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.

By race and ethnicity

The United States Census has race and ethnicity as defined by the Office of Management and Budget in 1997. The following median household 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.

By detailed races

Asian

In the 2018 American Community Survey, the following figures regarding detailed Asian races are reported. Other Asian races with code but not reported include: Malaysian, Sri Lankan, Bhutanese, Maldivian, Mongolian, Okinawan, Singaporean.

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.

By ancestry

RankAncestryPopulation Per capita income
2Macedonian997,81750,818
3Russian2,762,83050,684
4British
1,326,96049,202
5Lithuanian652,79046,532
6Slovene178,27345,317
8Australian98,39744,681
9Austrian702,77244,098
10Iranian452,81543,173
12Ethiopian151,23543,103
13Scottish5,365,15442,194
15Czechoslovakian305,27341,720
16Croatian419,64741,425
17Romanian459,81041,411
18Hungarian1,406,35041,055
19Slovak706,66241,036
20Belgian350,05941,021
21Swiss939,26841,000
22Welsh1,757,65740,704
23Latvian87,81750,137
24Danish1,275,22239,883
25Israeli148,51439,864
26Ukrainian984,15739,785
27Syrian170,06639,713
28Canadian678,11339,651
29Serbian181,17138,981
30Lebanese506,47038,971
31Scotch-Irish2,978,82738,748
32English24,382,18238,525
33European
3,679,46838,360
34Bulgarian90,98137,560
35Polish9,249,39237,413
36Norwegian4,444,56636,866
37Turkish206,91136,483
38Italian3,941,61535,235
39German46,047,11334,943
41Armenian461,07634,402
42Finnish635,56634,343
43Irish33,147,63934,196
44Dutch4,243,06734,160
45French
8,153,51533,818
46Yugoslav268,20533,728
47Egyptian239,10832,466
48Portuguese1,340,02632,194
51Barbadian63,45530,797
52Cajun112,58829,778
54Arab1,927,43228,854
56Palestinian122,53327,059
57Nigerian322,23126,881
60Ghanaian117,24725,871
61American
22,097,01225,825
62Guyanese234,59125,513
63Brazilian368,78225,142
65Jamaican1,087,18524,604
66Pennsylvania German299,81724,369
67Albanian186,03024,276
68Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac107,05622,255
70Moroccan101,21121,253
71Jordanian80,12021,222
72Subsaharan African
3,223,88520,846
73Cape Verdean106,31620,314
74African
1,825,07720,226
76Arab/Arabic
322,85319,755
77Iraqi143,39718,668
78Afghan97,86518,516
81Haitian984,51417,592
84Somali60,8382,856