Ethnic groups most likely to own their homes
Slovak Americans have the highest homeownership rate of the 101 ethnic, origin, and ancestry groups the Census Bureau profiles nationally, at 79.1%. Slovene Americans (77.6%) and Swiss Americans (77.3%) are next. For all US households, 65.3% own their home.
At the other end, Somali Americans have the lowest homeownership rate, at 17.5%. Among the four major groups, White Americans are at 73.3%, followed by Asian Americans (63.4%), Hispanic and Latino Americans (50.9%), and Black Americans (45.4%).
The four major groups
All 101 groups, ranked
| # | GROUP | HOMEOWNERSHIP | MEDIAN HH INCOME | BACHELOR'S+ | POVERTY RATE | MEDIAN AGE | MEDIAN HOME VALUE | BORN ABROAD | POPULATION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slovak Americans | 79.1% | $91,196 | 52.4% | 4.8% | 56.2 | $336,800 | 3.6% | 574,325 |
| 2 | Slovene Americans | 77.6% | $95,273 | 56.2% | 4.7% | 53.6 | $364,800 | 4.3% | 171,617 |
| 3 | Swiss Americans | 77.3% | $97,731 | 54.6% | 5.9% | 47.3 | $409,700 | 4.3% | 861,324 |
| 4 | Belgian Americans | 77.0% | $101,411 | 51.3% | 5.1% | 50.7 | $363,300 | 8.6% | 312,593 |
| 5 | English Americans | 76.5% | $94,027 | 47.6% | 6.6% | 48.9 | $382,400 | 1.6% | 31,017,275 |
| 6 | Danish Americans | 76.3% | $94,874 | 52.1% | 6.3% | 49.6 | $434,600 | 2.4% | 1,110,484 |
| 7 | Czech Americans | 74.9% | $97,449 | 52.3% | 6.4% | 46.4 | $373,900 | 3.1% | 1,200,285 |
| 8 | Swedish Americans | 74.8% | $95,614 | 51.1% | 6.1% | 49.3 | $405,400 | 1.5% | 3,251,869 |
| 9 | Lithuanian Americans | 74.6% | $100,647 | 57.2% | 6.7% | 52.6 | $425,100 | 6.7% | 593,350 |
| 10 | Scotch-Irish Americans | 74.5% | $88,753 | 49.2% | 6.4% | 51.8 | $362,500 | 0.7% | 2,509,053 |
| 11 | German Americans | 74.1% | $91,962 | 44.5% | 7.1% | 44.7 | $354,100 | 1.4% | 40,218,028 |
| 12 | Dutch Americans | 73.9% | $88,029 | 43.9% | 7.3% | 47.3 | $368,400 | 3.9% | 3,011,733 |
| 12 | French Canadian Americans | 73.9% | $90,642 | 40.3% | 7.6% | 50.1 | $370,600 | 4.7% | 1,589,295 |
| 14 | Croatian Americans | 73.7% | $99,483 | 54.9% | 6.0% | 48.5 | $396,300 | 10.9% | 423,617 |
| 15 | Norwegian Americans | 73.5% | $94,807 | 46.3% | 6.4% | 46.3 | $397,300 | 0.7% | 3,864,701 |
| 16 | Hungarian Americans | 73.4% | $92,408 | 48.6% | 9.3% | 47.7 | $395,100 | 6.9% | 1,277,896 |
| 17 | Polish Americans | 73.3% | $95,682 | 48.9% | 6.8% | 44.6 | $377,200 | 5.0% | 8,342,225 |
| – | White AmericansMAJOR GROUP | 73.3% | $87,572 | 40.8% | 9.1% | 44.4 | $359,000 | 4.1% | 191,382,624 |
| 18 | Finnish Americans | 72.9% | $92,343 | 47.6% | 7.1% | 46.2 | $381,300 | 3.7% | 612,181 |
| 18 | Scottish Americans | 72.9% | $95,736 | 49.2% | 6.8% | 47.7 | $389,900 | 2.3% | 6,580,952 |
| 20 | Austrian Americans | 72.7% | $98,269 | 57.8% | 6.2% | 53.6 | $443,800 | 6.4% | 575,672 |
| 21 | Welsh Americans | 72.4% | $90,638 | 50.4% | 6.5% | 49.9 | $378,700 | 1.6% | 1,532,031 |
| 22 | French Americans | 72.2% | $87,615 | 42.8% | 8.2% | 47.8 | $364,300 | 4.0% | 6,128,915 |
| 23 | British Americans | 72.1% | $101,649 | 58.6% | 6.7% | 46.5 | $428,900 | 12.7% | 1,253,423 |
