Educational Status and Average Income of people of Irish descent and other ethnic groups
| Ethnicity |
Mean Years of Education |
Average Income in thousands of Dollars (over 1972-91) |
| Irish |
12.6 |
9.8 |
| Irish(Protestant) |
12 |
9.4 |
| Irish(Catholic) |
13.2 |
10.2 |
| USA (Total) |
12.4 |
9.4 |
| USA (Whites) |
12.3 |
9.6 |
| USA (Blacks) |
11.2 |
8.2 |
| # |
# |
# |
| Other Ancestry Groups |
# |
# |
| Africa |
11.6 |
8.7 |
| French Canadian |
12.1 |
10.3 |
| Other Canadian |
12.2 |
9.7 |
| Denmark |
13.3 |
9.7 |
| England and Wales |
13.3 |
9.9 |
| Finland |
11.7 |
8.9 |
| France |
12.9 |
9.7 |
| Germany |
12.5 |
9.7 |
| Greece |
12.9 |
10.9 |
| Italy |
12.3 |
9.8 |
| Japan |
14.2 |
10.3 |
| Mexico |
10.6 |
8.7 |
| Netherlands |
11.8 |
9.5 |
| Norway |
12.7 |
9.9 |
| Poland |
12.3 |
10.1 |
| Russia |
13.7 |
10.4 |
| Scotland |
13.3 |
9.8 |
| Spain |
12.3 |
9.5 |
| Sweden |
12.9 |
9.6 |
| Switzerland |
13.2 |
9.8 |