Table 2.16 Medians and Standard Errors for Selected Characteristics of the Foreign Born by Year of 

			   Entry:  March 1995

                     (Numbers in thousands.)



     +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

     |                             |             |                         Year of Entry                        |

     |                             |             |--------------------------------------------------------------|

     |     Total                   |     Total   |      1990+    |   1980-1989   |   1970-1979  |  Before 1970  |

     +-----------------------------+-------------+---------------+---------------+--------------+---------------|

     |  1. MEDIAN AGE              |                                                                            |

     |     All People              |      36.9           25.7           32.2           41.2          59.0       |

     |      Males                  |      35.4           25.2           31.6           40.3          57.1       |

     |      Females                |      38.3           26.2           32.9           42.1          60.4       |

     |                             |                                                                            |

     | 2. MEDIAN INCOME OF PERSONS |                                                                            |

     |     All People              |  $ 13,210       $ 10,119       $ 12,759       $ 16,228      $ 14,574       |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       249            408            376            489           508       |

     |     Males                   |    16,872         12,246         15,393         20,657        23,618       |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       305            473            445            605         1,393       |

     |     Females                 |     9,828          6,792          9,990         11,436        10,144       |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       235            322            410            548           441       |

     |                             |                                                                            |

     | 3. MEDIAN HOUSHOLD INCOME   |                                                                            |

     |     All Family Households   |  $ 31,249       $ 23,851       $ 26,466       $ 35,804      $ 40,297       |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       720          1,886            969          1,569         1,867       |

     |     Married Couple          |    35,043         25,987         29,684         40,645        44,016       |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       931          2,118          1,449          1,912         2,348       |

     |     Male Family             |    29,298         27,370         27,308         27,270        41,898       |

     |      (Standard Error)       |     2,650          6,866          1,648          5,520         8,731       |

     |     Female Family           |    18,086         12,339         14,841         21,988        23,967       |

     |      (Standard Error)       |     1,539          2,655          1,778          2,832         2,126       |

     |                             |                                                                            |

     | 4. MEDIAN EARNINGS OF       |                                                                            |

     |     YEAR-ROUND FULL-TIME    |                                                                            |

     |     WORKERS                 |                                                                            |

     |     All People              |  $ 22,016       $ 16,326       $ 19,636       $ 24,189      $ 30,324       |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       293            634            534            851           971       |

     |     Males                   |    23,444         16,945         20,423         25,585        36,543       |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       570            745            655            951         1,344       |

     |     Females                 |    20,242         14,247         18,221         21,595        23,269       |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       490          1,138            857            872         1,155       |

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      Source: Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division, U.S. Bureau of the Census

              Current Population Survey, March 1995, PPL-127

	Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000