Income levels for Hispanic households remained static in 2007, according to the latest report by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Among the race groups and Hispanics, black households had the lowest median income in 2007 ($33,916). This compares to the median of $54,920 for non-Hispanic white households.

Asian households had the highest median income ($66,103). The median income for Hispanic households was $38,679.

For Hispanics, 21.5 percent were in poverty in 2007, up from 20.6 percent in 2006.

As defined by the Office of Management and Budget and updated for inflation using the Consumer Price Index, the weighted average poverty threshold for a family of four in 2007 was $21,203; for a family of three, $16,530; for a family of two, $13,540; and for unrelated individuals, $10,590.

Real median income rose for native-born households for the second year, up 1.0 percent from 2006, to $50,946.

For foreign-born households whose householder was not a U.S. citizen, income dropped by 7.3 percent to $37,637.

For households maintained by a naturalized U.S. citizen, median income remained statistically unchanged at $52,092.

Poverty rates remained statistically unchanged for non-Hispanic whites (8.2 percent), blacks (24.5 percent) and Asians (10.2 percent) in 2007.