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Properly characterizing the economic profile of a population is important. In the United States (US), the collection and dissemination of population statistics by race and ethnicity is mandatory. Because current legal directives in the US fail to accurately capture the ethnic component, this paper presents a race and ethnic-specific coding scheme. In addition, estimates of personal income are provided by the suggested race and ethnic-specific groups for a selected group of males. This is done using American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Sample 3-year (2007–2011) files. It is found that Non-Latino-White males have a larger portion (48 %) of their group making more than $50,000 per-year when compared to Non-Latino-Others (52 %); Non-Latino-Blacks (69 %); Non-Mexican-Latinos (73 %); and Mexican-Latinos (80 %). Because the letter of the law and its derivative standards fail to properly identify the economically vulnerable individuals, research into economic conditions of minority groups should continue.
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Siordia, C. Population Economic Profile by Race and Ethnicity-Specific Categories: Microdata from the American Community Survey (2009–2011). Spat Demogr 4, 71–81 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40980-016-0021-9
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