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]

S0201: ACS 1-Year Estimates Selected Population Profiles (2018)

Race and Ethnicity	Alone			Alone or in Combination with Other Races			Ref
	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).

S0201: ACS 1-Year Estimates Selected Population Profiles (2018)

Detailed Race	Alone			Alone or in Combination with Other Races
	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]

S0201: ACS 1-Year Estimates Selected Population Profiles (2018)

Detailed Race	Alone			Alone or in Combination with Other Races
	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

1. Indian American (2018): $119,858 [12]
2. Taiwanese Americans (2018): $102,328[10]
3. Chinese Americans & Taiwanese Americans: (2018): $93,944[10]
4. Korean American (2018): $93,315[10]
5. Filipino American (2018): $92,328[10]
6. Australian American (2016): $90,930[12]
7. South African American (2017): $90,517[12]
8. Austrian American (2016): $80,717[12]
9. Japanese American (2018): $80,036[10]
10. Singaporean American (2016) $79,852[12]
11. Russian American (2016): $77,841[12]
12. Pakistani American (2018): $77,074[10]
13. Bulgarian American (2016): $76,862[12]
14. Lithuanian American (2016): $76,694[12]
15. Israeli American (2016): $76,584[12]
16. Slovene American (2016): $75,940[12]
17. Iranian American (2017): $75,905[12]
18. Basque American (2016): $75,864[12]
19. Lebanese American (2016): $75,337[12]
20. Croatian American (2016): $73,991[12]
21. Sri Lankan American: $73,856[12]
22. Scandinavian American (2016): $73,797[12]
23. Belgian American (2016): $73,443[12]
24. Swiss American (2016): $72,823[12]
25. Italian American (2016): $72,586[12]
26. Ukrainian American (2016): $72,449[12]
27. Romanian American (2016): $72,381[12]
28. Greek American (2016): $72,291[12]
29. Polish American (2016): $71,172[12]
30. Danish American (2016): $71,550[12]
31. Swedish American (2016): $71,217[12]
32. Slavic American (2016): $71,163[12]
33. Norwegian American (2016): $71,142[12]
34. Indonesian American: $70,851[10]
35. Canadian American (2016): $70,809[12]
36. Czech American (2016): $70,454[12]
37. Finnish American (2016): $70,045[12]
38. Serbian American (2016): $70,028[12]
39. French Canadian American (2016): $68,075[12]
40. Hungarian American (2016): $69,515[12]
41. Portuguese American (2016): $67,807[12]
42. Cambodian American: $67,766[10]
43. Slovak American (2016): $67,471[12]
44. Armenian American (2016): $67,450[12]
45. Hmong American (2018) $67,372[10]
46. Vietnamese American (2018): $67,331[10]
47. German American (2016): $67,306[12]
48. Irish American (2016): $66,688[12]
49. Ghanaian American (2016): $66,571[12]
50. Turkish American (2016): $66,566[12]
51. Laotian American (2018): $65,958[10]
52. Thai Americans (2018): $65,357[10]
53. Palestinian American (2016): $65,170[12]
54. Egyptian American (2016): $64,728[12]
55. Dutch American (2016): $63,597[12]
56. French American (2016): $63,471[12]
57. Median American Household Income (2018): $63,179[10]
58. Syrian American (2016): $63,096[12]
59. Nepalese American: $62,848[13]
60. Albanian American (2016): $62,624[12]
61. Polynesian American (2018): $61,654[10]
62. Guyanese American (2016): $60,968[12]
63. Nigerian American (2016): $60,732[12]
64. British American (2016): $59,872[12]
65. British West Indian American (2016): $60,407[12]
66. Cuban American: $57,000[14]
67. West Indian American: $56,998[12]
68. Brazilian American (2016): $56,151[12]
69. Barbadian American: $56,078[12]
70. Argentine American: $55,000[15]
71. Scotch-Irish American (2016): $54,187[12]
72. Jamaican American (2016): $52,669[12]
73. Trinbagonian Americans: $55,303[12]
74. Cajun American: $52,886[12]
75. Moroccan American (2016): $52,436[12]
76. Peruvian Americans: $52,000[12]
77. American Americans (2016): $51,601[12]
78. Scottish American (2016): $51,925[12]
79. Jordanian American (2016): $51,552[12]
80. Welsh American (2016): $50,351[12]
81. Pennsylvania German American (2016): $48,955[12]
82. Ecuadorian American: $48,600[12]
83. Colombian American: $48,000[15]
84. Haitian American (2016): $47,990[12]
85. English American (2016): $47,663[12]
86. Cape Verdean American (2016): $47,281[12]
87. Bangladeshi American: $47,252[12]
88. Burmese American (2018): $45,348[10]
89. Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac American (2016): $44,733[12]
90. Afghan American: $43,838[12]
91. Bahamian American: $42,000[12]
92. Ethiopian American (2016): $41,357[12]
93. Mexican American: $38,000[15]
94. Puerto Rican American: $36,000[15]
95. African Americans(2013): $33,500[16]
96. Iraqi American (2016): $32,818[12]
97. Dominican American: $32,000[15]
98. Somali American: $18,756[15]

By Native American tribal grouping

1. Chickasaw (2014): $49,963[17]
2. Choctaw (2014): $47,783[17]
3. Alaska Natives (2014): $47,401[17]
4. Creek (2014): $41,897[17]
5. Iroquois (2014): $40,471[17]
6. Cherokee (2014): $37,730[17]
7. Blackfeet (2014): $37,033[17]
8. Chippewa (2014): $34,463[17]
9. Lumbee (2014): $33,863[17]
10. Navajo : $31,057[17]
11. Sioux (2014): $29,079[17]
12. Apache (2014): $28,745[17]

See also

• List of ethnic groups in the United States by per capita income
• Racial wage gap in the United States

References

1. Office of Management and Budget (1997). "About Race and Ethnicity". United States Census. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
2. American Community Survey (2018). "S0201: Selected Population Profile in the United States". American Community Survey 2018. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
3. "ACS 2018 1-Year S0201: White (002, 003)".
4. "ACS 2018 1-Year S0201: Black or African American (004, 005)".
5. "ACS 2018 1-Year S0201: American Indian and Alaska Native (006, 009)".
6. "ACS 2018 1-Year S0201: Asian (012, 031)".
7. "ACS 2018 1-Year S0201: Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (050, 060)".
8. "ACS 2018 1-Year S0201: Some other race (070, 071)".
9. "ACS 2018 1-Year S0201: Hispanic or Latino (400, 450)".
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