Income by Racial Classification

Date posted: 10/20/2004

The median family income is the point that divides income distribution into two equal parts: one-half of the cases falling below the median income and one-half above the median. Median family income is based on the distribution of the total number of households and families, including those with no income.

The United States Census classifications of race were: 'White (non-Hispanic or Latino)', 'Hispanic or Latino', 'Asian', 'Black or African American', 'American Indian & Alaskan Native', 'Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander', 'Other Race', and 'Two or More Races'. For additional information, please see Classifications of Race.

What this chart shows: Median Family Income by Racial Classification - United States, Colorado, and Larimer County, 2000

 

Data Source: United States 2000 Census

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What this table shows: Median Family Income (MFI) Ranges of Larimer County Residents by Racial Classification, 2000

Census 2000	White (non-Hispanic or Latino)		Hispanic or Latino		Asian		Black or African American		American Indian or Alaskan Native		Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander		Other Race		Two or More Races
MFI Range	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
$0 to $19,999	14,277	16%	1,333	23%	276	22%	82	15%	121	18%	7	19%	508	21%	372	25%
$20,000 to 29,000	9,775	11%	1,046	18%	145	12%	123	23%	51	8%	14	39%	431	18%	235	16%
$30,000 to $39,999	10,082	11%	753	13%	134	11%	73	13%	140	21%	0	0%	362	15%	195	13%
$40,000 to $49,000	9,840	11%	679	12%	87	7%	65	12%	93	14%	7	19%	266	11%	161	11%
$50,000 to $59,999	8,957	10%	605	10%	94	8%	58	11%	75	11%	0	0%	305	12%	145	10%
$60,000 to $74,999	10,655	12%	589	10%	188	15%	61	11%	75	11%	0	0%	290	12%	167	11%
$75,000 to $99,999	11,524	13%	463	8%	137	11%	35	6%	104	15%	3	8%	172	7%	104	7%
$100,000 or more	12,764	15%	371	6%	184	15%	45	8%	12	2%	5	14%	118	5%	112	8%

Data Source: United States 2000 Census

What these data tell us:

In Larimer County, 'Whites (non-Hispanic or Latino)' had the highest Median Family Income (MFI) at $49,956, according to the 2000 Census. This was similar to the Colorado average ($50,546) for 'Whites', but higher than the national MFI ($45,367) for that racial category. Nationally, 'Asians' had the highest MFI ($51,908) of any racial group. During this same time, 15% of 'Whites' and 'Asians' had a MFI over $100,000. In terms of raw numbers, Larimer County had 12,764 'Whites' and 184 'Asians' in that range.

The highest percentage (about 25%) of 'Hispanics or Latinos' and those of 'Two or More Races' earned a median family income under $20,000. This represents a smaller raw number (1,705 combined) than 16% of Whites (14,277) in the same income range.

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Census Racial Classifications:

White: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. It includes people who indicate their race as "White" or report entries such as Irish, German, Italian, Lebanese, Near Easterner, Arab, or Polish.

Black or African American: A person having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa. It includes people who indicate their race as "Black, African Am., or Negro," or provide written entries such as African American, Afro-American, Kenyan, Nigerian, or Haitian.

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American Indian or Alaska Native: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America) and who maintain tribal affiliation or community attachment. It includes people who classified themselves as described below.

• American Indian: This category includes people who indicated their race as "American Indian," entered the name of an Indian tribe, or reported such entries as Canadian Indian, French American Indian, or Spanish American Indian.

• American Indian tribe: Respondents who identified themselves as American Indian were asked to report their enrolled or principal tribe. Therefore, tribal data in tabulations reflect the written entries reported on the questionnaires. Some of the entries (for example, Iroquois, Sioux, Colorado River, and Flathead) represent nations or reservations. The information on tribe is based on self-identification and therefore does not reflect any designation of federally- or state-recognized tribe. Information on American Indian tribes is presented in summary files. The information for Census 2000 is derived from the American Indian Tribal Classification List for the 1990 census that was updated based on a December 1997, Federal Register Notice, entitled "Indian Entities Recognized and Eligible to Receive Service From the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs," Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, issued by the Office of Management and Budget.

• Alaska Native: This category includes written responses of Eskimos, Aleuts, and Alaska Indians as well as entries such as Arctic Slope, Inupiat, Yupik, Alutiiq, Egegik, and Pribilovian. The Alaska tribes are the Alaskan Athabascan, Tlingit, and Haida. The information for Census 2000 is based on the American Indian Tribal Classification List for the 1990 census, which was expanded to list the individual Alaska Native Villages when provided as a written response for race.

