the overall difference in wages between races. An analysis of the black-white wage gap which accounted for unemployment found that when unemployment was included in the calculation of the weekly wages convergence from 1950 to 2000, the convergence percentage went from 13 percent to only 3 percent. See also List of ethnic groups in the United States by household income Racial inequality in the United States Racial wealth gap in the United States References Economic inequality in the United States Race in the United States Social classes