White and Asian Americans have higher homeownership rates, college graduation rates and median household incomes than Black and Hispanic Americans. White and Asian Americans also are more likely to have health insurance than African and Hispanic Americans.
Sources: “Quarterly Residential Vacancies and Homeownership, Second Quarter 2020,” U.S. Census Bureau, July 18, 2020, p. 9, https://tinyurl.com/y3trhrnr; Jessica Semega et al., “Income and Poverty in the United States: 2019,” U.S. Census Bureau, September 2020, p. 4, https://tinyurl.com/y64s8jdq; Samantha Artiga, Kendal Orgera and Anthony Damico, “Changes in Health Coverage by Race and Ethnicity since the ACA, 2010-2018,” Kaiser Family Foundation, March 5, 2020, https://tinyurl.com/y2lnboh6; and “Indicator 23: Postsecondary Graduation Rates,” National Center for Education Statistics, February 2019, https://tinyurl.com/y8jsepzd
Data for the graphic are as follows:
| Ethnicity | Homeownership Rates by Race/Ethnicity, April-June 2020 | Median Household Income by Race and Ethnicity, 2019 | Uninsured Rates for Health Insurance, Nonelderly, by Race and Ethnicity, 2018 | Six-Year Graduation Rates for Students Seeking First-Time Bachelor's Degree, by Race/Ethnicity, 2016-17 |
| White | 76% | $76,057 | 7.5% | 64% |
| Black | 47% | $45,438 | 11.5% | 54% |
| Hispanic | 51.4% | $56,113 | 19% | 40% |
| Asian | 61.4% (includes Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander) | $98,174 | 6.8% | 74% |