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
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.In the 2018 American Community Survey, the following figures regarding detailed Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander races are reported.By ancestry
Rank | Ancestry | Population | Per capita income |
2 | Macedonian | 997,817 | 50,818 |
3 | Russian | 2,762,830 | 50,684 |
4 | British
| 1,326,960 | 49,202 |
5 | Lithuanian | 652,790 | 46,532 |
6 | Slovene | 178,273 | 45,317 |
8 | Australian | 98,397 | 44,681 |
9 | Austrian | 702,772 | 44,098 |
10 | Iranian | 452,815 | 43,173 |
12 | Ethiopian | 151,235 | 43,103 |
13 | Scottish | 5,365,154 | 42,194 |
15 | Czechoslovakian | 305,273 | 41,720 |
16 | Croatian | 419,647 | 41,425 |
17 | Romanian | 459,810 | 41,411 |
18 | Hungarian | 1,406,350 | 41,055 |
19 | Slovak | 706,662 | 41,036 |
20 | Belgian | 350,059 | 41,021 |
21 | Swiss | 939,268 | 41,000 |
22 | Welsh | 1,757,657 | 40,704 |
23 | Latvian | 87,817 | 50,137 |
24 | Danish | 1,275,222 | 39,883 |
25 | Israeli | 148,514 | 39,864 |
26 | Ukrainian | 984,157 | 39,785 |
27 | Syrian | 170,066 | 39,713 |
28 | Canadian | 678,113 | 39,651 |
29 | Serbian | 181,171 | 38,981 |
30 | Lebanese | 506,470 | 38,971 |
31 | Scotch-Irish | 2,978,827 | 38,748 |
32 | English | 24,382,182 | 38,525 |
33 | European
| 3,679,468 | 38,360 |
34 | Bulgarian | 90,981 | 37,560 |
35 | Polish | 9,249,392 | 37,413 |
36 | Norwegian | 4,444,566 | 36,866 |
37 | Turkish | 206,911 | 36,483 |
38 | Italian | 3,941,615 | 35,235 |
39 | German | 46,047,113 | 34,943 |
41 | Armenian | 461,076 | 34,402 |
42 | Finnish | 635,566 | 34,343 |
43 | Irish | 33,147,639 | 34,196 |
44 | Dutch | 4,243,067 | 34,160 |
45 | French
| 8,153,515 | 33,818 |
46 | Yugoslav | 268,205 | 33,728 |
47 | Egyptian | 239,108 | 32,466 |
48 | Portuguese | 1,340,026 | 32,194 |
51 | Barbadian | 63,455 | 30,797 |
52 | Cajun | 112,588 | 29,778 |
54 | Arab | 1,927,432 | 28,854 |
56 | Palestinian | 122,533 | 27,059 |
57 | Nigerian | 322,231 | 26,881 |
60 | Ghanaian | 117,247 | 25,871 |
61 | American
| 22,097,012 | 25,825 |
62 | Guyanese | 234,591 | 25,513 |
63 | Brazilian | 368,782 | 25,142 |
65 | Jamaican | 1,087,185 | 24,604 |
66 | Pennsylvania German | 299,817 | 24,369 |
67 | Albanian | 186,030 | 24,276 |
68 | Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 107,056 | 22,255 |
70 | Moroccan | 101,211 | 21,253 |
71 | Jordanian | 80,120 | 21,222 |
72 | Subsaharan African
| 3,223,885 | 20,846 |
73 | Cape Verdean | 106,316 | 20,314 |
74 | African
| 1,825,077 | 20,226 |
76 | Arab/Arabic
| 322,853 | 19,755 |
77 | Iraqi | 143,397 | 18,668 |
78 | Afghan | 97,865 | 18,516 |
81 | Haitian | 984,514 | 17,592 |
84 | Somali | 60,838 | 2,856 |