List of ethnic groups in the United States by per capita income explained

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!!colspan=3
Alone!Alone or in Combination with Other RacesRef
CodePopulationPer capita income (US$)CodePopulationPer capita income (US$)
White002236,173,02036,962003245,860,22836,292[3]
Black or African American00441,617,76423,30300546,261,48522,502[4]
Asian01218,415,19840,87803122,137,26938,130[5]
Some other race07016,253,78519,16207118,146,77619,298[6]
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)40059,763,63120,590[7]
Not Hispanic or Latino450267,403,80836,790

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!!colspan=3
Alone!Alone or in Combination with Other Races
CodePopulationPer capita income (US$)CodePopulationPer capita income (US$)
Indian0134,161,08855,2980324,506,30854,981
Bangladeshi014203,84524,054033213,37224,134
Cambodian015240,37924,921034300,36022,257
0164,395,91243,5830355,357,75640,744
0174,217,89243,1040365,156,83340,409
Taiwanese018178,02054,928037213,77449,124
Filipino0192,920,16036,1830384,089,57032,124
Hmong020305,32319,155039320,16418,600
Indonesian02170,85132,256040116,86930,858
Japanese022782,77650,6170411,542,19539,940
Korean0231,468,27941,3850421,894,13137,126
Laotian024203,49425,939043262,22922,512
Pakistani026487,93733,322045526,95632,608
Thai028218,51431,077047329,34327,660
Vietnamese0291,862,39529,4130482,162,61028,076
Burmese073178,49016,603081189,25017,181
Nepalese076167,46823,419084175,00522,925

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!!colspan=3
Alone!Alone or in Combination with Other Races
CodePopulationPer capita income (US$)CodePopulationPer capita income (US$)
Polynesian051357,53225,715061887,46725,206
Native Hawaiian052186,99629,771062626,45727,078
Samoan053110,60621,630063213,43920,090
Micronesian055188,14224,116065284,45222,925
Guamanian or Chamorro056104,21931,279066182,58427,312

By ancestry

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. In addition, the table omits Americans of Native American ancestry as well as Americans of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity.

RankAncestryPopulation (2014)Per capita income (2014 US$) Aguga
157,221 50,818[10]
22,762,830 50,684
3Latvian87,817 50,137
4British
(not otherwise specified)
1,326,960 49,202
5652,790 46,532
6178,273 45,317
798,397 44,681
8702,77244,098
9452,815 43,173
105,365,154 42,194
11Croatian419,647 41,425
12Romanian459,810 41,411
13Hungarian1,406,350 41,055
14Slovak706,662 41,036
15Belgian350,059 41,021
16Swiss939,268 41,000
17Welsh1,757,657 40,704
18Danish1,275,222 39,883
19Israeli148,514 39,864
20Ukrainian984,157 39,785
21Syrian170,066 39,713
22Canadian678,113 39,651
23Serbian181,171 38,981
24Lebanese506,470 38,971
25Scotch-Irish2,978,827 38,748
26English24,382,182 38,525
27Bulgarian90,981 37,560
28Polish9,249,392 37,413
29Norwegian4,444,566 36,866
30Turkish206,911 36,483
31Italian17,063,646 35,235
32German46,047,113 34,943
33Armenian461,076 34,402
34Finnish635,566 34,343
35Irish33,147,639 34,196
36Dutch4,243,067 34,160
37French
(excluding Basques)
8,153,515 33,818
38Egyptian239,108 32,466
39Portuguese1,340,026 32,194
40Barbadian63,455 30,797
41Cajun112,588 29,778
42Palestinian122,533 27,059
43322,23126,881
44117,247 25,871
45American
(not otherwise specified)
22,097,012 25,825
46234,591 25,513
47368,782 25,142
481,087,185 24,604
49299,817 24,369
50186,030 24,276
51107,056 22,255
52101,211 21,253
5380,120 21,222
54106,316 20,314
55Black
(not otherwise specified)
1,825,077 20,226
56143,397 18,668
5797,865 18,516
58984,514 17,592

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About Race and Ethnicity . Office of Management and Budget . 1997 . United States Census . United States Census Bureau . July 26, 2020.
  2. Web site: S0201: Selected Population Profile in the United States . American Community Survey . 2018 . American Community Survey 2018 . United States Census Bureau . July 26, 2020.
  3. Web site: ACS 2018 1-Year S0201: White (002, 003).
  4. Web site: ACS 2018 1-Year S0201: Black or African American (004, 005).
  5. Web site: ACS 2018 1-Year S0201: Asian (012, 031).
  6. Web site: ACS 2018 1-Year S0201: Some other race (070, 071).
  7. Web site: ACS 2018 1-Year S0201: Hispanic or Latino (400, 450).
  8. Web site: S0201: Selected Population Profile in the United States . American Community Survey . 2018 . American Community Survey 2018 . United States Census Bureau . July 26, 2020. Note: All available detailed Asian races alone selected (17).
  9. Web site: S0201: Selected Population Profile in the United States . American Community Survey . 2018 . American Community Survey 2018 . United States Census Bureau . July 26, 2020. Note: All available detailed Asian races alone selected (17).
  10. Web site: Median household income in the past 12 Months (in 2014 inflation-adjusted dollars) . . 2014 . American Community Survey . United States Census Bureau . 28 December 2015 . https://archive.today/20200213012437/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/14_1YR/S0201//popgroup~-A0 . 13 February 2020 . dead .