Table 4.16 Medians and Standard Errors for Selected Characteristics of the Foreign Born by 

		    Region of Birth:  March 1995

                (Numbers in thousands.)



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

     |Total                        |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

     |                             |              |    CENTRAL   |              |              |

     |                             |LATIN AMERICA |    AMERICA   |  CARIBBEAN   |SOUTH AMERICA |

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

     |  1. MEDIAN AGE              |                                                           |

     |     All People              |      33.0            31.0          39.8           36.0    |

     |      Males                  |      31.9            30.2          39.7           34.6    |

     |      Females                |      34.4            32.0          39.9           37.2    |

     |                             |                                                           |

     | 2. MEDIAN INCOME OF PERSONS |                                                           |

     |     All People              |  $ 11,368        $ 11,003      $ 12,309       $ 12,806    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       198             218           620          1,355    |

     |     Males                   |    13,755          12,946        15,763         18,307    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       346             368           945          1,735    |

     |     Females                 |     8,501           7,971         9,653          8,920    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       282             338           626          1,033    |

     |                             |                                                           |

     | 3. MEDIAN HOUSHOLD INCOME   |                                                           |

     |     All Family Households   |  $ 23,492        $ 22,104      $ 27,017       $ 27,466    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       689             705         2,316          1,874    |

     |     Married Couples         |    25,849          23,108        35,988         30,626    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       851             868         2,290          3,301    |

     |     Male Family             |    27,087          27,679        26,216         24,537    |  

     |      (Standard Error)       |     1,661           1,990        13,395          5,952    |

     |     Female Family           |    14,261          14,434        13,015         17,907    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |     1,157           1,258         2,264          6,047    |

     |                             |                                                           |

     | 4. MEDIAN EARNINGS OF       |                                                           |

     |     YEAR-ROUND FULL-TIME    |                                                           |

     |     WORKERS                 |                                                           |

     |     All People              |  $ 16,899        $ 15,633      $ 22,476       $ 21,327    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       274             311         1,171          1,373    |

     |     Males                   |    17,372          16,229        24,768         25,058    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       380             327         1,754          1,967    |

     |     Females                 |    15,592          13,467        21,065         16,900    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       583             658         1,265          1,631    |

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

              Current Population Survey, March 1995, PPL-123

	Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000