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Percent of households with earnings above $35,000 (2012):

Total
65% – U.S.
58% – Tennessee
49% – Memphis

Non-Hispanic white
69% – U.S.
62% – Tennessee
66% – Memphis

African American
49% – U.S.
44% – Tennessee
39% – Memphis

Percent of households with earnings above $50,000 (2012):

Total
51% – U.S.
44% Tennessee
36% – Memphis

Non-Hispanic white
56% – U.S.
47% – Tennessee
53% – Memphis

African American
35% – U.S.
31% – Tennessee
27% – Memphis

Median incomes (2012)

Total
$51,371 – U.S.
$42,764 – Tennessee
$33,563 – Memphis

Non-Hispanic whites
$56,565 – U.S.
$46,254 – Tennessee
$52,102 – Memphis

African Americans
$33,764 – U.S.
$30,474 – Tennessee
$27,814 – Memphis

In other words, median non-Hispanic white household income in Memphis is almost two times more than median African American household.

Memphis is #19 in income inequality of America’s 50 largest cities.  The household income for 95th percentile is $149,868 and the household income for the 20th percentile is $14,531.

Source: Elena Delavega, Department of Social Work, University of Memphis and Brookings Institution