In 2009, German Americans 16.5%, Irish Americans 11.9%, English Americans 9.0% and Italian Americans 6.4% were the four largest self-reported ancestry groups in the United States forming 43.8% of the total population.[17]Overall, as the largest group, European Americans have the lowest poverty rate[18] and the second highest educational attainment levels, median household income,[19] and median personal income[20] of any racial demographic in the nation following Asian-Americans who rank first in those categories.