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286 C h a p t e r 9 R A C E A N D E T H N I C I T Y

Whites 9.9% 29.3% 30.0% 19.3% 26,908 57.1% 65.6% Latinos 39.2% 25.9% 21.8% 8.9% 2,267 3.6% 15.4%

Country or Area of Origin

Cuba 26.5% 30.4% 18.4% 24.7% NA NA Puerto Rico 27.8% 33.7% 24.7% 13.8% NA NA Central and South 37.6% 25.6% 18.3% 18.5% NA NA America

Mexico 47.7% 26.6% 17.4% 8.3% NA NA African Americans 19.3% 31.4% 31.7% 11.5% 2,604 6.1% 12.8% Asian Americans 14.9% 16.0% 19.5% 29.8% 2,734 5.7% 4.5% Native Americans 24.3% 30.3% 32.5% 8.7% 127 0.4% 1.0%

1Percentage after the doctorates awarded to nonresidents are deducted from the total.

Education Completed Doctorates Percentage Percentage

Less than High Some College Number of all U.S. of U.S. Racial–Ethnic Group High School School College (BA or Higher) Awarded Doctorates1 Population

TABLE 9.3 Race–Ethnicity and Education

Source: By the author. Based on Statistical Abstract of the United States 2011:Tables 36, 37, 296 and Figure 9.5 of this text.

Whites $70,835 — 7.3% — 9.3% — 73% — Latinos $43,437 39% lower 10.5% 31% higher 21.3% 129% higher 49% 33% lower Country or Area of Origin Cuba NA2 NA 5.0% 32% lower 16.8% 81% higher 58% 21% lower Central NA NA NA NA 18.9% 103% higher 40% 45% lower and South America

Mexico NA NA 8.4% 14% higher 24.8% 166% higher 49% 33% lower Puerto Rico NA NA 8.6% 16% higher 25.2% 171% higher 38% 48% lower

African $41,874 41% lower 12.3% 41% higher 24.1% 159% higher 46% 37% lower Americans

Asian $80,101 13% higher 6.6% 10% lower 10.5% 13% higher 60% 14% lower Americans3

Native $43,190 39% lower NA NA 24.2% 160% higher 55% 25% lower Americans

1Data are from 2005 and 2006. 2Not Available 3Includes Pacific Islanders

TABLE 9.2 Race–Ethnicity and Comparative Well-Being1

Income Unemployment Poverty Home Ownership

Source: By the author. Based on Statistical Abstract of the United States 2011:Tables 36, 37, 626.

Racial–Ethnic Group

Median Family Income

Compared to Whites

Compared to Whites

Compared to Whites

Percentage Who Own Their Homes

Compared to Whites

Percentage Below Poverty Line

Percentage Unemployed