Highest-earning ethnic groups in the US
Indian Americans have the highest median household income of the 101 ethnic, origin, and ancestry groups the Census Bureau profiles nationally, at $161,520. Taiwanese Americans ($142,691) and Australian Americans ($120,274) are next. The median for all US households is $81,604.
At the other end, Somali Americans have the lowest median household income, at $48,294. Among the four major groups, Asian Americans are at $117,894, followed by White Americans ($87,572), Hispanic and Latino Americans ($72,574), and Black Americans ($56,669).
The four major groups
All 101 groups, ranked
| # | GROUP | MEDIAN HH INCOME | BACHELOR'S+ | POVERTY RATE | HOMEOWNERSHIP | MEDIAN AGE | MEDIAN HOME VALUE | BORN ABROAD | POPULATION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indian Americans | $161,520 | 77.6% | 6.9% | 62.6% | 35.2 | $669,200 | 65.1% | 5,559,778 |
| 2 | Taiwanese Americans | $142,691 | 80.3% | 8.1% | 67.0% | 35.7 | $805,400 | 50.0% | 380,382 |
| 3 | Australian Americans | $120,274 | 57.6% | 5.6% | 59.9% | 37.8 | $588,900 | 46.8% | 101,036 |
| – | Asian AmericansMAJOR GROUP | $117,894 | 59.3% | 9.7% | 63.4% | 39.1 | $643,000 | 64.1% | 21,036,558 |
| 4 | Macedonian Americans | $117,500 | 44.5% | 7.2% | 71.1% | 36.8 | $427,000 | 40.6% | 74,805 |
| 5 | Turkish Americans | $112,594 | 66.1% | 10.0% | 51.4% | 35.3 | $566,000 | 60.2% | 286,379 |
| 6 | Pakistani Americans | $112,528 | 62.1% | 10.7% | 58.0% | 32.1 | $561,200 | 56.3% | 706,253 |
| 7 | Filipino Americans | $112,099 | 50.6% | 7.3% | 60.7% | 35.8 | $550,900 | 43.2% | 4,974,949 |
| 8 | Chinese Americans | $111,367 | 60.5% | 11.1% | 65.1% | 36.7 | $745,700 | 53.7% | 6,208,920 |
| 9 | Sri Lankan Americans | $111,121 | 63.4% | 8.5% | 59.1% | 36.8 | $630,800 | 69.4% | 76,678 |
| 10 | Iranian Americans | $109,079 | 70.4% | 9.9% | 61.5% | 41.9 | $746,700 | 61.6% | 525,913 |
| 11 | Latvian Americans | $105,240 | 69.6% | 7.6% | 71.1% | 48.3 | $519,500 | 19.5% | 92,024 |
| 12 | Lebanese Americans | $104,556 | 59.3% | 9.7% | 66.4% | 36.6 | $462,500 | 22.1% | 625,430 |
| 13 | Romanian Americans | $104,234 | 58.9% | 9.2% | 68.7% | 42.0 | $479,700 | 35.9% | 458,225 |
| 14 | Japanese Americans | $103,760 | 54.6% | 7.4% | 62.1% | 37.4 | $661,200 | 20.6% | 1,715,404 |
| 15 | Nepalese Americans | $103,466 | 48.0% | 11.1% | 58.1% | 31.9 | $476,300 | 76.1% | 277,448 |
| 16 | Russian Americans | $102,435 | 64.2% | 8.5% | 66.1% | 45.6 | $529,300 | 21.4% | 2,055,088 |
| 17 | Korean Americans | $102,299 | 61.3% | 9.3% | 55.8% | 36.9 | $625,000 | 50.0% | 2,211,632 |
| 18 | Greek Americans | $102,210 | 52.2% | 8.1% | 70.4% | 40.9 | $477,800 | 10.6% | 1,207,425 |
| 19 | Israeli Americans | $101,904 | 56.1% | 10.6% | 53.3% | 35.4 | $703,800 | 40.4% | 150,989 |
| 20 | Argentine Americans | $101,811 | 47.7% | 9.2% | 58.7% | 38.9 | $550,900 | 53.7% | 345,919 |
| 21 | British Americans | $101,649 | 58.6% | 6.7% | 72.1% | 46.5 | $428,900 | 12.7% | 1,253,423 |
| 22 | Belgian Americans | $101,411 | 51.3% | 5.1% | 77.0% | 50.7 | $363,300 | 8.6% | 312,593 |
| 23 | Lithuanian Americans | $100,647 | 57.2% | 6.7% | 74.6% | 52.6 | $425,100 | 6.7% | 593,350 |
