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Household Income by Race/Ethnicity

Disparities exist in median household income by the race/ethnicity

Household income⁵ is a widely accepted measure of financial well-being. There are large disparities across racial and ethnic groups in median household income.

The overall Lincoln median household income in 2022 (in 2022 dollars) was $67,846. Median household incomes in 2022 were:

• $77,645 for Asian households, or 14.4% higher than the Lincoln median.
• $70,264 for White households, or 3.6% higher than the Lincoln median.
• $55,571 for Latino/a or Hispanic households, or 18.1% lower than the Lincoln median.
• $48,347 for householders reporting as being of Two or More Races, or 28.7% lower than the Lincoln median.
• $45,476 for Black or African American households, or 33.0% lower than the Lincoln median.
• $44,523 for householders reporting as being of Some Other Race, or 34.4% lower than the Lincoln median.
• $29,015 for American Indian and Alaska Native households, or 57.2% lower than the Lincoln median.

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U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 5-year estimates, table S1903.

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5. The sum of the income of all people 15 years and older living in the household. A household includes related family members and all the unrelated people, if any, such as lodgers, foster children, wards, or employees who share the housing unit. A person living alone in a housing unit, or a group of unrelated people sharing a housing unit, is also counted as a household.