Which race is the richest?

 Which Race Makes the Most Money? | Income by Gender and Race, Ethnicity Since 1987

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.

Contents

• 1By race and ethnicity
• 2By detailed races
  • 2.1Asian Americans
  • 2.2Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
• 3Detailed ancestry
• 4Native American tribal grouping
• 5See also
• 6References

By race and ethnicity[edit]

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 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$)	Code	Population	Median household income (US$)
Asian Americans	012	18,415,198	87,243	031	22,137,269	85,897	[3]
White Americans	002	236,173,020	65,902	003	245,860,228	65,777	[4]
Black or African American	004	41,617,764	41,511	005	46,261,485	41,911	[5]
Some other race	070	16,253,785	48,983	071	18,146,776	49,805	[6]
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	—	—	—	400	59,763,631	51,404	[7]
Not Hispanic or Latino	—	—	—	450	267,403,808	64,025	[7]

By detailed races[edit]

Asian Americans[edit]

In the 2019 American Community Survey, the following figures regarding detailed Asian races are reported.^[8] 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	84,117	043	262,229	83,544
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[edit]

In the 2018 American Community Survey, the following figures regarding detailed Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander races are reported.^[9]

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

Detailed ancestry[edit]

Median Household Income by detailed ancestry (2019 American Community Survey)^[10]

Rank	Group	Income (US$)
1	Indian Americans	135,705
2	Taiwanese Americans	102,405
3	Australian Americans	100,856
4	Filipino Americans	100,273
5	South African Americans	98,212
6	Macedonian Americans	94,091
7	Indonesian Americans	93,501
8	Pakistani Americans	87,509
9	Iranian Americans	87,288
10	Lebanese Americans	87,099
11	Austrian Americans	86,499
12	Russian Americans	85,989
13	Lithuanian Americans	85,812
14	Chinese Americans	85,424
15	Japanese Americans	85,007
16	Turkish Americans	83,375
17	Swiss Americans	82,974
18	Slovene Americans	82,728
19	Italian Americans	82,106
20	Greek Americans	82,036
21	Israeli Americans	81,901
22	Romanian Americans	81,878
23	Ukrainian Americans	81,603
24	Serbian Americans	81,452
25	Croatian Americans	80,683
26	Slovak Americans	80,388
27	Swedish Americans	80,228
28	Czech Americans	80,142
29	Bulgarian Americans	80,626
30	Norwegian Americans	79,783
31	Scottish Americans	79,544
32	Polish Americans	79,503
33	Danish Americans	79,500
34	Portuguese Americans	79,050
35	Belgian Americans	78,355
36	English Americans	78,078
37	Welsh Americans	77,949
38	Hungarian Americans	77,611
39	Finnish Americans	77,356
40	Armenian Americans	77,110
41	Korean Americans	76,674
42	Canadian Americans	76,665
43	German Americans	76,036
44	French Canadian Americans	75,949
45	Irish Americans	75,583
46	Syrian Americans	74,047
47	Hmong Americans	73,373
48	Scotch-Irish Americans	72,745
49	Vietnamese Americans	72,161
50	Albanian Americans	72,043
51	Cambodian Americans	72,038
52	Spanish Americans	71,903
53	French Americans	71,407
54	Dutch Americans	70,872
55	Ghanaian Americans	69,021
56	Nigerian Americans	68,658
57	Bangladeshi Americans	67,944
58	Guyanese Americans	67,772
59	Egyptian Americans	67,187
60	Thai Americans	66,763
61	Laotian Americans	66,117
62	West Indian Americans	65,258
63	Palestinian Americans	65,170
64	Barbadian Americans	64,588
65	Nepalese Americans	63,619
66	Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac Americans	63,301
Median American Household Income ($63,179)
67	Trinidadian and Tobagonian Americans	62,120
68	Jamaican Americans	62,044
69	Polynesian Americans	61,654
70	American Americans	58,601
71	Haitian Americans	57,451
72	Cuban Americans	57,000[11]
73	Brazilian Americans	56,151
74	Argentine Americans	55,000
75	Cajun Americans	52,886
76	Moroccan Americans	52,436
77	Peruvian Americans	52,000
78	Jordanian Americans	51,552
79	Pennsylvania Dutch	48,955
80	Ecuadorian Americans	48,600
81	Colombian Americans	48,000
82	Cape Verdean Americans	47,281
83	Burmese Americans	45,903
84	Afghan Americans	46,838
85	African Americans	43,862
86	Bahamian Americans	42,000
87	Appalachian Americans	38,593
88	Mexican Americans	38,000
89	Puerto Rican Americans	36,000
90	Iraqi Americans	32,818
91	Dominican Americans	32,300

Native American tribal grouping[edit]

Median Household Income By Native American tribal grouping (2014)^[12]

Rank	Group	Income (US$)
1	Chickasaw	49,963
2	Choctaw	47,783
3	Alaska Natives	47,401
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

See also[edit]

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

References[edit]

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: Asian (012, 031)".
4. ^ "ACS 2018 1-Year S0201: White (002, 003)".
5. ^ "ACS 2018 1-Year S0201: Black or African American (004, 005)".
6. ^ "ACS 2018 1-Year S0201: Some other race (070, 071)".
7. ^ Jump up to:^a b "ACS 2018 1-Year S0201: Hispanic or Latino (400, 450)".
8. ^ American Community Survey (2019). "S0201: Selected Population Profile in the United States". American Community Survey 2019. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
9. ^ 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)
10. ^ "Selected Population Profile In The United States". U.S. Census. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
11. ^ LÓPEZ, Gustavo (2015-09-15). "Hispanics of Cuban Origin in the United States, 2013". pewhispanic.org. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
12. ^ "Median household income in 2014 (dollars) [1]". American Community Survey. United States Census Bureau. 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2015.