| 24 | Chamorro Americans | $100,502 | 31.8% | 12.5% | 50.0% | 30.5 | $470,100 | 2.6% | 167,504 |
| 25 | Bulgarian Americans | $100,032 | 60.8% | 9.2% | 60.7% | 37.6 | $400,500 | 56.7% | 109,487 |
| 26 | Italian Americans | $99,619 | 47.5% | 7.8% | 70.2% | 40.3 | $434,000 | 3.6% | 16,271,362 |
| 27 | Croatian Americans | $99,483 | 54.9% | 6.0% | 73.7% | 48.5 | $396,300 | 10.9% | 423,617 |
| 28 | Austrian Americans | $98,269 | 57.8% | 6.2% | 72.7% | 53.6 | $443,800 | 6.4% | 575,672 |
| 29 | Swiss Americans | $97,731 | 54.6% | 5.9% | 77.3% | 47.3 | $409,700 | 4.3% | 861,324 |
| 30 | Armenian Americans | $97,466 | 53.6% | 11.0% | 58.8% | 42.0 | $709,300 | 42.3% | 472,670 |
| 31 | Czech Americans | $97,449 | 52.3% | 6.4% | 74.9% | 46.4 | $373,900 | 3.1% | 1,200,285 |
| 32 | Hmong Americans | $97,293 | 26.7% | 11.9% | 56.7% | 27.2 | $329,000 | 25.5% | 379,699 |
| 33 | Portuguese Americans | $96,842 | 37.8% | 8.2% | 65.5% | 42.7 | $498,100 | 20.7% | 1,370,146 |
| 34 | Canadian Americans | $96,487 | 47.7% | 7.8% | 70.5% | 47.7 | $428,200 | 34.8% | 544,354 |
| 35 | Palestinian Americans | $96,230 | 55.9% | 16.0% | 60.1% | 30.0 | $452,500 | 34.0% | 195,108 |
| 36 | Scottish Americans | $95,736 | 49.2% | 6.8% | 72.9% | 47.7 | $389,900 | 2.3% | 6,580,952 |
| 37 | Polish Americans | $95,682 | 48.9% | 6.8% | 73.3% | 44.6 | $377,200 | 5.0% | 8,342,225 |
| 38 | Swedish Americans | $95,614 | 51.1% | 6.1% | 74.8% | 49.3 | $405,400 | 1.5% | 3,251,869 |
| 39 | Cambodian Americans | $95,399 | 25.2% | 11.1% | 59.5% | 32.1 | $450,400 | 40.5% | 392,092 |
| 40 | Ukrainian Americans | $95,312 | 59.0% | 8.8% | 66.1% | 42.2 | $456,400 | 37.1% | 1,263,837 |
| 41 | Slovene Americans | $95,273 | 56.2% | 4.7% | 77.6% | 53.6 | $364,800 | 4.3% | 171,617 |
| 42 | Bolivian Americans | $95,048 | 44.7% | 7.7% | 61.9% | 36.7 | $503,800 | 55.0% | 153,117 |
| 43 | Syrian Americans | $95,044 | 52.2% | 15.5% | 59.5% | 37.2 | $483,000 | 41.2% | 211,107 |
| 44 | Danish Americans | $94,874 | 52.1% | 6.3% | 76.3% | 49.6 | $434,600 | 2.4% | 1,110,484 |
| 45 | Norwegian Americans | $94,807 | 46.3% | 6.4% | 73.5% | 46.3 | $397,300 | 0.7% | 3,864,701 |
| 46 | Vietnamese Americans | $94,607 | 37.6% | 11.0% | 67.9% | 37.6 | $495,100 | 54.9% | 2,445,295 |
| 47 | Serbian Americans | $94,420 | 51.1% | 6.1% | 72.0% | 44.2 | $383,800 | 29.6% | 176,643 |
| 48 | Tongan Americans | $94,051 | 24.5% | 15.8% | 44.3% | 20.8 | $583,700 | 17.6% | 84,616 |
| 49 | English Americans | $94,027 | 47.6% | 6.6% | 76.5% | 48.9 | $382,400 | 1.6% | 31,017,275 |
| 50 | Kenyan Americans | $92,970 | 51.8% | 12.2% | 41.2% | 32.6 | $434,200 | 68.6% | 158,365 |
| 51 | Indonesian Americans | $92,553 | 52.9% | 8.8% | 58.0% | 34.7 | $610,400 | 48.4% | 178,355 |
| 52 | Hungarian Americans | $92,408 | 48.6% | 9.3% | 73.4% | 47.7 | $395,100 | 6.9% | 1,277,896 |
| 53 | Finnish Americans | $92,343 | 47.6% | 7.1% | 72.9% | 46.2 | $381,300 | 3.7% | 612,181 |
| 54 | Irish Americans | $92,329 | 45.2% | 7.7% | 71.3% | 43.6 | $377,700 | 0.8% | 32,392,581 |
| 55 | German Americans | $91,962 | 44.5% | 7.1% | 74.1% | 44.7 | $354,100 | 1.4% | 40,218,028 |
| 56 | Slovak Americans | $91,196 | 52.4% | 4.8% | 79.1% | 56.2 | $336,800 | 3.6% | 574,325 |