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Hispanic or Latino: The data on the Hispanic or Latino population, which was asked of all people, were derived from answers to long-form questionnaire Item 5, and short-form questionnaire Item 7. The terms "Spanish," "Hispanic origin," and "Latino" are used interchangeably. Some respondents identify with all three terms, while others may identify with only one of these three specific terms. Hispanics or Latinos who identify with the terms "Spanish," "Hispanic," or "Latino" are those who classify themselves in one of the specific Hispanic or Latino categories listed on the questionnaire -- "Mexican," "Puerto Rican," or "Cuban" -- as well as those who indicate that they are "other Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino." People who do not identify with one of the specific origins listed on the questionnaire but indicate that they are "other Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino" are those whose origins are from Spain, the Spanish-speaking countries of Central or South America, the Dominican Republic, or people identifying themselves generally as Spanish, Spanish-American, Hispanic, Hispano, Latino, and so on. All write-in responses to the "other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino" category were coded.

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Asian: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam. It includes "Asian Indian," "Chinese," "Filipino," "Korean," "Japanese," "Vietnamese," and "Other Asian."

• Asian Indian: This category includes people who indicated their race as "Asian Indian" or identified themselves as Bengalese, Bharat, Dravidian, East Indian, or Goanese.
• Chinese: This category includes people who indicate their race as "Chinese" or who identify themselves as Cantonese, or Chinese American. In some census tabulations, written entries of Taiwanese are included with Chinese while in others they are shown separately.
• Filipino: This category includes people who indicate their race as "Filipino" or who report entries such as Philipino, Philipine, or Filipino American.
• Japanese: This category includes people who indicate their race as "Japanese" or who report entries such as Nipponese or Japanese American.
• Korean: This category includes people who indicate their race as "Korean" or who provide a response of Korean American.
• Vietnamese: This category includes people who indicate their race as "Vietnamese" or who provide a response of Vietnamese American.
• Cambodian: This category includes people who provide a response such as Cambodian or Cambodia.

• Hmong: This category includes people who provide a response such as Hmong, Laohmong, or Mong.
• Laotian: This category includes people who provide a response such as Laotian, Laos, or Lao.
• Thai: This category includes people who provide a response such as Thai, Thailand, or Siamese.
• Other Asian: This category includes people who provide a response of Bangladeshi; Bhutanese; Burmese; Indochinese; Indonesian; Iwo Jiman; Madagascar; Malaysian; Maldivian; Nepalese; Okinawan; Pakistani; Singaporean; Sri Lankan; or Other Asian, specified and Other Asian, not specified.

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*Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. It includes people who indicate their race as "Native Hawaiian," "Guamanian or Chamorro," "Samoan," and "Other Pacific Islander."

• Native Hawaiian: This category includes people who indicate their race as "Native Hawaiian" or who identify themselves as "Part Hawaiian" or "Hawaiian."
• Guamanian or Chamorro: This category includes people who indicate their race as such, including written entries of Guam or Chamorro.
• Samoan: This category includes people who indicate their race as "Samoan" or who identify themselves as American Samoan or Western Samoan.
• Other Pacific Islander: This category includes people who provide a write-in response of a Pacific Islander group such as Carolinian; Chuukese (Trukese); Fijian; Kosraean; Melanesian; Micronesian; Northern Mariana Islander; Palauan; Papua New Guinean; Pohnpeian; Polynesian; Solomon Islander; Tahitian; Tokelauan; Tongan; Yapese; or Other Pacific Islander, specified and Other Pacific Islander, not specified.

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Some other race: This category includes all other responses not included in the "White," "Black or African American," "American Indian or Alaska Native," "Asian," and "Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander" race categories described above. Respondents providing write-in entries such as multiracial, mixed, interracial, or a Hispanic/Latino group (for example, Mexican, Puerto Rican, or Cuban) in the "Some other race" write-in space are included in this category.

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Two or more races: People may have chosen to provide two or more races either by checking two or more race response check boxes, by providing multiple write-in responses, or by some combination of check boxes and write-in responses. The race response categories shown on the questionnaire are collapsed into the five minimum races identified by the OMB, and the Census Bureau "Some other race" category. For data product purposes, "Two or more races" refers to combinations of two or more of the following race categories:

1. White
2. Black or African American
3. American Indian and Alaska Native
4. Asian
5. Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
6. Some other race

There are 57 possible combinations involving the race categories shown above. Thus, according to this approach, a response of "White" and "Asian" was tallied as two or more races, while a response of "Japanese" and "Chinese" was not because "Japanese" and "Chinese' are both Asian responses.

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Data Table:

Median Family Income by Racial Classification, United States, Colorado and Larimer County, 2000

	United States	Colorado	Larimer County
White (non-Hispanic or Latino)	$45,367	$50,546	$49,956
Hispanic or Latino	$33,676	$34,740	$36,884
Asian	$51,908	$48,619	$47,563
Black or African American	$29,423	$36,544	$39,583
American Indian & Alaskan Native	$30,599	$36,384	$43,165
Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander	$42,717	$39,729	$24,464
Other Race	$32,694	$33,848	$38,106
Two or More Races	$35,587	$37,195	$35,587

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