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
[edit]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 $69,717.[2]
Race and Ethnicity | Alone | Alone or in Combination with Other Races | ||||
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Code | Population | Median household income (US$) | Code | Population | Median household income (US$) | |
Asian Americans | 012 | 19,157,288 | 100,573 | 031 | 23,545,238 | 97,626 |
White | 002 | 202,981,791 | 74,932 | 003 | 241,836,150 | 73,594 |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 050 | 612,448 | 69,973 | 060 | 1,541,118 | 72,131 |
United States (general population) | 001 | 331,893,745 | 69,717 | |||
Non-White Hispanic | 070 | 23,902,781 | 57,671 | 071 | 53,868,002 | 61,042 |
American Indian and Alaska Native | 006 | 3,158,694 | 53,148 | 009 | 8,750,904 | 56,990 |
Black American | 004 | 40,194,304 | 48,297 | 005 | 47,234,227 | 47,597 |
By detailed races/ethnicities
[edit]Asian Americans
[edit]In the 2022 American Community Survey, the following figures regarding detailed Asian ethnicities are reported.[3]
Detailed Nationality | Alone | Alone or in Combination with Other Races | ||||
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Code | Population | Median household income (US$) | Code | Population | Median household income (US$) | |
Indian | 013 | 4,534,339 | 152,341 | 032 | 4,946,306 | 147,728 |
Taiwanese | 018 | 263,772 | 122,951 | 037 | 310,503 | 117,652 |
Filipino | 019 | 2,969,978 | 109,090 | 038 | 4,466,918 | 104,695 |
Pakistani | 026 | 560,494 | 106,281 | 045 | 625,570 | 105,311 |
Chinese | 017 | 4,258,198 | 101,728 | 036 | 5,493,250 | 101,534 |
Sri Lankan | 027 | 75,808 | 96,641 | 046 | 86,690 | 94,034 |
Nepalese | 076 | 247,639 | 92,262 | 084 | 260,323 | 92,779 |
Korean | 023 | 1,501,587 | 91,261 | 042 | 2,051,572 | 91,860 |
Hmong | 020 | 335,612 | 88,572 | 039 | 362,244 | 87,651 |
Japanese | 022 | 717,413 | 87,789 | 041 | 1,587,040 | 97,690 |
Indonesian | 021 | 84,074 | 86,994 | 040 | 155,173 | 87,552 |
Cambodian | 015 | 280,862 | 86,653 | 034 | 376,096 | 89,407 |
Thai | 028 | 197,158 | 85,889 | 047 | 328,176 | 88,770 |
Vietnamese | 029 | 1,887,550 | 84,572 | 048 | 2,301,868 | 86,025 |
Bangladeshi | 014 | 256,681 | 80,288 | 033 | 272,338 | 80,196 |
Laotian | 024 | 173,524 | 78,551 | 043 | 245,220 | 79,260 |
Burmese | 073 | 225,591 | 69,281 | 081 | 244,086 | 70,830 |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
[edit]In the 2019 American Community Survey, the following figures regarding detailed Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander races are reported.[4]
Detailed Race | Alone | Alone or in Combination with Other Races | ||||
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Code | Population | Median household income (US$) | Code | Population | Median household income (US$) | |
Guamanian or Chamorro | 056 | 78,323 | 72,722 | 066 | 160,773 | 70,792 |
Samoan | 053 | 112,845 | 67,573 | 063 | 204,640 | 66,558 |
Polynesian | 051 | 373,945 | 65,968 | 061 | 865,155 | 69,331 |
Micronesian | 055 | 173,592 | 62,659 | 065 | 267 | 64,379 |
Native Hawaiian | 052 | 198,734 | 62,272 | 062 | 607,010 | 69,642 |
American Indian and Alaska Native
[edit]In the 2014 American Community Survey, the following figures regarding 12 prominent American Indian and Alaska Native tribes are reported.[5]
Rank | Group | Income (US$) |
---|---|---|
1 | Chickasaw | 49,963 |
2 | Choctaw | 47,783 |
3 | Alaska Natives | 47,402 |
4 | Creek | 41,897 |
5 | Iroquois | 40,471 |
6 | Cherokee | 37,730 |
7 | Blackfeet | 37,033 |
8 | Chippewa | 34,463 |
9 | Lumbee | 33,863 |
10 | Navajo | 31,057 |
11 | Sioux | 29,079 |
12 | Apache | 28,745 |
Hispanic and Latino Americans
[edit]In the 2021 American Community Survey, the following figures regarding detailed Hispanic and Latino ethnicities are reported.[3]
Detailed Race | Alone | Alone or in Combination with Other Races | ||||
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Code | Population | Median household income (US$) | Code | Population | Median household income (US$) | |
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
[edit]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.
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[a] | 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[b] | 63,597 |
64 | Pennsylvania Dutch | 62,436 |
65 | Moroccan | 61,773 |
66 | Haitian | 60,169 |
67 | American | 59,995 |
68 | Subsaharan African[c] | 58,881 |
69 | Ethiopian | 58,507 |
70 | Iraqi | 57,067 |
71 | Appalachian | 49,747 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Office of Management and Budget (1997). "About Race and Ethnicity". United States Census. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
- ^ a b c American Community Survey (2021). "S0201: Selected Population Profile in the United States". American Community Survey 2021. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
- ^ a b American Community Survey (2021). "S0201: Selected Population Profile in the United States". American Community Survey 2021. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
- ^ American Community Survey (2019). "S0201: Selected Population Profile in the United States". American Community Survey 2019. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
- ^ "Median household income in 2014 (dollars) [1]". American Community Survey. United States Census Bureau. 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved 2023-02-08.