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$33,831 in 2018.[2]
Race and Ethnicity | Alone | Alone or in Combination with Other Races | Ref | ||||
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Code | Population | Per capita income (US$) | Code | Population | Per capita income (US$) | ||
White | 002 | 236,173,020 | 36,962 | 003 | 245,860,228 | 36,292 | [3] |
Black or African American | 004 | 41,617,764 | 23,303 | 005 | 46,261,485 | 22,502 | [4] |
Asian | 012 | 18,415,198 | 40,878 | 031 | 22,137,269 | 38,130 | [5] |
Some other race | 070 | 16,253,785 | 19,162 | 071 | 18,146,776 | 19,298 | [6] |
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) | — | — | — | 400 | 59,763,631 | 20,590 | [7] |
Not Hispanic or Latino | — | — | — | 450 | 267,403,808 | 36,790 | [7] |
By detailed races
Asian
In the 2018 American Community Survey, the following figures regarding detailed Asian races are reported.[8] Other Asian races with code but not reported include: Malaysian (025, 044), Sri Lankan (027, 046), Bhutanese (072, 080), Maldivian (074, 082), Mongolian (075, 083), Okinawan (077, 085), Singaporean (078, 086).
Detailed Race | Alone | Alone or in Combination with Other Races | ||||
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Code | Population | Per capita income (US$) | Code | Population | Per capita income (US$) | |
Indian | 013 | 4,161,088 | 55,298 | 032 | 4,506,308 | 54,981 |
Bangladeshi | 014 | 203,845 | 24,054 | 033 | 213,372 | 24,134 |
Cambodian | 015 | 240,379 | 24,921 | 034 | 300,360 | 22,257 |
Chinese (including Taiwanese) | 016 | 4,395,912 | 43,583 | 035 | 5,357,756 | 40,744 |
Chinese (excluding Taiwanese) | 017 | 4,217,892 | 43,104 | 036 | 5,156,833 | 40,409 |
Taiwanese | 018 | 178,020 | 54,928 | 037 | 213,774 | 49,124 |
Filipino | 019 | 2,920,160 | 36,183 | 038 | 4,089,570 | 32,124 |
Hmong | 020 | 305,323 | 19,155 | 039 | 320,164 | 18,600 |
Indonesian | 021 | 70,851 | 32,256 | 040 | 116,869 | 30,858 |
Japanese | 022 | 782,776 | 50,617 | 041 | 1,542,195 | 39,940 |
Korean | 023 | 1,468,279 | 41,385 | 042 | 1,894,131 | 37,126 |
Laotian | 024 | 203,494 | 25,939 | 043 | 262,229 | 22,512 |
Pakistani | 026 | 487,937 | 33,322 | 045 | 526,956 | 32,608 |
Thai | 028 | 218,514 | 31,077 | 047 | 329,343 | 27,660 |
Vietnamese | 029 | 1,862,395 | 29,413 | 048 | 2,162,610 | 28,076 |
Burmese | 073 | 178,490 | 16,603 | 081 | 189,250 | 17,181 |
Nepalese | 076 | 167,468 | 23,419 | 084 | 175,005 | 22,925 |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
In the 2018 American Community Survey, the following figures regarding detailed Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander races are reported.[9]
Detailed Race | Alone | Alone or in Combination with Other Races | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Code | Population | Per capita income (US$) | Code | Population | Per capita income (US$) | |
Polynesian | 051 | 357,532 | 25,715 | 061 | 887,467 | 25,206 |
Native Hawaiian | 052 | 186,996 | 29,771 | 062 | 626,457 | 27,078 |
Samoan | 053 | 110,606 | 21,630 | 063 | 213,439 | 20,090 |
Micronesian | 055 | 188,142 | 24,116 | 065 | 284,452 | 22,925 |
Guamanian or Chamorro | 056 | 104,219 | 31,279 | 066 | 182,584 | 27,312 |
By ancestry
NB: The list of ethnic groups (by ancestry) seems to have been arbitrarily curated, since it excludes many Asian-American ethnic groups whose per capita incomes are significantly higher than those listed below.[8] In addition, the table omits Americans of Native American ancestry as well as Americans of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity.
Rank | Ancestry | Population (2014) | Per capita income (2014 US$) Aguga |
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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] |
See also
References
- ↑ Office of Management and Budget (1997). "About Race and Ethnicity". United States Census. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
- ↑ American Community Survey (2018). "S0201: Selected Population Profile in the United States". American Community Survey 2018. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
- ↑ "ACS 2018 1-Year S0201: White (002, 003)".
- ↑ "ACS 2018 1-Year S0201: Black or African American (004, 005)".
- ↑ "ACS 2018 1-Year S0201: Asian (012, 031)".
- ↑ "ACS 2018 1-Year S0201: Some other race (070, 071)".
- 1 2 "ACS 2018 1-Year S0201: Hispanic or Latino (400, 450)".
- 1 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.
Note: All available detailed Asian races alone selected (17)
- ↑ 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)
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