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August 13, 2020 Issue Date:
August 29, 2020

Land of opportunity

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$36,962

Per capita income of white Americans in the United States in 2018, according to the Census Bureau. Several nonwhite groups of Asian ancestry earn more money than white Americans, on a per capita basis. When considered in terms of household income, many additional groups—including Iranian Americans, Indonesian Americans, Filipino Americans, Ghanaian Americans, and Egyptian Americans—earn more than white Americans earn. Asian Americans overall had higher per capita and household incomes than white Americans had in 2018.

$53,298

Per capita income of Asian Indians in the United States in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

$50,617

Per capita income of Japanese Americans in the United States in 2018.

$43,583

Per capita income of Chinese Americans in the United States in 2018.

$41,385

Per capita income of Korean Americans in the United States in 2018.

$36,183

Per capita income of Filipino Americans in the United States in 2018.