A study from the Pew Research Center indicates that black and Hispanic credit union members may have been hurt much more by the current recession than white credit union members.

According to "Wealth Gaps Rise to Record Highs Between Whites, Blacks and Hispanics," median wealth of white households is 20 times that of black households and 18 times that of Hispanic households.

The report analyzed data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation, an economic survey of tens of thousands of households managed by the U.S. Census Bureau.

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