The increase in the wealth of U.S. households from 2019 to 2021 was spread widely across racial and ethnic groups. Despite improved fortunes, Black, Hispanic and multiracial households trailed White and Asian households by large margins from the following perspectives, both before and after the pandemic: How wealth varies by race and ethnicity Asian households […]
Here’s how Korean Americans describe their own identities, their political and religious leanings, and how they feel about achieving the American dream.
Here’s how Vietnamese Americans describe their own identities, their views of the U.S. and Vietnam, how they feel about the American dream, and more.
Here’s how Chinese Americans describe their own identities, their views of the U.S. and China, and how they feel about achieving the American dream.
The data for the historical analysis in this report is derived from the Annual Social and Economic Supplements (ASEC) of the Current Population Survey (CPS), which are conducted in March of every year. The specific files used in this report are from March 1971 to March 2023 and contain data on the annual income of […]
Data source Pew Research Center’s analysis in this report is based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020, 2021 and 2022 Surveys of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). These are the three latest years in which SIPP was conducted. It is a nationally representative survey that focuses on the income of U.S. households and […]
The wealth of a household depends in part on its income. Here, we look at the wealth of lower-, middle- and upper-income households in the United States and examine whether wealth gaps across racial and ethnic groups are different within each income tier. We find that: The wealth of U.S. households by income tier There […]