Most educated ethnic groups in the US
Taiwanese Americans have the highest share of college graduates of the 101 ethnic, origin, and ancestry groups the Census Bureau profiles nationally, at 80.3%. Indian Americans (77.6%) and Egyptian Americans (70.8%) are next. Across all US adults, 36.8% hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
At the other end, Guatemalan Americans have the lowest share of college graduates, at 12.6%. Among the four major groups, Asian Americans are at 59.3%, followed by White Americans (40.8%), Black Americans (26.9%), and Hispanic and Latino Americans (21.5%).
The four major groups
All 101 groups, ranked
| # | GROUP | BACHELOR'S+ | MEDIAN HH INCOME | POVERTY RATE | HOMEOWNERSHIP | MEDIAN AGE | MEDIAN HOME VALUE | BORN ABROAD | POPULATION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwanese Americans | 80.3% | $142,691 | 8.1% | 67.0% | 35.7 | $805,400 | 50.0% | 380,382 |
| 2 | Indian Americans | 77.6% | $161,520 | 6.9% | 62.6% | 35.2 | $669,200 | 65.1% | 5,559,778 |
| 3 | Egyptian Americans | 70.8% | $89,900 | 16.7% | 56.7% | 34.8 | $570,400 | 55.6% | 323,227 |
| 4 | Iranian Americans | 70.4% | $109,079 | 9.9% | 61.5% | 41.9 | $746,700 | 61.6% | 525,913 |
| 5 | Latvian Americans | 69.6% | $105,240 | 7.6% | 71.1% | 48.3 | $519,500 | 19.5% | 92,024 |
| 6 | Turkish Americans | 66.1% | $112,594 | 10.0% | 51.4% | 35.3 | $566,000 | 60.2% | 286,379 |
| 7 | Nigerian Americans | 65.0% | $87,063 | 12.3% | 43.7% | 32.2 | $403,700 | 48.5% | 858,236 |
| 8 | Russian Americans | 64.2% | $102,435 | 8.5% | 66.1% | 45.6 | $529,300 | 21.4% | 2,055,088 |
| 9 | Sri Lankan Americans | 63.4% | $111,121 | 8.5% | 59.1% | 36.8 | $630,800 | 69.4% | 76,678 |
| 10 | Pakistani Americans | 62.1% | $112,528 | 10.7% | 58.0% | 32.1 | $561,200 | 56.3% | 706,253 |
| 11 | Korean Americans | 61.3% | $102,299 | 9.3% | 55.8% | 36.9 | $625,000 | 50.0% | 2,211,632 |
| 12 | Bulgarian Americans | 60.8% | $100,032 | 9.2% | 60.7% | 37.6 | $400,500 | 56.7% | 109,487 |
| 13 | Chinese Americans | 60.5% | $111,367 | 11.1% | 65.1% | 36.7 | $745,700 | 53.7% | 6,208,920 |
| – | Asian AmericansMAJOR GROUP | 59.3% | $117,894 | 9.7% | 63.4% | 39.1 | $643,000 | 64.1% | 21,036,558 |
| 14 | Lebanese Americans | 59.3% | $104,556 | 9.7% | 66.4% | 36.6 | $462,500 | 22.1% | 625,430 |
| 15 | Ukrainian Americans | 59.0% | $95,312 | 8.8% | 66.1% | 42.2 | $456,400 | 37.1% | 1,263,837 |
| 16 | Romanian Americans | 58.9% | $104,234 | 9.2% | 68.7% | 42.0 | $479,700 | 35.9% | 458,225 |
| 17 | British Americans | 58.6% | $101,649 | 6.7% | 72.1% | 46.5 | $428,900 | 12.7% | 1,253,423 |
| 18 | Austrian Americans | 57.8% | $98,269 | 6.2% | 72.7% | 53.6 | $443,800 | 6.4% | 575,672 |
| 19 | Australian Americans | 57.6% | $120,274 | 5.6% | 59.9% | 37.8 | $588,900 | 46.8% | 101,036 |
