List of ethnic groups in the United States by household income
This is a list of median household income in the United States by ethnicity and Native American tribal grouping (as of 2015) according to the United States Census. "Mixed race" and multi-ethnic categories are not listed.
By race and ethnicity
The United States Census has race and ethnicity as defined by the Office of Management and Budget in 1997.[1] The following median household income data are retrieved from American Community Survey 2018 1-year estimates. In this survey, the nationwide population was 327,167,439 and the median household income was US$ 61,937 in 2018.[2]
Race and Ethnicity | Alone | Alone or in Combination with Other Races | Ref | ||||
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Code | Population | Median household income (US$) | Code | Population | Median household income (US$) | ||
White | 002 | 236,173,020 | 65,902 | 003 | 245,860,228 | 65,777 | [3] |
Black or African American | 004 | 41,617,764 | 41,511 | 005 | 46,261,485 | 41,911 | [4] |
American Indian and Alaska Native | 006 | 2,801,587 | 44,772 | 009 | 5,710,410 | 48,370 | [5] |
Asian | 012 | 18,415,198 | 87,243 | 031 | 22,137,269 | 85,897 | [6] |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 050 | 626,054 | 61,911 | 060 | 1,468,239 | 64,865 | [7] |
Some other race | 070 | 16,253,785 | 48,983 | 071 | 18,146,776 | 49,805 | [8] |
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) | — | — | — | 400 | 59,763,631 | 51,404 | [9] |
Not Hispanic or Latino | — | — | — | 450 | 267,403,808 | 64,025 | [9] |
By detailed races
Asian
In the 2018 American Community Survey, the following figures regarding detailed Asian races are reported.[10] Other Asian races with code but not reported include: Malaysian (025, 044), Sri Lankan (027, 046), Bhutanese (072, 080), Maldivian (074, 082), Mongolian (075, 083), Okinawan (077, 085), Singaporean (078, 086).
Detailed Race | Alone | Alone or in Combination with Other Races | ||||
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Code | Population | Median household income (US$) | Code | Population | Median household income (US$) | |
Indian Americans | 013 | 4,161,088 | 119,858 | 032 | 4,506,308 | 116,793 |
Bangladeshi Americans | 014 | 203,845 | 55,826 | 033 | 213,372 | 55,880 |
Cambodian Americans | 015 | 240,379 | 67,766 | 034 | 300,360 | 66,391 |
Chinese Americans (including Taiwanese) | 016 | 4,395,912 | 88,487 | 035 | 5,357,756 | 88,906 |
Chinese Americans (excluding Taiwanese) | 017 | 4,217,892 | 91,944 | 036 | 5,156,833 | 90,510 |
Taiwanese Americans | 018 | 178,020 | 105,736 | 037 | 213,774 | 103,358 |
Filipino Americans | 019 | 2,920,160 | 82,328 | 038 | 4,089,570 | 79,936 |
Hmong Americans | 020 | 305,323 | 67,372 | 039 | 320,164 | 66,968 |
Indonesian Americans | 021 | 70,851 | 74,497 | 040 | 116,869 | 72,191 |
Japanese Americans | 022 | 782,776 | 80,036 | 041 | 1,542,195 | 82,321 |
Korean Americans | 023 | 1,468,279 | 92,074 | 042 | 1,894,131 | 93,498 |
Laotian Americans | 024 | 203,494 | 65,958 | 043 | 262,229 | 65,568 |
Pakistani Americans | 026 | 487,937 | 77,516 | 045 | 526,956 | 77,156 |
Thai Americans | 028 | 218,514 | 65,357 | 047 | 329,343 | 68,762 |
Vietnamese Americans | 029 | 1,862,395 | 67,331 | 048 | 2,162,610 | 68,979 |
Burmese Americans | 073 | 178,490 | 45,348 | 081 | 189,250 | 45,800 |
Nepalese Americans | 076 | 167,468 | 57,635 | 084 | 175,005 | 56,705 |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
In the 2018 American Community Survey, the following figures regarding detailed Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander races are reported.[11]
Detailed Race | Alone | Alone or in Combination with Other Races | ||||
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Code | Population | Median household income (US$) | Code | Population | Median household income (US$) | |
Polynesian | 051 | 357,532 | 61,654 | 061 | 887,467 | 65,611 |
Native Hawaiian | 052 | 186,996 | 60,436 | 062 | 626,457 | 66,254 |
Samoan | 053 | 110,606 | 64,941 | 063 | 213,439 | 64,592 |
Micronesian | 055 | 188,142 | 61,309 | 065 | 284,452 | 64,981 |
Guamanian or Chamorro | 056 | 104,219 | 76,199 | 066 | 182,584 | 75,788 |
By ancestry
- Indian American (2018): $119,858 [12]
- Taiwanese Americans (2018): $102,328[10]
- Chinese Americans & Taiwanese Americans: (2018): $93,944[10]
- Korean American (2018): $93,315[10]
- Filipino American (2018): $92,328[10]
- Australian American (2016): $90,930[12]
- South African American (2017): $90,517[12]
- Austrian American (2016): $80,717[12]
- Japanese American (2018): $80,036[10]
- Singaporean American (2016) $79,852[12]
- Russian American (2016): $77,841[12]
- Pakistani American (2018): $77,074[10]
