In a survey conducted in October 2020, around 50 percent of white participants said that they felt their finances had remained about the same as they were the previous year. This is compared to the 31 percent of Black respondents that said they were financially worse off than they had been the previous year.
Opinion of adults in the United States on their personal financial situation over the past year as of October 2020, by ethnicity
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Better off financially than a year ago
About the same financially as a year ago
Worse off financially than a year ago
Not sure
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YouGov. (October 14, 2020). Opinion of adults in the United States on their personal financial situation over the past year as of October 2020, by ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1173632/opinion-about-personal-financial-improvement-past-year-race-us/
YouGov. "Opinion of adults in the United States on their personal financial situation over the past year as of October 2020, by ethnicity." Chart. October 14, 2020. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1173632/opinion-about-personal-financial-improvement-past-year-race-us/
YouGov. (2020). Opinion of adults in the United States on their personal financial situation over the past year as of October 2020, by ethnicity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1173632/opinion-about-personal-financial-improvement-past-year-race-us/
YouGov. "Opinion of Adults in The United States on Their Personal Financial Situation over The past Year as of October 2020, by Ethnicity." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Oct 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1173632/opinion-about-personal-financial-improvement-past-year-race-us/
YouGov, Opinion of adults in the United States on their personal financial situation over the past year as of October 2020, by ethnicity Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1173632/opinion-about-personal-financial-improvement-past-year-race-us/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Opinion of adults in the United States on their personal financial situation over the past year as of October 2020, by ethnicity [Graph], YouGov, October 14, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1173632/opinion-about-personal-financial-improvement-past-year-race-us/