| 20 | Lithuanian Americans | 57.2% | $100,647 | 6.7% | 74.6% | 52.6 | $425,100 | 6.7% | 593,350 |
| 21 | Jordanian Americans | 56.5% | $84,804 | 17.0% | 45.4% | 31.2 | $441,000 | 55.4% | 93,767 |
| 22 | Slovene Americans | 56.2% | $95,273 | 4.7% | 77.6% | 53.6 | $364,800 | 4.3% | 171,617 |
| 23 | Israeli Americans | 56.1% | $101,904 | 10.6% | 53.3% | 35.4 | $703,800 | 40.4% | 150,989 |
| 24 | Palestinian Americans | 55.9% | $96,230 | 16.0% | 60.1% | 30.0 | $452,500 | 34.0% | 195,108 |
| – | Arab AmericansREGIONAL TOTAL | 55.1% | $87,068 | 17.4% | 55.8% | 33.7 | $466,700 | 43.6% | 2,349,805 |
| 25 | Croatian Americans | 54.9% | $99,483 | 6.0% | 73.7% | 48.5 | $396,300 | 10.9% | 423,617 |
| 26 | Japanese Americans | 54.6% | $103,760 | 7.4% | 62.1% | 37.4 | $661,200 | 20.6% | 1,715,404 |
| 26 | Swiss Americans | 54.6% | $97,731 | 5.9% | 77.3% | 47.3 | $409,700 | 4.3% | 861,324 |
| 28 | Bangladeshi Americans | 54.0% | $77,201 | 18.2% | 47.7% | 32.8 | $536,700 | 69.9% | 324,554 |
| 29 | Armenian Americans | 53.6% | $97,466 | 11.0% | 58.8% | 42.0 | $709,300 | 42.3% | 472,670 |
| 30 | Indonesian Americans | 52.9% | $92,553 | 8.8% | 58.0% | 34.7 | $610,400 | 48.4% | 178,355 |
| 31 | Slovak Americans | 52.4% | $91,196 | 4.8% | 79.1% | 56.2 | $336,800 | 3.6% | 574,325 |
| 32 | Czech Americans | 52.3% | $97,449 | 6.4% | 74.9% | 46.4 | $373,900 | 3.1% | 1,200,285 |
| 33 | Greek Americans | 52.2% | $102,210 | 8.1% | 70.4% | 40.9 | $477,800 | 10.6% | 1,207,425 |
| 33 | Syrian Americans | 52.2% | $95,044 | 15.5% | 59.5% | 37.2 | $483,000 | 41.2% | 211,107 |
| 35 | Danish Americans | 52.1% | $94,874 | 6.3% | 76.3% | 49.6 | $434,600 | 2.4% | 1,110,484 |
| 36 | Kenyan Americans | 51.8% | $92,970 | 12.2% | 41.2% | 32.6 | $434,200 | 68.6% | 158,365 |
| 37 | Belgian Americans | 51.3% | $101,411 | 5.1% | 77.0% | 50.7 | $363,300 | 8.6% | 312,593 |
| 38 | Serbian Americans | 51.1% | $94,420 | 6.1% | 72.0% | 44.2 | $383,800 | 29.6% | 176,643 |
| 38 | Swedish Americans | 51.1% | $95,614 | 6.1% | 74.8% | 49.3 | $405,400 | 1.5% | 3,251,869 |
| 40 | Ghanaian Americans | 51.0% | $81,217 | 10.1% | 35.4% | 32.9 | $446,900 | 59.5% | 246,089 |
| 41 | Filipino Americans | 50.6% | $112,099 | 7.3% | 60.7% | 35.8 | $550,900 | 43.2% | 4,974,949 |
| 42 | Welsh Americans | 50.4% | $90,638 | 6.5% | 72.4% | 49.9 | $378,700 | 1.6% | 1,532,031 |
| 43 | Scotch-Irish Americans | 49.2% | $88,753 | 6.4% | 74.5% | 51.8 | $362,500 | 0.7% | 2,509,053 |
| 43 | Scottish Americans | 49.2% | $95,736 | 6.8% | 72.9% | 47.7 | $389,900 | 2.3% | 6,580,952 |
| 45 | Polish Americans | 48.9% | $95,682 | 6.8% | 73.3% | 44.6 | $377,200 | 5.0% | 8,342,225 |
| 46 | Hungarian Americans | 48.6% | $92,408 | 9.3% | 73.4% | 47.7 | $395,100 | 6.9% | 1,277,896 |
