List of ethnic groups in the United States by per capita income
This is a list of per capita income for U.S. residents, organized by race and ethnicity and ancestry (as of 2015).
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 per capita income data are retrieved from American Community Survey 2018 1-year estimates. In this survey, the nationwide population is 327,167,439 and the per capita income was US$ 33,831 in 2018.[2]
Race and Ethnicity | Alone | Alone or in Combination with Other Races | Ref | ||||
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Code | Population | Per capita income (US$) | Code | Population | Per capita income (US$) | ||
White | 002 | 236,173,020 | 36,962 | 003 | 245,860,228 | 36,292 | [3] |
Black or African American | 004 | 41,617,764 | 23,303 | 005 | 46,261,485 | 22,502 | [4] |
Asian | 012 | 18,415,198 | 40,878 | 031 | 22,137,269 | 38,130 | [5] |
Some other race | 070 | 16,253,785 | 19,162 | 071 | 18,146,776 | 19,298 | [6] |
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) | — | — | — | 400 | 59,763,631 | 20,590 | [7] |
Not Hispanic or Latino | — | — | — | 450 | 267,403,808 | 36,790 | [7] |
By detailed races[]
Asian[]
In the 2018 American Community Survey, the following figures regarding detailed Asian races are reported.[8] 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 | Per capita income (US$) | Code | Population | Per capita income (US$) | |
Indian | 013 | 4,161,088 | 55,298 | 032 | 4,506,308 | 54,981 |
Bangladeshi | 014 | 203,845 | 24,054 | 033 | 213,372 | 24,134 |
Cambodian | 015 | 240,379 | 24,921 | 034 | 300,360 | 22,257 |
Chinese (including Taiwanese) | 016 | 4,395,912 | 43,583 | 035 | 5,357,756 | 40,744 |
Chinese (excluding Taiwanese) | 017 | 4,217,892 | 43,104 | 036 | 5,156,833 | 40,409 |
Taiwanese | 018 | 178,020 | 54,928 | 037 | 213,774 | 49,124 |
Filipino | 019 | 2,920,160 | 36,183 | 038 | 4,089,570 | 32,124 |
Hmong | 020 | 305,323 | 19,155 | 039 | 320,164 | 18,600 |
Indonesian | 021 | 70,851 | 32,256 | 040 | 116,869 | 30,858 |
Japanese | 022 | 782,776 | 50,617 | 041 | 1,542,195 | 39,940 |
Korean | 023 | 1,468,279 | 41,385 | 042 | 1,894,131 | 37,126 |
Laotian | 024 | 203,494 | 25,939 | 043 | 262,229 | 22,512 |
Pakistani | 026 | 487,937 | 33,322 | 045 | 526,956 | 32,608 |
Thai | 028 | 218,514 | 31,077 | 047 | 329,343 | 27,660 |
Vietnamese | 029 | 1,862,395 | 29,413 | 048 | 2,162,610 | 28,076 |
Burmese | 073 | 178,490 | 16,603 | 081 | 189,250 | 17,181 |
Nepalese | 076 | 167,468 | 23,419 | 084 | 175,005 | 22,925 |
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.[9]
Detailed Race | Alone | Alone or in Combination with Other Races | ||||
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Code | Population | Per capita income (US$) | Code | Population | Per capita income (US$) | |
Polynesian | 051 | 357,532 | 25,715 | 061 | 887,467 | 25,206 |
Native Hawaiian | 052 | 186,996 | 29,771 | 062 | 626,457 | 27,078 |
Samoan | 053 | 110,606 | 21,630 | 063 | 213,439 | 20,090 |
Micronesian | 055 | 188,142 | 24,116 | 065 | 284,452 | 22,925 |
Guamanian or Chamorro | 056 | 104,219 | 31,279 | 066 | 182,584 | 27,312 |
By ancestry[]
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NB: The list of ethnic groups (by ancestry) seems to have been arbitrarily curated, since it excludes many Asian-American ethnic groups whose per capita incomes are significantly higher than those listed below.[8] In addition, the table omits Americans of Native American ancestry as well as Americans of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity.
