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$33,831 in 2018.[2]
S0201: ACS 1-Year Estimates Selected Population Profiles (2018)
Race and Ethnicity
Alone
Alone or in Combination with Other Races
Ref
Code
Population
Per capita income (US$)
Code
Population
Per capita income (US$)
White
002
236,173,020
36,962
003
245,860,228
36,292
[3]
Black or African American
004
41,617,764
23,303
005
46,261,485
22,502
[4]
Asian
012
18,415,198
40,878
031
22,137,269
38,130
[5]
Some other race
070
16,253,785
19,162
071
18,146,776
19,298
[6]
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)
—
—
—
400
59,763,631
20,590
[7]
Not Hispanic or Latino
—
—
—
450
267,403,808
36,790
[7]
By detailed races
Asian
In the 2018 American Community Survey , the following figures regarding detailed Asian races are reported.[8] Other Asian races with code but not reported include: Malaysian (025, 044), Sri Lankan (027, 046), Bhutanese (072, 080), Maldivian (074, 082), Mongolian (075, 083), Okinawan (077, 085), Singaporean (078, 086).
S0201: ACS 1-Year Estimates Selected Population Profiles (2018)
Detailed Race
Alone
Alone or in Combination with Other Races
Code
Population
Per capita income (US$)
Code
Population
Per capita income (US$)
Indian
013
4,161,088
55,298
032
4,506,308
54,981
Bangladeshi
014
203,845
24,054
033
213,372
24,134
Cambodian
015
240,379
24,921
034
300,360
22,257
Chinese (including Taiwanese )
016
4,395,912
43,583
035
5,357,756
40,744
Chinese (excluding Taiwanese )
017
4,217,892
43,104
036
5,156,833
40,409
Taiwanese
018
178,020
54,928
037
213,774
49,124
Filipino
019
2,920,160
36,183
038
4,089,570
32,124
Hmong
020
305,323
19,155
039
320,164
18,600
Indonesian
021
70,851
32,256
040
116,869
30,858
Japanese
022
782,776
50,617
041
1,542,195
39,940
Korean
023
1,468,279
41,385
042
1,894,131
37,126
Laotian
024
203,494
25,939
043
262,229
22,512
Pakistani
026
487,937
33,322
045
526,956
32,608
Thai
028
218,514
31,077
047
329,343
27,660
Vietnamese
029
1,862,395
29,413
048
2,162,610
28,076
Burmese
073
178,490
16,603
081
189,250
17,181
Nepalese
076
167,468
23,419
084
175,005
22,925
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
In the 2018 American Community Survey , the following figures regarding detailed Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander races are reported.[9]
S0201: ACS 1-Year Estimates Selected Population Profiles (2018)
Detailed Race
Alone
Alone or in Combination with Other Races
Code
Population
Per capita income (US$)
Code
Population
Per capita income (US$)
Polynesian
051
357,532
25,715
061
887,467
25,206
Native Hawaiian
052
186,996
29,771
062
626,457
27,078
Samoan
053
110,606
21,630
063
213,439
20,090
Micronesian
055
188,142
24,116
065
284,452
22,925
Guamanian or Chamorro
056
104,219
31,279
066
182,584
27,312
By ancestry
This section needs to be updated . Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (August 2020 )
NB: The list of ethnic groups (by ancestry) seems to have been arbitrarily curated, since it excludes many Asian-American ethnic groups whose per capita incomes are significantly higher than those listed below.[8] In addition, the table omits Americans of Native American ancestry as well as Americans of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity.
Rank
Ancestry
Population (2014)
Per capita income (2014 US$) Aguga
1
Macedonian
57,221
50,818[10]
2
Russian
2,762,830
50,684[10]
3
Latvian
87,817
50,137[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]
7
Australian
98,397
44,681[10]
8
Austrian
702,772
44,098
9
Iranian
452,815
43,173[10]
10
Scottish
5,365,154
42,194[10]
11
Croatian
419,647
41,425[10]
12
Romanian
459,810
41,411[10]
13
Hungarian
1,406,350
41,055[10]
14
Slovak
706,662
41,036[10]
15
Belgian
350,059
41,021[10]
16
Swiss
939,268
41,000[10]
17
Welsh
1,757,657
40,704[10]
18
Danish
1,275,222
39,883[10]
19
Israeli
148,514
39,864[10]
20
Ukrainian
984,157
39,785[10]
21
Syrian
170,066
39,713[10]
22
Canadian
678,113
39,651[10]
23
Serbian
181,171
38,981[10]
24
Lebanese
506,470
38,971[10]
25
Scotch-Irish
2,978,827
38,748[10]
26
English
24,382,182
38,525[10]
27
Bulgarian
90,981
37,560[10]
28
Polish
9,249,392
37,413[10]
29
Norwegian
4,444,566
36,866[10]
30
Turkish
206,911
36,483[10]
31
Italian
17,063,646
35,235 [10]
32
German
46,047,113
34,943[10]
33
Armenian
461,076
34,402[10]
34
Finnish
635,566
34,343[10]
35
Irish
33,147,639
34,196[10]
36
Dutch
4,243,067
34,160[10]
37
French (excluding Basques )
8,153,515
33,818[10]
38
Egyptian
239,108
32,466[10]
39
Portuguese
1,340,026
32,194[10]
40
Barbadian
63,455
30,797[10]
41
Cajun
112,588
29,778[10]
42
Palestinian
122,533
27,059[10]
43
Nigerian
322,231
26,881 [10]
44
Ghanaian
117,247
25,871[10]
45
American (not otherwise specified)
22,097,012
25,825
46
Guyanese
234,591
25,513[10]
47
Brazilian
368,782
25,142[10]
48
Jamaican
1,087,185
24,604[10]
49
Pennsylvania German
299,817
24,369[10]
50
Albanian
186,030
24,276[10]
51
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac
107,056
22,255[10]
52
Moroccan
101,211
21,253[10]
53
Jordanian
80,120
21,222[10]
54
Cape Verdean
106,316
20,314[10]
55
Black (not otherwise specified)
1,825,077
20,226[10]
56
Iraqi
143,397
18,668[10]
57
Afghan
97,865
18,516[10]
58
Haitian
984,514
17,592[10]
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