| 47 | Nepalese Americans | 48.0% | $103,466 | 11.1% | 58.1% | 31.9 | $476,300 | 76.1% | 277,448 |
| 47 | Venezuelan Americans | 48.0% | $74,510 | 17.9% | 32.0% | 33.3 | $431,400 | 79.6% | 1,168,271 |
| 49 | Thai Americans | 47.8% | $90,298 | 10.2% | 57.6% | 35.8 | $479,100 | 46.5% | 361,318 |
| 50 | Argentine Americans | 47.7% | $101,811 | 9.2% | 58.7% | 38.9 | $550,900 | 53.7% | 345,919 |
| 50 | Canadian Americans | 47.7% | $96,487 | 7.8% | 70.5% | 47.7 | $428,200 | 34.8% | 544,354 |
| 52 | English Americans | 47.6% | $94,027 | 6.6% | 76.5% | 48.9 | $382,400 | 1.6% | 31,017,275 |
| 52 | Finnish Americans | 47.6% | $92,343 | 7.1% | 72.9% | 46.2 | $381,300 | 3.7% | 612,181 |
| 54 | Italian Americans | 47.5% | $99,619 | 7.8% | 70.2% | 40.3 | $434,000 | 3.6% | 16,271,362 |
| 55 | Chilean Americans | 46.4% | $87,061 | 11.9% | 49.3% | 34.3 | $506,000 | 53.0% | 226,993 |
| 56 | Norwegian Americans | 46.3% | $94,807 | 6.4% | 73.5% | 46.3 | $397,300 | 0.7% | 3,864,701 |
| 57 | Irish Americans | 45.2% | $92,329 | 7.7% | 71.3% | 43.6 | $377,700 | 0.8% | 32,392,581 |
| 58 | Bolivian Americans | 44.7% | $95,048 | 7.7% | 61.9% | 36.7 | $503,800 | 55.0% | 153,117 |
| 59 | German Americans | 44.5% | $91,962 | 7.1% | 74.1% | 44.7 | $354,100 | 1.4% | 40,218,028 |
| 59 | Iraqi Americans | 44.5% | $68,019 | 25.7% | 54.2% | 34.9 | $443,600 | 71.4% | 170,175 |
| 59 | Macedonian Americans | 44.5% | $117,500 | 7.2% | 71.1% | 36.8 | $427,000 | 40.6% | 74,805 |
| 62 | Brazilian Americans | 43.9% | $83,089 | 11.9% | 33.8% | 31.4 | $490,900 | 66.4% | 624,383 |
| 62 | Dutch Americans | 43.9% | $88,029 | 7.3% | 73.9% | 47.3 | $368,400 | 3.9% | 3,011,733 |
| 64 | French Americans | 42.8% | $87,615 | 8.2% | 72.2% | 47.8 | $364,300 | 4.0% | 6,128,915 |
| 64 | Moroccan Americans | 42.8% | $73,710 | 13.6% | 38.5% | 33.3 | $401,200 | 48.4% | 156,002 |
| 66 | Subsaharan African Americans | 41.7% | $69,734 | 17.2% | 39.9% | 33.4 | $373,000 | 44.1% | 4,686,257 |
| 67 | Spaniard Americans | 41.1% | $87,034 | 10.1% | 61.0% | 36.1 | $437,700 | 14.9% | 998,504 |
| – | White AmericansMAJOR GROUP | 40.8% | $87,572 | 9.1% | 73.3% | 44.4 | $359,000 | 4.1% | 191,382,624 |
| 68 | Barbadian Americans | 40.3% | $89,259 | 8.3% | 53.0% | 47.9 | $461,800 | 43.7% | 82,851 |
| 68 | French Canadian Americans | 40.3% | $90,642 | 7.6% | 73.9% | 50.1 | $370,600 | 4.7% | 1,589,295 |
| 70 | Colombian Americans | 39.9% | $79,371 | 11.3% | 49.3% | 36.7 | $448,200 | 61.6% | 1,765,862 |
| 71 | Panamanian Americans | 39.4% | $82,020 | 13.3% | 49.7% | 35.1 | $396,900 | 33.7% | 260,645 |
| – | South AmericansREGIONAL TOTAL | 39.4% | $81,606 | 12.8% | 47.2% | 35.4 | $465,600 | 62.8% | 5,692,419 |
