating the inequality in income across the nation.
