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