| 57 | French Canadian Americans | $90,642 | 40.3% | 7.6% | 73.9% | 50.1 | $370,600 | 4.7% | 1,589,295 |
| 58 | Welsh Americans | $90,638 | 50.4% | 6.5% | 72.4% | 49.9 | $378,700 | 1.6% | 1,532,031 |
| 59 | Laotian Americans | $90,610 | 22.7% | 10.5% | 61.0% | 36.1 | $363,200 | 42.2% | 250,200 |
| 60 | Guyanese Americans | $90,323 | 34.2% | 9.0% | 57.7% | 41.4 | $506,700 | 59.1% | 251,108 |
| 61 | Thai Americans | $90,298 | 47.8% | 10.2% | 57.6% | 35.8 | $479,100 | 46.5% | 361,318 |
| 62 | Egyptian Americans | $89,900 | 70.8% | 16.7% | 56.7% | 34.8 | $570,400 | 55.6% | 323,227 |
| 63 | Barbadian Americans | $89,259 | 40.3% | 8.3% | 53.0% | 47.9 | $461,800 | 43.7% | 82,851 |
| 64 | Scotch-Irish Americans | $88,753 | 49.2% | 6.4% | 74.5% | 51.8 | $362,500 | 0.7% | 2,509,053 |
| 65 | Dutch Americans | $88,029 | 43.9% | 7.3% | 73.9% | 47.3 | $368,400 | 3.9% | 3,011,733 |
| 66 | Native Hawaiians | $87,976 | 25.9% | 13.3% | 53.0% | 31.4 | $541,300 | 2.4% | 728,718 |
| 67 | French Americans | $87,615 | 42.8% | 8.2% | 72.2% | 47.8 | $364,300 | 4.0% | 6,128,915 |
| – | White AmericansMAJOR GROUP | $87,572 | 40.8% | 9.1% | 73.3% | 44.4 | $359,000 | 4.1% | 191,382,624 |
| – | Arab AmericansREGIONAL TOTAL | $87,068 | 55.1% | 17.4% | 55.8% | 33.7 | $466,700 | 43.6% | 2,349,805 |
| 68 | Nigerian Americans | $87,063 | 65.0% | 12.3% | 43.7% | 32.2 | $403,700 | 48.5% | 858,236 |
| 69 | Chilean Americans | $87,061 | 46.4% | 11.9% | 49.3% | 34.3 | $506,000 | 53.0% | 226,993 |
| 70 | Spaniard Americans | $87,034 | 41.1% | 10.1% | 61.0% | 36.1 | $437,700 | 14.9% | 998,504 |
| 71 | Jordanian Americans | $84,804 | 56.5% | 17.0% | 45.4% | 31.2 | $441,000 | 55.4% | 93,767 |
| 72 | Samoan Americans | $83,777 | 24.1% | 14.7% | 36.6% | 25.9 | $492,300 | 13.5% | 271,387 |
| 73 | Brazilian Americans | $83,089 | 43.9% | 11.9% | 33.8% | 31.4 | $490,900 | 66.4% | 624,383 |
| 74 | Ecuadorian Americans | $82,828 | 27.3% | 13.7% | 46.0% | 33.1 | $480,200 | 56.6% | 1,044,023 |
| 75 | Trinidadian & Tobagonian Americans | $82,826 | 38.0% | 12.0% | 52.4% | 39.2 | $442,100 | 44.2% | 278,531 |
| 76 | Cape Verdean Americans | $82,362 | 26.5% | 12.9% | 47.6% | 36.6 | $446,000 | 32.0% | 110,145 |
| 77 | Peruvian Americans | $82,146 | 35.2% | 11.2% | 53.4% | 37.4 | $457,000 | 58.9% | 833,694 |
| 78 | Costa Rican Americans | $82,059 | 34.3% | 12.5% | 49.5% | 34.2 | $475,100 | 43.1% | 219,912 |
| 79 | Panamanian Americans | $82,020 | 39.4% | 13.3% | 49.7% | 35.1 | $396,900 | 33.7% | 260,645 |
| – | South AmericansREGIONAL TOTAL | $81,606 | 39.4% | 12.8% | 47.2% | 35.4 | $465,600 | 62.8% | 5,692,419 |
| – | All US residentsBENCHMARK | $81,604 | 36.8% | 12.1% | 65.3% | 39.2 | $360,600 | 14.8% | 340,110,990 |
| 80 | Ghanaian Americans | $81,217 | 51.0% | 10.1% | 35.4% | 32.9 | $446,900 | 59.5% | 246,089 |
| 81 | Uruguayan Americans | $80,541 | 26.7% | 8.1% | 52.0% | 41.8 | $444,100 | 58.2% | 81,864 |
| 82 | Jamaican Americans | $80,297 | 35.3% | 12.1% | 52.1% | 36.9 | $413,200 | 53.2% | 1,390,336 |
| 83 | Colombian Americans | $79,371 | 39.9% | 11.3% | 49.3% | 36.7 | $448,200 | 61.6% | 1,765,862 |