Rank | Ancestry | Population (2014) | Per capita income (2014 US$) |
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2 | Macedonian | 57,221 | 50,818[10] |
3 | Russian | 2,762,830 | 50,684[10] |
4 | British (not otherwise specified) |
1,326,960 | 49,202[10] |
5 | Lithuanian | 652,790 | 46,532[10] |
6 | Slovene | 178,273 | 45,317[10] |
8 | Australian | 98,397 | 44,681[10] |
9 | Austrian | 702,772 | 44,098 |
10 | Iranian | 452,815 | 43,173[10] |
13 | Scottish | 5,365,154 | 42,194[10] |
16 | Croatian | 419,647 | 41,425[10] |
17 | Romanian | 459,810 | 41,411[10] |
18 | Hungarian | 1,406,350 | 41,055[10] |
19 | Slovak | 706,662 | 41,036[10] |
20 | Belgian | 350,059 | 41,021[10] |
21 | Swiss | 939,268 | 41,000[10] |
22 | Welsh | 1,757,657 | 40,704[10] |
23 | Latvian | 87,817 | 50,137[10] |
24 | Danish | 1,275,222 | 39,883[10] |
25 | Israeli | 148,514 | 39,864[10] |
26 | Ukrainian | 984,157 | 39,785[10] |
27 | Syrian | 170,066 | 39,713[10] |
28 | Canadian | 678,113 | 39,651[10] |
29 | Serbian | 181,171 | 38,981[10] |
30 | Lebanese | 506,470 | 38,971[10] |
31 | Scotch-Irish | 2,978,827 | 38,748[10] |
32 | English | 24,382,182 | 38,525[10] |
34 | Bulgarian | 90,981 | 37,560[10] |
35 | Polish | 9,249,392 | 37,413[10] |
36 | Norwegian | 4,444,566 | 36,866[10] |
37 | Turkish | 206,911 | 36,483[10] |
38 | Italian | 17,063,646 | 35,235 [10] |
39 | German | 46,047,113 | 34,943[10] |
41 | Armenian | 461,076 | 34,402[10] |
42 | Finnish | 635,566 | 34,343[10] |
43 | Irish | 33,147,639 | 34,196[10] |
44 | Dutch | 4,243,067 | 34,160[10] |
45 | French (excluding Basques) |
8,153,515 | 33,818[10] |
47 | Egyptian | 239,108 | 32,466[10] |
48 | Portuguese | 1,340,026 | 32,194[10] |
51 | Barbadian | 63,455 | 30,797[10] |
52 | Cajun | 112,588 | 29,778[10] |
56 | Palestinian | 122,533 | 27,059[10] |
57 | Nigerian | 322,231 | 26,881 [10] |
60 | Ghanaian | 117,247 | 25,871[10] |
61 | American (not otherwise specified) |
22,097,012 | 25,825 |
62 | Guyanese | 234,591 | 25,513[10] |
63 | Brazilian | 368,782 | 25,142[10] |
65 | Jamaican | 1,087,185 | 24,604[10] |
66 | Pennsylvania German | 299,817 | 24,369[10] |
67 | Albanian | 186,030 | 24,276[10] |
68 | Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 107,056 | 22,255[10] |
70 | Moroccan | 101,211 | 21,253[10] |
71 | Jordanian | 80,120 | 21,222[10] |
73 | Cape Verdean | 106,316 | 20,314[10] |
74 | Black (not otherwise specified) |
1,825,077 | 20,226[10] |
77 | Iraqi | 143,397 | 18,668[10] |
78 | Afghan | 97,865 | 18,516[10] |
81 | Haitian | 984,514 | 17,592[10] |
See also[]
- List of ethnic groups in the United States by household income
- List of countries of birth by per capita income in the United States
- Racial wage gap in the United States
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.
- ^ "ACS 2018 1-Year S0201: White (002, 003)".
- ^ "ACS 2018 1-Year S0201: Black or African American (004, 005)".
- ^ "ACS 2018 1-Year S0201: Asian (012, 031)".
- ^ "ACS 2018 1-Year S0201: Some other race (070, 071)".
- ^ a b "ACS 2018 1-Year S0201: Hispanic or Latino (400, 450)".
- ^ a b American Community Survey (2018). "S0201: Selected Population Profile in the United States". American Community Survey 2018. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
Note: All available detailed Asian races alone selected (17)
- ^ American Community Survey (2018). "S0201: Selected Population Profile in the United States". American Community Survey 2018. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
Note: All available detailed Asian races alone selected (17)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd "Median household income in the past 12 Months (in 2014 inflation-adjusted dollars)". American Community Survey. United States Census Bureau. 2014. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
External links[]
- Ethnic groups in the United States
- United States demography-related lists
- Income in the United States