The United States Census has race and ethnicity as defined by the Office of Management and Budget in 1997.[1] The following median household income data are retrieved from American Community Survey 2018 1-year estimates. In this survey, the nationwide population was 327,167,439 and the median household income was US$ 61,937 in 2018.[2]
| Race and Ethnicity | Alone | Alone or in Combination with Other Races | Ref | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Population | Median household income (US$) | Code | Population | Median household income (US$) | ||
| White Americans | 002 | 236,173,020 | 65,902 | 003 | 245,860,228 | 65,777 | [3] |
| Black or African American | 004 | 41,617,764 | 41,511 | 005 | 46,261,485 | 41,911 | [4] |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 006 | 2,801,587 | 44,772 | 009 | 5,710,410 | 48,370 | [5] |
| Asian Americans | 012 | 18,415,198 | 87,243 | 031 | 22,137,269 | 85,897 | [6] |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 050 | 626,054 | 61,911 | 060 | 1,468,239 | 64,865 | [7] |
| Some other race | 070 | 16,253,785 | 48,983 | 071 | 18,146,776 | 49,805 | [8] |
| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) | — | — | — | 400 | 59,763,631 | 51,404 | [9] |
| Not Hispanic or Latino | — | — | — | 450 | 267,403,808 | 64,025 | [9] |
Take Pakistanians and call center Indians out of the “Asian” category and it would shoot up dramatically.