Per capita income in the United States by ancestry

This is a list of per capita income for U.S. citizens, organized by ancestry. For a list for foreign-born citizens organized by country of origin see Per capita income in the United States by country of birth.

• The list gives per capita income in US dollars for all ancestry groups with more than 100,000 residents as of 2000.
• Source is: Census 2000, U.S. Census Bureau.

Rank	Ancestry	Population (2000)	Per capita income (1999 US$)
1	Russian	2652214	40145
2	Austrian	735128	38697
3	Lithuanian	659992	34078
4	British	1085718	33891
5	Israeli	106839	33242
6	Romanian	367278	32993
7	Czechoslovakian	441403	32437
8	Scottish	4890581	32228
9	Hungarian	1398702	30980
10	Welsh	1753794	30867
11	Swiss	911502	30612
12	Iranian	338266	30143
13	Japanese	795051	30075
14	Slovene	176691	29336
15	Canadian	647276	29182
16	English	24514199	28854
17	Croatian	374241	28841
18	Lebanese	440279	28685
19	Slavic	127136	28465
20	Ukrainian	892922	28422
21	Syrian	142897	28396
22	Belgian	360642	28367
23	Scotch Irish	4319232	27968
24	Danish	1430897	27648
25	Turkish	117575	27554
26	Asian Indian	1645510	27514
27	Greek	1153295	27401
28	Serbian	140337	27340
29	Swedish	3998310	27187
30	Czech	1262249	26762
32	Polish	8977235	26418
33	Slovak	797764	26357
34	Argentine	107275	26121
35	Taiwanese	122751	25890
36	Armenian	385488	25847
37	German	42884825	25463
38	Norwegian	4477725	25454
39	French Canadian	2349684	25359
40	Irish	30528470	25053
41	Italian	15723406	24961
42	Finnish	623559	24876
43	Egyptian	142832	24604
44	Dutch	4541770	24591
45	Scandinavian	425099	24542
46	Arab	1189731	24061
47	French (except Basque)	8309666	23904
48	Chinese (mainland)	2300219	23642
49	Spaniard	112999	23046
50	Yugoslavian	328547	22901
51	Portuguese	1176615	22368
52	Filipino	1864120	21267
53	Pennsylvania German	255807	21031
54	Cuban	1249820	20451
55	Trinidadian and Tobagonian	164738	20075
56	Guyanese	162425	19289
57	Jamaican	736513	19111
58	Thai	110851	19066
59	West Indian	147222	18885
60	Nigerian	164691	18838
61	Korean	1072682	18805
62	Pakistani	155909	18096
63	Native Hawaiian	139495	17697
64	South American	1419979	17645
65	West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	1852874	17641
66	Peruvian	247601	17366
67	Albanian	113661	17287
68	Colombian	496748	16428
69	Subsaharan African	1779462	16129
70	Brazilian	181076	16115
71	Arab/Arabic	205822	15858
72	Vietnamese	1110207	15655
73	Ecuadorian	273013	15042
74	Polynesian	262360	14955
75	Nicaraguan	194493	14194
76	Puerto Rican	3403510	13518
77	Haitian	548199	13210
78	American Indian	1895160	12923
79	Salvadoran	708741	12349
80	Guatemalan	407127	12083
81	Laotian	167792	11830
82	Dominican (Dominican Republic)	799768	11773
83	Honduran	237431	11629
84	Mexican	20900102	10918
85	Cambodian	178043	10366
86	Hmong	170049	6600

Notes

^ includes Egyptian, Iraqi, Jordanian, Lebanese, Moroccan, Palestinian, Syrian, "Arab"/"Arabic", and smaller Arab ancestries. "Arab"/"Arabic" refers to responses of "Arab" or "Arabic", rather than a particular Arab group.

^ includes Bahamian, Barbadian, Belizean, British West Indian, Dutch West Indian, Haitian, Jamaican, Trinidadian and Tobagonian, "West Indian", and smaller West Indian or Caribbean non-Hispanic ancestries.

^ includes Cape Verdean, Ethiopian, Ghanian, Nigerian, South African, African, and smaller Subsaharan African groups.

See also

• List of ethnic groups in the United States by household income

External links

• Census site