A US Census Bureau report puts Filipinos near the top among all American consumers. The data shows the median income of a Filipino household in America is $81,929 while the rest of the nation is $53,657. Only South Asians (particularly those originally from India), Jewish-Americans and Taiwanese-Americans are ahead of Filipinos, the numbers further revealed.

In New York, where it counts as the city with the most billionaires in the world, the Filipino family median income is even higher – $92,486 – which makes Filipinos as the second among all population groups in the US.

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