Key Points:
In 2019, the median total income of Hispanic households was nearly $20,000 less than white households ($56,113 compared to $76,057).
The typical Hispanic woman earns just 55 cents for every dollar earned by a typical non-Hispanic, white man, larger than the pay gap than experienced by the typical non-Hispanic, white woman, who earns just 79 cents of what her white male counterpart earns.
The median net worth of Hispanic households is one-fifth that of white households ($36,100 compared to $188,200).
Hispanic Americans are more than two times as likely to live in poverty as whites (16% compared to 7% in 2019).
Despite measured progress over the past few decades, Hispanic Americans continue to lag behind white Americans in earnings, working conditions and wealth. Analyzing trends across a range of economic indicators—including unemployment, household income, family net worth, homeownership, union membership, childhood poverty, food insecurity, wages, and insured rate—this chart pack highlights opportunities for policy to address the structural barriers facing Hispanic Americans and promote more equitable growth.
Recognizing both the contributions and challenges of the Hispanic community is vital to ensuring that every American can realize the promise of the America Dream.
This chart pack includes:
- Key facts on the state of economic inequality facing Hispanic Americans
- National graphs illustrating systemic inequalities and accompanying analysis highlighting key trends in the data
- State-level tables providing data on employment, poverty, health and income
- A set of maps illustrating variation in health insurance and the gender wage gap across states
