List of ethnic groups in the United States by household income

This is a list of median household income in the United States by ethnicity and Native American tribal grouping (as of 2015) according to the United States Census. "Mixed race" and multi-ethnic categories are not listed.

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 2018 1-year estimates. In this survey, the nationwide population was 327,167,439 and the median household income was US$ 61,937 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	Median household income (US$)	Code	Population	Median household income (US$)
White Americans	002	236,173,020	65,902	003	245,860,228	65,777	[3]
Black or African American	004	41,617,764	41,511	005	46,261,485	41,911	[4]
American Indian and Alaska Native	006	2,801,587	44,772	009	5,710,410	48,370	[5]
Asian Americans	012	18,415,198	87,243	031	22,137,269	85,897	[6]
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	050	626,054	61,911	060	1,468,239	64,865	[7]
Some other race	070	16,253,785	48,983	071	18,146,776	49,805	[8]
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	—	—	—	400	59,763,631	51,404	[9]
Not Hispanic or Latino	—	—	—	450	267,403,808	64,025	[9]

By detailed races

Asian Americans

In the 2019 American Community Survey, the following figures regarding detailed Asian races are reported.[10] Other Asian races with code but not reported include: Chinese and Taiwanese (016, 035), 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 (2019)

Detailed Race	Alone			Alone or in Combination with Other Races
	Code	Population	Median household income (US$)	Code	Population	Median household income (US$)
Indian Americans	013	4,240,466	126,705	032	4,506,308	116,793
Bangladeshi Americans	014	198,628	67,944	033	213,372	55,880
Cambodian Americans	015	258,052	72,038	034	300,360	66,391
Chinese Americans	017	4,216,922	85,424	036	5,156,833	81,510
Taiwanese Americans	018	187,756	102,405	037	213,774	93,358
Filipino Americans	019	2,983,596	100,273	038	4,089,570	79,936
Hmong Americans	020	308,803	73,373	039	320,164	66,968
Indonesian Americans	021	81,269	93,501	040	116,869	72,191
Japanese Americans	022	755,672	85,007	041	1,542,195	82,321
Korean Americans	023	1,461,843	76,674	042	1,894,131	73,498
Laotian Americans	024	192,689	66,117	043	262,229	65,568
Pakistani Americans	026	506,193	87,509	045	526,956	77,156
Thai Americans	028	224,463	66,763	047	329,343	68,762
Vietnamese Americans	029	1,873,707	72,161	048	2,162,610	68,979
Burmese Americans	073	173,586	45,903	081	189,250	45,800
Nepalese Americans	076	189,399	63,619	084	175,005	56,705

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.[11]

S0201: ACS 1-Year Estimates Selected Population Profiles (2018)

Detailed Race	Alone			Alone or in Combination with Other Races
	Code	Population	Median household income (US$)	Code	Population	Median household income (US$)
Polynesian	051	357,532	61,654	061	887,467	65,611
Native Hawaiian	052	186,996	60,436	062	626,457	66,254
Samoan	053	110,606	64,941	063	213,439	64,592
Micronesian	055	188,142	61,309	065	284,452	64,981
Guamanian or Chamorro	056	104,219	76,199	066	182,584	75,788

By detailed ancestry

The following data is from the 2019 American Community Survey.[12]