| 24 | Serbian Americans | 72.0% | $94,420 | 51.1% | 6.1% | 44.2 | $383,800 | 29.6% | 176,643 |
| 25 | Irish Americans | 71.3% | $92,329 | 45.2% | 7.7% | 43.6 | $377,700 | 0.8% | 32,392,581 |
| 26 | Latvian Americans | 71.1% | $105,240 | 69.6% | 7.6% | 48.3 | $519,500 | 19.5% | 92,024 |
| 26 | Macedonian Americans | 71.1% | $117,500 | 44.5% | 7.2% | 36.8 | $427,000 | 40.6% | 74,805 |
| 28 | American ancestry | 70.9% | $69,658 | 27.5% | 12.4% | 43.4 | $291,800 | 0.8% | 18,060,343 |
| 29 | Canadian Americans | 70.5% | $96,487 | 47.7% | 7.8% | 47.7 | $428,200 | 34.8% | 544,354 |
| 30 | Greek Americans | 70.4% | $102,210 | 52.2% | 8.1% | 40.9 | $477,800 | 10.6% | 1,207,425 |
| 31 | Italian Americans | 70.2% | $99,619 | 47.5% | 7.8% | 40.3 | $434,000 | 3.6% | 16,271,362 |
| 32 | Romanian Americans | 68.7% | $104,234 | 58.9% | 9.2% | 42.0 | $479,700 | 35.9% | 458,225 |
| 33 | Vietnamese Americans | 67.9% | $94,607 | 37.6% | 11.0% | 37.6 | $495,100 | 54.9% | 2,445,295 |
| 34 | Burmese Americans | 67.3% | $75,272 | 26.8% | 18.2% | 28.0 | $275,700 | 68.7% | 249,950 |
| 35 | Taiwanese Americans | 67.0% | $142,691 | 80.3% | 8.1% | 35.7 | $805,400 | 50.0% | 380,382 |
| 36 | Lebanese Americans | 66.4% | $104,556 | 59.3% | 9.7% | 36.6 | $462,500 | 22.1% | 625,430 |
| 37 | Russian Americans | 66.1% | $102,435 | 64.2% | 8.5% | 45.6 | $529,300 | 21.4% | 2,055,088 |
| 37 | Ukrainian Americans | 66.1% | $95,312 | 59.0% | 8.8% | 42.2 | $456,400 | 37.1% | 1,263,837 |
| 39 | Portuguese Americans | 65.5% | $96,842 | 37.8% | 8.2% | 42.7 | $498,100 | 20.7% | 1,370,146 |
| – | All US residentsBENCHMARK | 65.3% | $81,604 | 36.8% | 12.1% | 39.2 | $360,600 | 14.8% | 340,110,990 |
| 40 | Chinese Americans | 65.1% | $111,367 | 60.5% | 11.1% | 36.7 | $745,700 | 53.7% | 6,208,920 |
| – | Asian AmericansMAJOR GROUP | 63.4% | $117,894 | 59.3% | 9.7% | 39.1 | $643,000 | 64.1% | 21,036,558 |
| 41 | Indian Americans | 62.6% | $161,520 | 77.6% | 6.9% | 35.2 | $669,200 | 65.1% | 5,559,778 |
| 42 | Japanese Americans | 62.1% | $103,760 | 54.6% | 7.4% | 37.4 | $661,200 | 20.6% | 1,715,404 |
| 43 | Bolivian Americans | 61.9% | $95,048 | 44.7% | 7.7% | 36.7 | $503,800 | 55.0% | 153,117 |
| 44 | Iranian Americans | 61.5% | $109,079 | 70.4% | 9.9% | 41.9 | $746,700 | 61.6% | 525,913 |
| 45 | Laotian Americans | 61.0% | $90,610 | 22.7% | 10.5% | 36.1 | $363,200 | 42.2% | 250,200 |
| 45 | Spaniard Americans | 61.0% | $87,034 | 41.1% | 10.1% | 36.1 | $437,700 | 14.9% | 998,504 |
| 47 | Bulgarian Americans | 60.7% | $100,032 | 60.8% | 9.2% | 37.6 | $400,500 | 56.7% | 109,487 |
| 47 | Filipino Americans | 60.7% | $112,099 | 50.6% | 7.3% | 35.8 | $550,900 | 43.2% | 4,974,949 |
| 49 | Palestinian Americans | 60.1% | $96,230 | 55.9% | 16.0% | 30.0 | $452,500 | 34.0% | 195,108 |
| 50 | Australian Americans | 59.9% | $120,274 | 57.6% | 5.6% | 37.8 | $588,900 | 46.8% | 101,036 |
| 51 | Cambodian Americans | 59.5% | $95,399 | 25.2% | 11.1% | 32.1 | $450,400 | 40.5% | 392,092 |
| 51 | Syrian Americans | 59.5% | $95,044 | 52.2% | 15.5% | 37.2 | $483,000 | 41.2% | 211,107 |
| 53 | Sri Lankan Americans | 59.1% | $111,121 | 63.4% | 8.5% | 36.8 | $630,800 | 69.4% | 76,678 |
