Median family income, by race and ethnicity, 1947–2010 (2011 dollars)

				As a share of white family income
	White	Black*	Hispanic**	Black	Hispanic
1947	$27,807	$14,216	n.a.	51.1%	n.a.
1969	53,120	32,537	n.a.	61.3	n.a.
1979	59,013	33,417	$40,910	56.6	69.3%
1989	63,004	35,393	41,062	56.2	65.2
1995	62,494	38,057	36,005	60.9	57.6
2000	69,259	43,983	44,983	63.5	64.9
2007	69,886	43,545	44,003	62.3	63.0
2010	65,138	39,715	40,785	61.0	62.6
Average annual change
1947–1969	3.0%	3.8%	n.a.
1969–1979	1.1	0.3	n.a.
1979–1989	0.7	0.6	0.0%
1989–2000	-0.1	1.2	0.8
1995–2000	2.1	2.9	4.6
2000–2007	0.1	-0.1	-0.3
1979–2007	0.5	0.8	0.2
2007–2010	-2.3	-3.0	-2.5

* Prior to 1967, data for blacks include all nonwhites.

** Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

Note: Data are for money income.

Source: Authors' analysis of Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement Historical Income Tables (Table F-5)

Documentation and methodology

Underlying data are from Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement Historical Income Tables, Table F-5, “Race and Hispanic Origin of Householder—Families by Median and Mean Income: 1947–2010.” Unlike with CPS microdata analyses presented in the book, race and ethnicity categories are not mutually exclusive (i.e., persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race, and white and black Hispanics are counted in the white and black columns as well as the Hispanic column). Data are inflated to 2011 dollars using the CPI-U-RS.