Cognitive Ability by Group
% US pop. | Average Normalized IQ* | Percentile | |
White non-Hispanic | 60,0 | 103 | 58 |
Hispanics | 17.9 | 94 | 34 |
African-American | 12,8 | 91 | 27 |
Asian | 5.7 | 108 | 70 |
Other | 3.7 | --- | --- |
*normalized to 100 mean and SD 15.
Combine from pages 16 and 38 from Murray, Facing Reality.
Note on Hispanics. Two-thirds self-identify as white.
IQ by Selected Jobs/professions
White | Africa-Am | Hispanic | |
K-12 teachers | 110 | 95 | 101 |
Registered Nurse | 109 | 94 | 105 |
Secretaries | 102 | 90 | 93 |
Retail Sales | 102 | 89 | 93 |
Childcare | 102 | 83 | 85 |
Janitors | 92 | 79 | 82 |
Professions requiring 115+ IQ e.g. MD doctors etc | 118 | 105 | 112 |
Table 7, page 77 Murray, Minimum required for US Army – 93 or percentile 31.