The median income in 2022 was at 52,860 U.S. dollars for Black households. This was a slight increase from the previous years following the COVID-19 pandemic. In 1990, the median income among Black households was 38,360 U.S. dollars (In 2022 U.S. dollars).
Median income of black private households in the United States from 1990 to 2022
(in 2022 U.S. dollars)
Characteristic
Median income in 2021 CPI-U-RS adjusted U.S. dollars
Income in 2021 CPI-U-RS adjusted dollars.
Medians are calculated using 2,500 U.S. dollars income intervals. Beginning with 2009 income data, the Census Bureau expanded the upper income intervals used to calculate medians to 250,000 U.S. dollars or more. Medians falling in the upper open-ended interval are plugged with “$250,000.” Before 2009, the upper open-ended interval was 100,000 U.S. dollars and a plug of “$100,000” was used.
1990-2001: Black. 2002-2021: Black alone.
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US Census Bureau. (September 12, 2023). Median income of black private households in the United States from 1990 to 2022 (in 2022 U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/203295/median-income-of-black-households-in-the-us/
US Census Bureau. "Median income of black private households in the United States from 1990 to 2022 (in 2022 U.S. dollars)." Chart. September 12, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/203295/median-income-of-black-households-in-the-us/
US Census Bureau. (2023). Median income of black private households in the United States from 1990 to 2022 (in 2022 U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/203295/median-income-of-black-households-in-the-us/
US Census Bureau. "Median Income of Black Private Households in The United States from 1990 to 2022 (in 2022 U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Sep 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/203295/median-income-of-black-households-in-the-us/
US Census Bureau, Median income of black private households in the United States from 1990 to 2022 (in 2022 U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/203295/median-income-of-black-households-in-the-us/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Median income of black private households in the United States from 1990 to 2022 (in 2022 U.S. dollars) [Graph], US Census Bureau, September 12, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/203295/median-income-of-black-households-in-the-us/