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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" 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 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]

S0201: ACS 1-Year Estimates Selected Population Profiles (2021) [2]
Race and Ethnicity Alone Alone or in Combination with Other Races
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
African Americans (Black American) 004 40,194,304 48,297 005 47,234,227 47,597

By detailed races/ethnicities

Asian Americans

In the 2022 American Community Survey, the following figures regarding detailed Asian ethnicities are reported.[3]

S0201: ACS 1-Year Estimates Selected Population Profiles (2022)
Detailed Race Alone Alone or in Combination with Other Races
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 4,258,198 100,434 036 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

In the 2019 American Community Survey, the following figures regarding detailed Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander races are reported.[4]

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$) Code Population Median household income (US$)
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

In the 2014 American Community Survey, the following figures regarding 12 prominent American Indian and Alaska Native tribes are reported.[5]

Median Household Income Ranked By Native American Tribal Grouping (2014)
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

In the 2021 American Community Survey, the following figures regarding detailed Hispanic and Latino ethnicities are reported.[3]

S0201: ACS 1-Year Estimates Selected Population Profiles (2021)
Detailed Race Alone Alone or in Combination with Other Races
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

The list below provides median household incomes by ethnicity but does not include all ethnic groups as tracked by the United States Census, many of which are for some reason contained on the other lists on this page. Many or most of these group incomes are also under-reported substantially compared to the ACS-2021 incomes given in other lists.

Median Household Income by detailed ancestry[6]
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/Chaldean/Syriac 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 Afghan 52,197
72 Appalachian 49,747
  1. ^ All groups
  2. ^ All groups, excluding Hispanic origin groups
  3. ^ All groups

See also

References

  1. ^ Office of Management and Budget (1997). "About Race and Ethnicity". United States Census. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ American Community Survey (2019). "S0201: Selected Population Profile in the United States". American Community Survey 2019. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  5. ^ "Median household income in 2014 (dollars) [1]". American Community Survey. United States Census Bureau. 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  6. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved 2023-02-08.