- Bulgarian American (2016): $76,862[12]
- Lithuanian American (2016): $76,694[12]
- Israeli American (2016): $76,584[12]
- Slovene American (2016): $75,940[12]
- Iranian American (2017): $75,905[12]
- Basque American (2016): $75,864[12]
- Lebanese American (2016): $75,337[12]
- Croatian American (2016): $73,991[12]
- Sri Lankan American: $73,856[12]
- Scandinavian American (2016): $73,797[12]
- Belgian American (2016): $73,443[12]
- Swiss American (2016): $72,823[12]
- Italian American (2016): $72,586[12]
- Ukrainian American (2016): $72,449[12]
- Romanian American (2016): $72,381[12]
- Greek American (2016): $72,291[12]
- Polish American (2016): $71,172[12]
- Danish American (2016): $71,550[12]
- Swedish American (2016): $71,217[12]
- Slavic American (2016): $71,163[12]
- Norwegian American (2016): $71,142[12]
- Indonesian American: $70,851[10]
- Canadian American (2016): $70,809[12]
- Czech American (2016): $70,454[12]
- Finnish American (2016): $70,045[12]
- Serbian American (2016): $70,028[12]
- French Canadian American (2016): $68,075[12]
- Hungarian American (2016): $69,515[12]
- Portuguese American (2016): $67,807[12]
- Cambodian American: $67,766[10]
- Slovak American (2016): $67,471[12]
- Armenian American (2016): $67,450[12]
- Hmong American (2018) $67,372[10]
- Vietnamese American (2018): $67,331[10]
- German American (2016): $67,306[12]
- Irish American (2016): $66,688[12]
- Ghanaian American (2016): $66,571[12]
- Turkish American (2016): $66,566[12]
- Laotian American (2018): $65,958[10]
- Thai Americans (2018): $65,357[10]
- Palestinian American (2016): $65,170[12]
- Egyptian American (2016): $64,728[12]
- Dutch American (2016): $63,597[12]
- French American (2016): $63,471[12]
- Median American Household Income (2018): $63,179[10]
- Syrian American (2016): $63,096[12]
- Nepalese American: $62,848[13]
- Albanian American (2016): $62,624[12]
- Polynesian American (2018): $61,654[10]
- Guyanese American (2016): $60,968[12]
- Nigerian American (2016): $60,732[12]
- British American (2016): $59,872[12]
- British West Indian American (2016): $60,407[12]
- Cuban American: $57,000[14]
- West Indian American: $56,998[12]
- Brazilian American (2016): $56,151[12]
- Barbadian American: $56,078[12]
- Argentine American: $55,000[15]
- Scotch-Irish American (2016): $54,187[12]
- Jamaican American (2016): $52,669[12]
- Trinbagonian Americans: $55,303[12]
- Cajun American: $52,886[12]
- Moroccan American (2016): $52,436[12]
- Peruvian Americans: $52,000[12]
- American Americans (2016): $51,601[12]
- Scottish American (2016): $51,925[12]
- Jordanian American (2016): $51,552[12]
- Welsh American (2016): $50,351[12]
- Pennsylvania German American (2016): $48,955[12]
- Ecuadorian American: $48,600[12]
- Colombian American: $48,000[15]
- Haitian American (2016): $47,990[12]
- English American (2016): $47,663[12]
- Cape Verdean American (2016): $47,281[12]
- Bangladeshi American: $47,252[12]
- Burmese American (2018): $45,348[10]
- Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac American (2016): $44,733[12]
- Afghan American: $43,838[12]
- Bahamian American: $42,000[12]
- Ethiopian American (2016): $41,357[12]
- Mexican American: $38,000[15]
- Puerto Rican American: $36,000[15]
- African Americans(2013): $33,500[16]
- Iraqi American (2016): $32,818[12]
- Dominican American: $32,000[15]
- Somali American: $18,756[15]
By Native American tribal grouping
- Chickasaw (2014): $49,963[17]
- Choctaw (2014): $47,783[17]
- Alaska Natives (2014): $47,401[17]
- Creek (2014): $41,897[17]
- Iroquois (2014): $40,471[17]
- Cherokee (2014): $37,730[17]
- Blackfeet (2014): $37,033[17]
- Chippewa (2014): $34,463[17]
- Lumbee (2014): $33,863[17]
- Navajo : $31,057[17]
- Sioux (2014): $29,079[17]
- Apache (2014): $28,745[17]
See also
References
- Office of Management and Budget (1997). "About Race and Ethnicity". United States Census. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
- American Community Survey (2018). "S0201: Selected Population Profile in the United States". American Community Survey 2018. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
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- "ACS 2018 1-Year S0201: Black or African American (004, 005)".
- "ACS 2018 1-Year S0201: American Indian and Alaska Native (006, 009)".
- "ACS 2018 1-Year S0201: Asian (012, 031)".
- "ACS 2018 1-Year S0201: Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (050, 060)".
- "ACS 2018 1-Year S0201: Some other race (070, 071)".
- "ACS 2018 1-Year S0201: Hispanic or Latino (400, 450)".
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Note: All available detailed Asian races alone selected (17)
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