Key facts about the wealth of immigrant households during the COVID-19 pandemic
The median wealth of immigrant households increased by 42% from December 2019 to December 2021.
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The median wealth of immigrant households increased by 42% from December 2019 to December 2021.
About one-in-four Black households and one-in-seven Hispanic households had no wealth or were in debt in 2021, compared with about one-in-ten U.S. households overall.
68% of Black adults in the U.S. say they do not have enough income to lead the kind of life they want, but a majority are optimistic that they will one day.
Burmese (19%) and Hmong Americans (17%) were among the Asian origin groups with the highest poverty rates in 2022.
While Black adults define personal and financial success in different ways, most see these measures of success as major sources of pressure in their lives.
Immigrants – particularly those from African nations – are a growing share of the U.S. Black population.
In the United States, the transience of economic status varies significantly across racial and ethnic groups and by level of education.
About one-in-ten Asian Americans live in poverty. Pew Research Center conducted 18 focus groups in 12 languages to explore their stories and experiences.
The higher education pipeline suggests a long path is ahead for increasing diversity, especially in fields like computing and engineering.
The gap in the standard of living between Asians near the top and the bottom of the income ladder nearly doubled from 1970 to
2016. Amid rising inequality overall, Asians displaced blacks as the most economically divided major U.S. racial or ethnic group.
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