| 54 | Armenian Americans | 58.8% | $97,466 | 53.6% | 11.0% | 42.0 | $709,300 | 42.3% | 472,670 |
| 55 | Argentine Americans | 58.7% | $101,811 | 47.7% | 9.2% | 38.9 | $550,900 | 53.7% | 345,919 |
| 56 | Nepalese Americans | 58.1% | $103,466 | 48.0% | 11.1% | 31.9 | $476,300 | 76.1% | 277,448 |
| 57 | Indonesian Americans | 58.0% | $92,553 | 52.9% | 8.8% | 34.7 | $610,400 | 48.4% | 178,355 |
| 57 | Pakistani Americans | 58.0% | $112,528 | 62.1% | 10.7% | 32.1 | $561,200 | 56.3% | 706,253 |
| 59 | Guyanese Americans | 57.7% | $90,323 | 34.2% | 9.0% | 41.4 | $506,700 | 59.1% | 251,108 |
| 60 | Thai Americans | 57.6% | $90,298 | 47.8% | 10.2% | 35.8 | $479,100 | 46.5% | 361,318 |
| 61 | Egyptian Americans | 56.7% | $89,900 | 70.8% | 16.7% | 34.8 | $570,400 | 55.6% | 323,227 |
| 61 | Hmong Americans | 56.7% | $97,293 | 26.7% | 11.9% | 27.2 | $329,000 | 25.5% | 379,699 |
| – | Arab AmericansREGIONAL TOTAL | 55.8% | $87,068 | 55.1% | 17.4% | 33.7 | $466,700 | 43.6% | 2,349,805 |
| 63 | Korean Americans | 55.8% | $102,299 | 61.3% | 9.3% | 36.9 | $625,000 | 50.0% | 2,211,632 |
| 64 | Mexican Americans | 54.7% | $74,008 | 17.0% | 15.7% | 29.8 | $315,000 | 28.5% | 38,990,058 |
| 65 | Iraqi Americans | 54.2% | $68,019 | 44.5% | 25.7% | 34.9 | $443,600 | 71.4% | 170,175 |
| 66 | Peruvian Americans | 53.4% | $82,146 | 35.2% | 11.2% | 37.4 | $457,000 | 58.9% | 833,694 |
| 67 | Israeli Americans | 53.3% | $101,904 | 56.1% | 10.6% | 35.4 | $703,800 | 40.4% | 150,989 |
| 68 | Barbadian Americans | 53.0% | $89,259 | 40.3% | 8.3% | 47.9 | $461,800 | 43.7% | 82,851 |
| 68 | Native Hawaiians | 53.0% | $87,976 | 25.9% | 13.3% | 31.4 | $541,300 | 2.4% | 728,718 |
| 70 | Trinidadian & Tobagonian Americans | 52.4% | $82,826 | 38.0% | 12.0% | 39.2 | $442,100 | 44.2% | 278,531 |
| 71 | Cuban Americans | 52.3% | $71,085 | 32.6% | 15.2% | 39.4 | $453,400 | 57.3% | 2,948,426 |
| 72 | Jamaican Americans | 52.1% | $80,297 | 35.3% | 12.1% | 36.9 | $413,200 | 53.2% | 1,390,336 |
| 73 | Uruguayan Americans | 52.0% | $80,541 | 26.7% | 8.1% | 41.8 | $444,100 | 58.2% | 81,864 |
| 74 | Turkish Americans | 51.4% | $112,594 | 66.1% | 10.0% | 35.3 | $566,000 | 60.2% | 286,379 |
| – | Hispanic and Latino AmericansMAJOR GROUP | 50.9% | $72,574 | 21.5% | 16.2% | 31.2 | $350,800 | 33.3% | 68,013,553 |
| – | West Indian AmericansREGIONAL TOTAL | 50.1% | $78,836 | 36.8% | 12.5% | 40.3 | $419,100 | 35.7% | 277,519 |
| 75 | Chamorro Americans | 50.0% | $100,502 | 31.8% | 12.5% | 30.5 | $470,100 | 2.6% | 167,504 |
| 76 | Panamanian Americans | 49.7% | $82,020 | 39.4% | 13.3% | 35.1 | $396,900 | 33.7% | 260,645 |
| 77 | Costa Rican Americans | 49.5% | $82,059 | 34.3% | 12.5% | 34.2 | $475,100 | 43.1% | 219,912 |
| 78 | Chilean Americans | 49.3% | $87,061 | 46.4% | 11.9% | 34.3 | $506,000 | 53.0% | 226,993 |
| 78 | Colombian Americans | 49.3% | $79,371 | 39.9% | 11.3% | 36.7 | $448,200 | 61.6% | 1,765,862 |
| 80 | Bangladeshi Americans | 47.7% | $77,201 | 54.0% | 18.2% | 32.8 | $536,700 | 69.9% | 324,554 |
| 81 | Cape Verdean Americans | 47.6% | $82,362 | 26.5% | 12.9% | 36.6 | $446,000 | 32.0% | 110,145 |
