List of ethnic groups in the United States by household income explained

This is a list of median household income in the United States ranked by ethnicity and Native American tribal grouping (as of 2021) according to the United States Census. "Mixed race" (in combination with other races) and multi-ethnic categories are not listed separately.

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 2021 1-year estimates. In this survey, the nationwide population was 331,893,745 in 2021.^[2] The median household income in 2021 across the general population (all races and ethnicities included) was $69,717.

Race and Ethnicity!!colspan=3
Code	Population	Median household income (US$)	Code	Population	Median household income (US$)
Alone!	Alone or in Combination with Other Races
Asian Americans	012	19,157,288	100,573	031	23,545,238	97,626
White	002	202,981,791	74,932	003	241,836,150	73,594
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	050	612,448	69,973	060	1,541,118	72,131
United States (general population)	001	331,893,745	69,717
Non-White Hispanic	070	23,902,781	57,671	071	53,868,002	61,042
American Indian and Alaska Native	006	3,158,694	53,148	009	8,750,904	56,990
Black American	004	40,194,304	48,297	005	47,234,227	47,597

By detailed races/ethnicities

Asian Americans

In the 2022 American Community Survey, the following figures regarding detailed Asian ethnicities are reported.

Detailed Nationality!! colspan="3"
Code	Population	Median household income (US$)	Code	Population	Median household income (US$)
Alone!	Alone or in Combination with Other Races
Indian	013	4,534,339	152,341	032	4,946,306	147,728
Taiwanese	018	263,772	122,951	037	310,503	117,652
Filipino	019	2,969,978	109,090	038	4,466,918	104,695
Pakistani	026	560,494	106,281	045	625,570	105,311
Chinese	017	4,258,198	101,728	036	5,493,250	101,534
Sri Lankan	027	75,808	96,641	046	86,690	94,034
Nepalese	076	247,639	92,262	084	260,323	92,779
Korean	023	1,501,587	91,261	042	2,051,572	91,860
Hmong	020	335,612	88,572	039	362,244	87,651
Japanese	022	717,413	87,789	041	1,587,040	97,690
Indonesian	021	84,074	86,994	040	155,173	87,552
Cambodian	015	280,862	86,653	034	376,096	89,407
Thai	028	197,158	85,889	047	328,176	88,770
Vietnamese	029	1,887,550	84,572	048	2,301,868	86,025
Bangladeshi	014	256,681	80,288	033	272,338	80,196
Laotian	024	173,524	78,551	043	245,220	79,260
Burmese	073	225,591	69,281	081	244,086	70,830

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

In the 2019 American Community Survey, the following figures regarding detailed Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander races are reported.^[3]

Detailed Race!!colspan=3
Code	Population	Median household income (US$)	Code	Population	Median household income (US$)
Alone!	Alone or in Combination with Other Races
Guamanian or Chamorro	056	78,323	72,722	066	160,773	70,792
Samoan	053	112,845	67,573	063	204,640	66,558
Polynesian	051	373,945	65,968	061	865,155	69,331
Micronesian	055	173,592	62,659	065	267	64,379
Native Hawaiian	052	198,734	62,272	062	607,010	69,642

American Indian and Alaska Native

In the 2014 American Community Survey, the following figures regarding 12 prominent American Indian and Alaska Native tribes are reported.^[4]

Median Household Income Ranked By Native American Tribal Grouping (2014)!Rank!Group!Income (US$)
1		49,963
2		47,783
3		47,402
4		41,897
5		40,471
6		37,730
7		37,033
8		34,463
9		33,863
10		31,057
11		29,079
12		28,745

Hispanic and Latino Americans

In the 2021 American Community Survey, the following figures regarding detailed Hispanic and Latino ethnicities are reported.^[5]

