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title: "V. Economics and Health Insurance"
description: "Income In 2010, the median household income for Hispanics in the U.S. was $40,000, less than the U.S. median of $49,800. Ecuadorians have the highest median household income among these groups, at $50,000. The median household incomes for Colombians ($49,500) and Peruvians ($48,000) are slightly less than that. Dominicans ($34,000), Puerto Ricans ($36,000) and Hondurans […]"
date: "2012-06-27"
authors:
  - name: "Seth Motel"
    job_title: "Former Research Analyst"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/seth-motel/"
  - name: "Eileen Patten"
    job_title: "Former Research Analyst"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/eileen-patten/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2012/06/27/v-economics-and-health-insurance/"
---

# V. Economics and Health Insurance

### Income

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![](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2012/06/2012-phc-summary-09.png)

In 2010, the median household income for Hispanics in the U.S. was $40,000, less than the U.S. median of $49,800.

- Ecuadorians have the highest median household income among these groups, at $50,000. The median household incomes for Colombians ($49,500) and Peruvians ($48,000) are slightly less than that.
- Dominicans ($34,000), Puerto Ricans ($36,000) and Hondurans ($38,900) rank in the bottom three on the measure of median household income.

### Poverty

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![](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2012/06/2012-phc-summary-10.png)

The poverty rate among Hispanics was 25% in 2010. That compares with a 15% rate for the entire U.S. A recent Pew Hispanic Center report showed that more Latino children are living in poverty than any other major racial or ethnic group ([Lopez and Velasco, 2011](https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2011/09/28/childhood-poverty-among-hispanics-sets-record-leads-nation/)).

- The poverty rate is highest among Hondurans, Puerto Ricans and Mexicans (27%). They are closely followed by two groups at 26%— Dominicans and Guatemalans.
- Only Colombians and Peruvians have poverty rates below the total U.S. rate (15%). At 13%, the poverty rate is lowest among Columbians. They are followed closely by Peruvians (14%).

### Health Insurance

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![](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2012/06/2012-phc-summary-11.png)

Some 31% of Hispanics do not have health insurance, about twice the share of the overall U.S. population (16%).

- Half of Hondurans are uninsured. The next most likely to lack insurance are Guatemalans (48%) and Salvadorans (41%).
- Puerto Ricans (15%), Dominicans (22%) and Cubans (25%) are the groups least likely to lack health insurance.

### Homeownership

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![](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2012/06/2012-phc-summary-12.png)

Fewer than half (47%) of Hispanic household heads own their homes, lower than the overall U.S. rate of 65%.

- Nearly six-in-ten (57%) Cubans own their homes—the highest homeownership rate among the 10 largest Hispanic origin groups. Mexicans have the second highest homeownership rate at 50%. They are followed by Colombians and Peruvians—both with homeownership rates of 49%.
- The three groups least likely to be homeowners are Dominicans (24%), Hondurans (29%) and Guatemalans (30%).

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