| 72 | Trinidadian & Tobagonian Americans | 38.0% | $82,826 | 12.0% | 52.4% | 39.2 | $442,100 | 44.2% | 278,531 |
| 73 | Portuguese Americans | 37.8% | $96,842 | 8.2% | 65.5% | 42.7 | $498,100 | 20.7% | 1,370,146 |
| 74 | Vietnamese Americans | 37.6% | $94,607 | 11.0% | 67.9% | 37.6 | $495,100 | 54.9% | 2,445,295 |
| – | All US residentsBENCHMARK | 36.8% | $81,604 | 12.1% | 65.3% | 39.2 | $360,600 | 14.8% | 340,110,990 |
| – | West Indian AmericansREGIONAL TOTAL | 36.8% | $78,836 | 12.5% | 50.1% | 40.3 | $419,100 | 35.7% | 277,519 |
| 75 | Ethiopian Americans | 36.5% | $75,170 | 13.7% | 40.5% | 32.7 | $433,400 | 64.3% | 412,320 |
| 76 | Jamaican Americans | 35.3% | $80,297 | 12.1% | 52.1% | 36.9 | $413,200 | 53.2% | 1,390,336 |
| 77 | Peruvian Americans | 35.2% | $82,146 | 11.2% | 53.4% | 37.4 | $457,000 | 58.9% | 833,694 |
| 78 | Costa Rican Americans | 34.3% | $82,059 | 12.5% | 49.5% | 34.2 | $475,100 | 43.1% | 219,912 |
| 79 | Guyanese Americans | 34.2% | $90,323 | 9.0% | 57.7% | 41.4 | $506,700 | 59.1% | 251,108 |
| 80 | Cuban Americans | 32.6% | $71,085 | 15.2% | 52.3% | 39.4 | $453,400 | 57.3% | 2,948,426 |
| 81 | Chamorro Americans | 31.8% | $100,502 | 12.5% | 50.0% | 30.5 | $470,100 | 2.6% | 167,504 |
| 82 | Somali Americans | 28.2% | $48,294 | 31.2% | 17.5% | 23.2 | $400,400 | 49.4% | 193,061 |
| 83 | American ancestry | 27.5% | $69,658 | 12.4% | 70.9% | 43.4 | $291,800 | 0.8% | 18,060,343 |
| 83 | Haitian Americans | 27.5% | $74,090 | 16.5% | 43.0% | 33.0 | $429,300 | 55.6% | 1,261,840 |
| 85 | Ecuadorian Americans | 27.3% | $82,828 | 13.7% | 46.0% | 33.1 | $480,200 | 56.6% | 1,044,023 |
| – | Black AmericansMAJOR GROUP | 26.9% | $56,669 | 20.2% | 45.4% | 36.6 | $277,500 | 11.4% | 39,959,479 |
| 86 | Burmese Americans | 26.8% | $75,272 | 18.2% | 67.3% | 28.0 | $275,700 | 68.7% | 249,950 |
| 87 | Hmong Americans | 26.7% | $97,293 | 11.9% | 56.7% | 27.2 | $329,000 | 25.5% | 379,699 |
| 87 | Uruguayan Americans | 26.7% | $80,541 | 8.1% | 52.0% | 41.8 | $444,100 | 58.2% | 81,864 |
| 89 | Cape Verdean Americans | 26.5% | $82,362 | 12.9% | 47.6% | 36.6 | $446,000 | 32.0% | 110,145 |
| 90 | Native Hawaiians | 25.9% | $87,976 | 13.3% | 53.0% | 31.4 | $541,300 | 2.4% | 728,718 |
| 91 | Cambodian Americans | 25.2% | $95,399 | 11.1% | 59.5% | 32.1 | $450,400 | 40.5% | 392,092 |
| 92 | Tongan Americans | 24.5% | $94,051 | 15.8% | 44.3% | 20.8 | $583,700 | 17.6% | 84,616 |
| 93 | Samoan Americans | 24.1% | $83,777 | 14.7% | 36.6% | 25.9 | $492,300 | 13.5% | 271,387 |
| 94 | Puerto Rican Americans | 24.0% | $64,509 | 18.5% | 46.1% | 33.3 | $347,000 | 2.2% | 6,110,356 |
| 95 | Dominican Americans | 23.5% | $61,221 | 18.9% | 33.5% | 31.9 | $392,500 | 49.5% | 2,539,893 |
| 95 | Nicaraguan Americans | 23.5% | $72,423 | 16.6% | 38.6% | 33.9 | $445,900 | 61.2% | 606,767 |
