Millions of minority households across the nation are facing distinct, serious financial problems during this period, including many who are being threatened with eviction and face unsafe conditions in their neighborhoods, with few options to help,” said Robert J. “The serious problem of inflation is impacting Black families more than many other Americans.

See the Methodology below for further details. The report details findings among the five largest racial/ethnic groups in the U.S.: 1,216 non-Hispanic white adults, 1,103 Black adults, 1,066 Hispanic/Latino adults, 552 Asian adults, and 180 Native American adults ages 18 and older. Racial/Ethnic Minorities in Today’s Difficult Times, was conducted May 16 – June 13, 2022, among 4,192 U.S. In addition, a wider share of Black renters (16%) say they have been evicted or threatened with eviction in the past year than white renters (9%, see Figure 1). Black adults also report facing more serious issues across several areas compared to white Americans-notably, they are more likely than whites to report not having enough emergency savings to cover at least one month of their expenses (58% to 36%) and having serious problems affording food (32% vs. widely report experiencing serious problems from inflation, Black Americans are substantially more likely than whites to report they are currently having serious financial problems in this period (55% to 38%, see Table 1). Chan School of Public Health poll shows that at a time when households across the U.S. Substantial shares of Latinos and Native Americans also report serious problems during this periodīoston, MA – A new NPR/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard T.H.

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