Table 12.1 Race-Ethnicity and Comparative Well Being

 

Income

Unemployment

Poverty

Home Ownership

 

 

Median

Family

Income

 

Percentage

of White

Income

 

Percentage

Unemployed

 

Percentage

of White

Unemployment

Percentage

Below

Poverty

Line

 

Percentage

of White

Poverty

Percentage

Owning

Their

Homes

Percentage

of White

Home

Ownership

White Americans

$51,224

－

2.3%

－

9.8%

－

71%

－

Latinos

$31,663

62%

3.9%

170%

22.8%

233%

48%

65%

Country of origin

 

Mexico

$31,123

61%

4.1%

178%

24.1%

246%

48%

68%

Puerto Rico

$30,129

59%

4.0%

174%

25.8%

263%

35%

49%

Cuba

$38,312

75%

2.7%

117%

17.3%

177%

59%

83%

Central and

South America

$33,105

65%

3.5%

152%

16.7%

170%

38%

54%

African Americans

$31,778

62%

5.0%

217%

23.6%

241%

47%

66%

Asian Americansa

$54,500c

106%

2.6%

113%

10.8%

110%

53%

75%

Native Americans

$31,929

62%

20.2%

878%

28.4%

290%

NAb

NA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

aInclude Pacific Islanders.

bNot available.

cExtrapolated from changes in income for other groups.

Sources: Statistical Abstract 2002: Tables 36, 37, 38, 40; and U.S. Bureau of the Census, American Fact Finder, 2003: Tables GCT-P12, P14.

 

 

 

 

 

Table 12.2 Education and Race-Ethnicity

 

Less than

High School

Education

 

High School

Education

 

1-3 Years

of College

 

College

Graduate

Number of

Doctorates

Awarded

Percentage of

all Doctorates

Awarded

 

Percentage of

U.S. Population

White Americans

15%

33%

25%

26%

23,660

79%

68.2%

Latinos

32%

57%

NA%

11%

1,283

4%

13.5%

African Americans

22%

35%

27%

17%

1,760

6%

12.2%

Asian Americans

14%

22%

20%

44%

2,327

8%

4.1%

Native Americans

28%

59%

NA

13%

179

0.6%

0.8%

Note: NA = Not Available. Totals except for doctorates refer to persons 25 years and over.

Sources: Statistical Abstract 2000: Table 42, 44; 2002: Tables 36, 37, 40, 771; U.S. Bureau of the Census, American Fact Finder, 2003: Table GCT-P11.