The Brookings Institution According to the latest data from the Federal Reserve's Survey of Consumer Finances, the nation's racial wealth gap increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Between 2019 and 2022, median wealth increased by $51,800, but the racial wealth gap increased by $49,950-adding up to a total difference of $240,120 in wealth between the median white household and the median Black household. The Survey of Consumer Finances is the most