Table 3.16 Medians and Standard Errors for Various Characteristics by World Region of Birth: March 1995

                (Numbers in thousands.)



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

     |                             |               |                                  WORLD REGION OF BIRTH                                  |

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

     |                             |               |              |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |              |

     |                             |     Total     |    EUROPE    |     ASIA     |   AMERICA    |  CARIBBEAN   |SOUTH AMERICA | OTHER AREAS  |

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

     |  1. MEDIAN AGE              |                                                                                                         |

     |     All People              |       36.9           50.7           36.8           31.0           39.8           36.0           40.6    |

     |      Males                  |       35.4           48.0           36.3           30.2           39.7           34.6           39.4    |

     |      Females                |       38.3           53.3           37.3           32.0           39.9           37.2           42.1    |

     |                             |                                                                                                         |

     | 2. MEDIAN INCOME OF PERSONS |                                                                                                         |

     |     All People              |   $ 13,210       $ 14,431       $ 17,115       $ 11,003       $ 12,309       $ 12,806       $ 17,204    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |        249            611            694            225            642          1,396          1,022    |

     |     Males                   |     16,872         24,379         22,034         12,946         15,763         18,307         24,941    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |        305          1,482            956            380            976          1,780          1,685    |

     |     Females                 |      9,828         10,299         12,077          7,971          9,653          8,920         11,881    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |        235            512            714            349            649          1,067            958    |

     |                             |                                                                                                         |

     | 3. MEDIAN HOUSHOLD INCOME   |                                                                                                         |

     |     All Family Households   |   $ 31,249       $ 40,906       $ 44,063       $ 22,104       $ 27,017       $ 27,466       $ 43,701    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |        720          1,888          2,311            765          2,495          2,026          2,931    |

     |     Married Couple          |     35,043         42,596         48,241         23,108         35,988         30,626         46,653    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |        931          1,949          2,433            935          2,545          3,506          3,855    |

     |     Male Family             |     29,298         47,841         35,805         27,679         26,216         24,537         51,397    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |      2,650         14,161          9,622          2,158         13,731          6,174         12,442    |

     |     Female Family           |     18,086         28,875         29,054         14,434         13,015         17,907         23,623    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |      1,539          3,652          3,561          1,370          2,395          6,403          4,245    |

     |                             |                                                                                                         |

     | 4. MEDIAN EARNINGS OF       |                                                                                                         |

     |     YEAR-ROUND FULL-TIME    |                                                                                                         |

     |     WORKERS                 |                                                                                                         |

     |      All People             |   $ 22,016       $ 30,078       $ 27,350       $ 15,633       $ 22,476       $ 21,327       $ 31,020    |

     |       (Standard Error)      |        293          1,262          1,074            321          1,210          1,432            988    |

     |      Males                  |     23,444         35,073         31,347         16,229         24,768         25,058         35,607    |

     |       (Standard Error)      |        570          2,026          1,102            338          1,810          2,032          1,755    |

     |      Females                |     20,242         21,898         23,792         13,467         21,065         16,900         24,991    |

     |       (Standard Error)      |        490          1,265          1,234            680          1,367          1,689          1,511    |

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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