| 97 | Laotian Americans | 22.7% | $90,610 | 10.5% | 61.0% | 36.1 | $363,200 | 42.2% | 250,200 |
| – | Hispanic and Latino AmericansMAJOR GROUP | 21.5% | $72,574 | 16.2% | 50.9% | 31.2 | $350,800 | 33.3% | 68,013,553 |
| 98 | Mexican Americans | 17.0% | $74,008 | 15.7% | 54.7% | 29.8 | $315,000 | 28.5% | 38,990,058 |
| – | Central AmericansREGIONAL TOTAL | 16.2% | $70,271 | 19.0% | 39.7% | 29.7 | $376,400 | 56.3% | 7,518,139 |
| 99 | Salvadoran Americans | 14.4% | $76,821 | 14.8% | 47.1% | 31.2 | $390,200 | 52.4% | 2,767,861 |
| 100 | Honduran Americans | 13.6% | $58,749 | 25.6% | 30.4% | 27.5 | $315,000 | 63.4% | 1,459,863 |
| 101 | Guatemalan Americans | 12.6% | $65,369 | 22.0% | 33.0% | 27.2 | $342,000 | 59.0% | 2,174,242 |
The share of the group's adults age 25 and older who hold a bachelor's degree or a higher degree. Click a column header to see that ranking.
How the groups are defined. Asian and Pacific Islander groups (Chinese, Korean, Samoan, and so on) count everyone who reports that group, alone or with another race. Hispanic groups count people by Hispanic origin, and they can be of any race. European, African, Middle Eastern, and Caribbean groups count people by the ancestry they report, and a person can report two. So the detailed groups overlap, and one person can appear in more than one row. The four major groups do not overlap: Hispanic or Latino of any race, and White, Black, and Asian residents who are not Hispanic. The Census Bureau publishes this profile only for groups with about 65,000 or more people nationwide, so smaller groups are absent.
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Taiwanese Americans, at 80.3%, according to the Census Bureau's 2024 American Community Survey. Indian Americans are second at 77.6%, and Egyptian Americans are third at 70.8%. Across all US adults, 36.8% hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Guatemalan Americans, at 12.6%, among the 101 groups large enough for the Census Bureau to profile nationally. Honduran Americans are next at 13.6%.
Among the four major groups, Asian Americans are at 59.3%, followed by White Americans (40.8%), Black Americans (26.9%), and Hispanic and Latino Americans (21.5%). Across all US adults, 36.8% hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Regional totals such as Central American and Arab already include countries listed on their own, and the four major groups include whole families of them. Ranking those rows too would count the same people twice, so they appear for reference only.
DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU 2024 ACS 1-YEAR SELECTED POPULATION PROFILE (S0201) · LICENSE: CC BY 4.0
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