The latest issue of Pathways, an online magazine from the Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality, just hit inboxes. One interesting tidbit, a recap of a study by Mariko Chang on the median net worthliquid assets only, excluding things like motor vehiclesof Americans:
"Chang finds that single non-Hispanic White men had a median net worth in 2007 of $43,800, a respectable showing. ... [Black and Hispanic men's] median wealth hovered around $8,000$9,000 in 2007."
Think that's bad? Listen to this:
"What about the median net worth of Black and Hispanic women? $100 and $120, respectively. Worse yet, a full 45 percent of women of color held either no wealth or negative wealth in 2007."
Single black women, ages 1835, fare the worst, according to another article. Their median wealth$5.