November 23, 2010 — Data from the Census Bureau’s 2009 American Community Survey, released earlier this month, document continuing large disparities between the median household income of non-Latino Whites, on the one hand, and African Americans and Latinos on the other. The chart on this page shows city-by-city disparities in U.S. cities with populations of 500,000 or greater. The cities are sorted beginning with the highest percentage by which median household income for non-Latino White households exceeds that of either African Americans or Latinos. Page 2 ranks per group median income in these large U.S. Cities (each color-coded bar on this second chart represents one racial or ethnic group in one city). Of 136 rankings, the highest for African Americans is 55th place (El Paso, Texas). Page 3 provides underlying median income data.
Here, the median household income for non-Latino Whites, African Americans, Latinos, and Asians in each U.S. city with a population of 500,000 or greater is shown by a separate color-coded bar. Then, all of the bars are sorted from highest median income to lowest. Non-Latino Whites as well as Asians dominate the highest ranking spots, while African-Americans are disproportionately represented at the bottom of the list.
This chart shows the median household income for non-Latino Whites, African Americans, Latinos and Asians, as well as the median household income across races, in all U.S. cities with a population of 500,000 or greater. The user is able to choose which states to view by selecting the state names on the right.
