[Huck]

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Black median household income in 1997 was $25,050. That income level placed about 40 percent of black households in the middle class, compared with about 60 percent of white households.

From http://www.worldandi.com/public/1999/February/middle.cfm

[rdb3]

Go away, Huck. You wrote us off, remember?

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Median household income was unchanged for many population groups in 2000. Income was up for Black and Hispanic households, households in metropolitan areas, households with a female household or no husband present, and households in the Northeast region.

Overall, median household income in 2000 was $42,148. It did not show any statistically significant change from 1999 after adjusting for the 3.4% increase in inflation. Some population groups did however show significant growth. Black median household income was up 5.5% to a level of $30,439 and Hispanic income was up 5.3% to a level of $33,447.

[sunryse]

>Black median household income in 1997 was $25,050. That >income level placed about 40 percent of black households >in the middle class, compared with about 60 percent of >white households.

Hmm, 60/40=100% When did we wittle down to two races?