Congressional Member’s Report Card

Congressional Member’s Report Card

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Wealth Inequality

RACIAL WEALTH INEQUALITY – IN U.S

  • According to Survey of Consumer Finances data, the median Black family has $24,100 in wealth. This is just 12.7 percent of the $189,100 in wealth owned by the typical White family. The median Latino family, with $36,050, owns just 19.1 percent of the wealth of the median White family.
  • Median Black family, with just over $3,500, owns just 2 percent of the wealth of the nearly $147,000 the median White family owns. The median Latino family, with just over $6,500, owns just 4 percent of the wealth of the median White family.
  • Put differently, the median White family has 41 times more wealth than the median Black family and 22 times more wealth than the median Latino family. www.inequality.org

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RACIAL INEQUALITY