More white households than Black ones were able to use savings to pay for expenses when experiencing emergencies

Share of U.S. households using savings to pay for current expenses while out of work, by reasons for not working and race

Notes: Shares calculated for households that gave positive responses. Sample combines data from August 2020 to March 2021.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "Household Pulse Survey Public Use File (PUF), Phase 2 and 3 PUF Releases," available at https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/household-pulse-survey/datasets.html (last accessed April 2021).
Figure: Center for American Progress