1. Indian Americans: $135,816[12]
2. Taiwanese Americans: $102,405[12]
3. Australian Americans: $100,856[12]
4. Filipino Americans: $100,273[12]
5. South African Americans: $98,212[12]
6. Basque Americans: $94,091[12]
7. Indonesian Americans: $93,501[12]
8. Pakistani Americans: $87,509[12]
9. Iranian Americans: $87,288[12]
10. Lebanese Americans: $87,099[12]
11. Austrian Americans: $86,499[12]
12. Russian Americans: $85,989[12]
13. Lithuanian Americans: $85,812[12]
14. Chinese Americans: $85,424[12]
15. Japanese Americans: $85,007[12]
16. Turkish Americans: $83,375[12]
17. Swiss Americans: $82,974[12]
18. Slovene Americans: $82,728[12]
19. Italian Americans: $82,106[12]
20. Greek Americans: $82,036[12]
21. Israeli Americans: $81,901[12]
22. Romanian Americans: $81,878[12]
23. Ukrainian Americans: $81,603[12]
24. Serbian Americans: $81,452[12]
25. Croatian Americans: $80,683[12]
26. Slovak Americans: $80,388[12]
27. Swedish Americans: $80,228[12]
28. Czech Americans: $80,142[12]
29. Bulgarian Americans: $80,626[12]
30. Norwegian Americans: $79,783[12]
31. Scottish Americans: $79,544[12]
32. Polish Americans: $79,503[12]
33. Danish Americans: $79,500[12]
34. Portuguese Americans: $79,050[12]
35. Belgian Americans: $78,355[12]
36. English Americans: $78,078[12]
37. Welsh Americans: $77,949[12]
38. Hungarian Americans: $77,611[12]
39. Finnish Americans: $77,356[12]
40. Armenian Americans: $77,110[12]
41. Korean Americans: $76,674[12]
42. Canadian Americans: $76,665[12]
43. German Americans: $76,036[12]
44. French Canadian Americans: $75,949[12]
45. Irish Americans: $75,583[12]
46. Hmong Americans: $73,373[12]
47. Scotch-Irish Americans: $72,745[12]
48. Vietnamese Americans: $72,161[12]
49. Albanian Americans: $72,043[12]
50. Cambodian Americans: $72,038[12]
51. Spanish Americans: $71,903[12]
52. French Americans: $71,407[12]
53. Dutch Americans: $70,872[12]
54. Ghanaian Americans: $69,021[12]
55. Nigerian Americans: $68,658[12]
56. Bangladeshi Americans: $67,944[12]
57. Guyanese Americans: $67,772[12]
58. Egyptian Americans: $67,187[12]
59. Thai Americans: $66,763[12]
60. Laotian Americans: $66,117[12]
61. Median White American Household Income: $65,902[12]
62. West Indian Americans: $65,258[12]
63. Palestinian Americans: $65,170[12]
64. Barbadian Americans: $64,588[12]
65. Nepalese Americans: $63,619[12]
66. Median American Household Income: $63,179[12]
67. Syrian Americans: $63,096[12]
68. Trinidadian and Tobagonian Americans: $62,120[12]
69. Jamaican Americans: $62,044[12]
70. Polynesian Americans: $61,654[12]
71. American Americans: $58,601[12]
72. Haitian Americans: $57,451[12]
73. Cuban Americans: $57,000[13]
74. Brazilian Americans: $56,151[12]
75. Argentine Americans: $55,000[12]
76. Cajun Americans: $52,886[12]
77. Moroccan Americans: $52,436[12]
78. Peruvian Americans: $52,000[12]
79. Jordanian Americans: $51,552[12]
80. Pennsylvania Deutsch: $48,955[12]
81. Ecuadorian Americans: $48,600[12]
82. Colombian Americans: $48,000[12]
83. Cape Verdean Americans: $47,281[12]
84. Burmese Americans: $45,903[12]
85. Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac Americans: $44,733[12]
86. Afghan Americans: $46,838[12]
87. African Americans: $43,862 [12]
88. Bahamian Americans: $42,000[12]#
89. Mexican Americans: $38,000[12]
90. Puerto Rican Americans: $36,000[12]
91. Iraqi Americans: $32,818[12]
92. Dominican Americans: $32,300[12]
93. Somali Americans: $20,600[12]

By Native American tribal grouping

1. Chickasaw (2014): $49,963[14]
2. Choctaw (2014): $47,783[14]
3. Alaska Natives (2014): $47,401[14]
4. Creek (2014): $41,897[14]
5. Iroquois (2014): $40,471[14]
6. Cherokee (2014): $37,730[14]
7. Blackfeet (2014): $37,033[14]
8. Chippewa (2014): $34,463[14]
9. Lumbee (2014): $33,863[14]
10. Navajo : $31,057[14]
11. Sioux (2014): $29,079[14]
12. Apache (2014): $28,745[14]

See also

• List of ethnic groups in the United States by per capita income
• Racial wage gap in the United States

References

1. Office of Management and Budget (1997). "About Race and Ethnicity". United States Census. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
2. American Community Survey (2018). "S0201: Selected Population Profile in the United States". American Community Survey 2018. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
3. "ACS 2018 1-Year S0201: White (002, 003)".
4. "ACS 2018 1-Year S0201: Black or African American (004, 005)".
5. "ACS 2018 1-Year S0201: American Indian and Alaska Native (006, 009)".
6. "ACS 2018 1-Year S0201: Asian (012, 031)".
7. "ACS 2018 1-Year S0201: Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (050, 060)".
8. "ACS 2018 1-Year S0201: Some other race (070, 071)".
9. "ACS 2018 1-Year S0201: Hispanic or Latino (400, 450)".
10. American Community Survey (2019). "S0201: Selected Population Profile in the United States". American Community Survey 2019. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
11. 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)
12. "Selected Population Profile In The United States". U.S. Census. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
13. LÓPEZ, Gustavo (2015-09-15). "Hispanics of Cuban Origin in the United States, 2013". pewhispanic.org. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
14. "Median household income in 2014 (dollars) [1]". American Community Survey. United States Census Bureau. 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2015.