| – | West Indian AmericansREGIONAL TOTAL | $78,836 | 36.8% | 12.5% | 50.1% | 40.3 | $419,100 | 35.7% | 277,519 |
| 84 | Bangladeshi Americans | $77,201 | 54.0% | 18.2% | 47.7% | 32.8 | $536,700 | 69.9% | 324,554 |
| 85 | Salvadoran Americans | $76,821 | 14.4% | 14.8% | 47.1% | 31.2 | $390,200 | 52.4% | 2,767,861 |
| 86 | Burmese Americans | $75,272 | 26.8% | 18.2% | 67.3% | 28.0 | $275,700 | 68.7% | 249,950 |
| 87 | Ethiopian Americans | $75,170 | 36.5% | 13.7% | 40.5% | 32.7 | $433,400 | 64.3% | 412,320 |
| 88 | Venezuelan Americans | $74,510 | 48.0% | 17.9% | 32.0% | 33.3 | $431,400 | 79.6% | 1,168,271 |
| 89 | Haitian Americans | $74,090 | 27.5% | 16.5% | 43.0% | 33.0 | $429,300 | 55.6% | 1,261,840 |
| 90 | Mexican Americans | $74,008 | 17.0% | 15.7% | 54.7% | 29.8 | $315,000 | 28.5% | 38,990,058 |
| 91 | Moroccan Americans | $73,710 | 42.8% | 13.6% | 38.5% | 33.3 | $401,200 | 48.4% | 156,002 |
| – | Hispanic and Latino AmericansMAJOR GROUP | $72,574 | 21.5% | 16.2% | 50.9% | 31.2 | $350,800 | 33.3% | 68,013,553 |
| 92 | Nicaraguan Americans | $72,423 | 23.5% | 16.6% | 38.6% | 33.9 | $445,900 | 61.2% | 606,767 |
| 93 | Cuban Americans | $71,085 | 32.6% | 15.2% | 52.3% | 39.4 | $453,400 | 57.3% | 2,948,426 |
| – | Central AmericansREGIONAL TOTAL | $70,271 | 16.2% | 19.0% | 39.7% | 29.7 | $376,400 | 56.3% | 7,518,139 |
| 94 | Subsaharan African Americans | $69,734 | 41.7% | 17.2% | 39.9% | 33.4 | $373,000 | 44.1% | 4,686,257 |
| 95 | American ancestry | $69,658 | 27.5% | 12.4% | 70.9% | 43.4 | $291,800 | 0.8% | 18,060,343 |
| 96 | Iraqi Americans | $68,019 | 44.5% | 25.7% | 54.2% | 34.9 | $443,600 | 71.4% | 170,175 |
| 97 | Guatemalan Americans | $65,369 | 12.6% | 22.0% | 33.0% | 27.2 | $342,000 | 59.0% | 2,174,242 |
| 98 | Puerto Rican Americans | $64,509 | 24.0% | 18.5% | 46.1% | 33.3 | $347,000 | 2.2% | 6,110,356 |
| 99 | Dominican Americans | $61,221 | 23.5% | 18.9% | 33.5% | 31.9 | $392,500 | 49.5% | 2,539,893 |
| 100 | Honduran Americans | $58,749 | 13.6% | 25.6% | 30.4% | 27.5 | $315,000 | 63.4% | 1,459,863 |
| – | Black AmericansMAJOR GROUP | $56,669 | 26.9% | 20.2% | 45.4% | 36.6 | $277,500 | 11.4% | 39,959,479 |
| 101 | Somali Americans | $48,294 | 28.2% | 31.2% | 17.5% | 23.2 | $400,400 | 49.4% | 193,061 |
Median household income counts households whose householder belongs to the group, in dollars of the survey year. Half of those households earn more and half earn less. 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
Indian Americans, at $161,520, according to the Census Bureau's 2024 American Community Survey. Taiwanese Americans are second at $142,691, and Australian Americans are third at $120,274. The median for all US households is $81,604.
Somali Americans, at $48,294, among the 101 groups large enough for the Census Bureau to profile nationally. Honduran Americans are next at $58,749.
Among the four major groups, Asian Americans are at $117,894, followed by White Americans ($87,572), Hispanic and Latino Americans ($72,574), and Black Americans ($56,669). The median for all US households is $81,604.
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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