| – | South AmericansREGIONAL TOTAL | 47.2% | $81,606 | 39.4% | 12.8% | 35.4 | $465,600 | 62.8% | 5,692,419 |
| 82 | Salvadoran Americans | 47.1% | $76,821 | 14.4% | 14.8% | 31.2 | $390,200 | 52.4% | 2,767,861 |
| 83 | Puerto Rican Americans | 46.1% | $64,509 | 24.0% | 18.5% | 33.3 | $347,000 | 2.2% | 6,110,356 |
| 84 | Ecuadorian Americans | 46.0% | $82,828 | 27.3% | 13.7% | 33.1 | $480,200 | 56.6% | 1,044,023 |
| – | Black AmericansMAJOR GROUP | 45.4% | $56,669 | 26.9% | 20.2% | 36.6 | $277,500 | 11.4% | 39,959,479 |
| 85 | Jordanian Americans | 45.4% | $84,804 | 56.5% | 17.0% | 31.2 | $441,000 | 55.4% | 93,767 |
| 86 | Tongan Americans | 44.3% | $94,051 | 24.5% | 15.8% | 20.8 | $583,700 | 17.6% | 84,616 |
| 87 | Nigerian Americans | 43.7% | $87,063 | 65.0% | 12.3% | 32.2 | $403,700 | 48.5% | 858,236 |
| 88 | Haitian Americans | 43.0% | $74,090 | 27.5% | 16.5% | 33.0 | $429,300 | 55.6% | 1,261,840 |
| 89 | Kenyan Americans | 41.2% | $92,970 | 51.8% | 12.2% | 32.6 | $434,200 | 68.6% | 158,365 |
| 90 | Ethiopian Americans | 40.5% | $75,170 | 36.5% | 13.7% | 32.7 | $433,400 | 64.3% | 412,320 |
| 91 | Subsaharan African Americans | 39.9% | $69,734 | 41.7% | 17.2% | 33.4 | $373,000 | 44.1% | 4,686,257 |
| – | Central AmericansREGIONAL TOTAL | 39.7% | $70,271 | 16.2% | 19.0% | 29.7 | $376,400 | 56.3% | 7,518,139 |
| 92 | Nicaraguan Americans | 38.6% | $72,423 | 23.5% | 16.6% | 33.9 | $445,900 | 61.2% | 606,767 |
| 93 | Moroccan Americans | 38.5% | $73,710 | 42.8% | 13.6% | 33.3 | $401,200 | 48.4% | 156,002 |
| 94 | Samoan Americans | 36.6% | $83,777 | 24.1% | 14.7% | 25.9 | $492,300 | 13.5% | 271,387 |
| 95 | Ghanaian Americans | 35.4% | $81,217 | 51.0% | 10.1% | 32.9 | $446,900 | 59.5% | 246,089 |
| 96 | Brazilian Americans | 33.8% | $83,089 | 43.9% | 11.9% | 31.4 | $490,900 | 66.4% | 624,383 |
| 97 | Dominican Americans | 33.5% | $61,221 | 23.5% | 18.9% | 31.9 | $392,500 | 49.5% | 2,539,893 |
| 98 | Guatemalan Americans | 33.0% | $65,369 | 12.6% | 22.0% | 27.2 | $342,000 | 59.0% | 2,174,242 |
| 99 | Venezuelan Americans | 32.0% | $74,510 | 48.0% | 17.9% | 33.3 | $431,400 | 79.6% | 1,168,271 |
| 100 | Honduran Americans | 30.4% | $58,749 | 13.6% | 25.6% | 27.5 | $315,000 | 63.4% | 1,459,863 |
| 101 | Somali Americans | 17.5% | $48,294 | 28.2% | 31.2% | 23.2 | $400,400 | 49.4% | 193,061 |
The share of homes headed by someone in the group that the household owns, with or without a mortgage, instead of renting. 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.
Frequently asked
Slovak Americans, at 79.1%, according to the Census Bureau's 2024 American Community Survey. Slovene Americans are second at 77.6%, and Swiss Americans are third at 77.3%. For all US households, 65.3% own their home.
Somali Americans, at 17.5%, among the 101 groups large enough for the Census Bureau to profile nationally. Honduran Americans are next at 30.4%.
Among the four major groups, White Americans are at 73.3%, followed by Asian Americans (63.4%), Hispanic and Latino Americans (50.9%), and Black Americans (45.4%). For all US households, 65.3% own their home.
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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