The racial wealth gap has remained large and often widened over past three decades

Average wealth with and without defined-benefit pensions for Black and white households, 1989 to 2019

Note: All dollar values are in 2019 dollars.

Chart: Center for American Progress Source: Authors' calculations based on Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, "Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF): 1989, 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, and 2019," available at https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/scfindex.htm (last accessed February 2021).