Detailed Race!!colspan=3
Code	Population	Median household income (US$)	Code
Alone!	Alone or in Combination with Other Races
Argentine		286,346	93,798
Bolivian		116,646	87,192
Chilean		172,062	84,719
Uruguayan		60,013	82,003
Costa Rican		154,784	81,088
Peruvian		720,626	77,024
Nicaraguan		429,501	73,790
Colombian		2,601,720	73,556
Brazilian		1,905,000	73,285
Ecuadorian		870,965	72,163
Panamanian		206,219	69,864
Venezuelan		814,080	69,830
Paraguayan		25,022	69,470
Salvadoran		2,473,947	69,319
Mexican		37,414,772	66,481
Cuban		2,435,573	66,241
Haitian		1,084,055	66,069
Guatemalan		1,524,743	61,103
Puerto Rican		5,905,178	59,268
Dominican		2,393,718	56,758
Honduran		1,083,540	55,380

Detailed ancestry

The list below provides median household incomes by ethnicity but does not include all ethnic groups as tracked by the United States Census according to the 2022: ACS 1-Year Estimates.

Median Household Income by detailed ancestry^[6] !Rank!Ancestry!Income (US$)
1	Indian	152,141
2	Filipino	101,157
3	Iranian	96,056
4	South African	94,159
5	Lebanese	92,697
6	European	91,857
7	Macedonian	91,852
8	Russian	90,296
9	Austrian	89,459
10	Croatian	88,325
11	Turkish	87,648
12	Lithuanian	87,433
13	Greek	87,428
14	British	87,288
15	Swiss	85,543
16	Albanian	85,092
17	Serbian	84,607
18	Danish	84,520
19	Scandinavian	84,518
20	Bulgarian	84,437
21	Italian	84,416
22	Slovene	84,261
23	Czech	83,823
24	Armenian	83,756
25	Slovak	83,755
26	Ukrainian	83,723
27	Guyanese	83,412
28	Scottish	83,342
29	Portuguese	82,925
30	Polish	82,846
31	Swedish	82,731
32	Syrian	82,532
33	Belgian	82,469
34	Israeli	82,436
35	Romanian	81,768
36	Canadian	81,576
37	English	81,200
38	Norwegian	81,168
39	Hungarian	80,684
40	Finnish	79,215
41	German	78,960
42	Irish	78,949
43	Yugoslav	78,560
44	Welsh	78,025
45	Scotch-Irish	77,802
46	French Canadian	76,292
47	French	75,783
48	Palestinian	75,521
49	Czechoslovakian	75,453
50	Egyptian	74,848
51	Dutch	74,717
52	Arab	72,943
53	Nigerian	72,577
54	Ghanaian	72,089
55	Barbadian	72,053
56	Trinidadian and Tobagonian	71,920
57	Brazilian	70,904
58	Assyrian	70,692
59	Cajun	66,476
60	Jamaican	65,789
61	Jordanian	65,607
62	Belizean	63,785
63	West Indian	63,597
64	Pennsylvania Dutch	62,436
65	Moroccan	61,773
66	Haitian	60,169
67	American	59,995
68	Subsaharan African	58,881
69	Ethiopian	58,507
70	Iraqi	57,067
71	Appalachian	49,747

Notes and References

Web site: About Race and Ethnicity . Office of Management and Budget . 1997 . United States Census . United States Census Bureau . July 26, 2020.
Web site: S0201: Selected Population Profile in the United States . American Community Survey . 2021 . American Community Survey 2021 . United States Census Bureau . February 8, 2023.
Web site: S0201: Selected Population Profile in the United States . American Community Survey . 2019 . American Community Survey 2019 . United States Census Bureau . December 11, 2021.
Web site: Median household income in 2014 (dollars) [1] ]. . 2014 . American Community Survey . United States Census Bureau . 28 December 2015.
Web site: S0201: Selected Population Profile in the United States . American Community Survey . 2021 . American Community Survey 2021 . United States Census Bureau . October 27, 2023.
Web site: Explore Census Data . 2023-02-08 . data.census.gov.