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Chart H
Chart H
Racial, Ethnic Wealth Gaps Have Grown Since Great Recession
Median Net Worth of Households, in 2013 Dollars
White Net Worth
13x Greater
1,000,000
1,000,000
$192,000
White
100,000
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8x
10,000
White Net Worth
10x Greater
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17x
7x 7x 6x 6x 7x 10x
Black
$192,000
$141,900
White
100,000
11x
8x 13x
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$19,200
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$11,000
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10,000
14x
10x 6x 10x
11x
9x 8x
Great Recession
1,0000
‘83 ‘86 ‘89 ‘92 ‘95 ‘98 ‘01 ‘04 ‘07 ‘10 ‘13
Notes: Blacks and whites include only non-Hispanics. Hispanics are of any race. Chart scale is logarithmic; each gridline
is ten times greater than the gridline below it. Great Recession began Dec. ‘07 and ended June ‘09.
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of Survey of Consumer Finances public-use data
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U.S. Population Aged 65 and Older
Annual Household Growth (Millions)
80,000
70,000
65 years
and older
60,000
50,000
40,000
85 years
and older
30,000
20,000
10.000
0
9x 10x
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$23,600
$13,700
Hispanic
Great Recession
1,0000
‘83 ‘86 ‘89 ‘92 ‘95 ‘98 ‘01 ‘04 ‘07 ‘10 ‘13
$141,900
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2010 2020 2030 2040
2000
Source: 2000 and 2010 counts from U.S. Census Bureau, “Summary File 1, Matrices
DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 and 2010.” Decennial Census
( Washington, D.C.: 2001 and 2012); projections from U.S. Census Burear, “Table 2,
Projections of the Population by Selected Age Groups and Sex for the United States:
2015 to 2060.” 2012 National Population Projections: Summary Tables.