Table 1.16 Medians and Standard Errors for Various Characteristics by Citizenship Status: March 1996

                (Numbers in thousands.)



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     |                             |               |              CITIZENSHIP STATUS               |

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

     |                             |               |               |  Naturalized  |               |

     |                             |     Total     |    Native     |    Citizen    | Not a Citizen |

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

     | 1. MEDIAN AGE               |                                                               |

     |     All People              |      33.9            33.4           47.3            33.1      |

     |     Males                   |      32.8            32.3           46.2            32.2      |

     |     Females                 |      34.9            34.4           48.4            34.0      |

     |                             |                                                               |

     | 2. MEDIAN INCOME OF PERSONS |                                                               |

     |     All People              |  $ 16,775        $ 17,132       $ 18,120        $ 11,941      |

     |      (Standard Error)       |        68              74            502             176      |

     |     Males                   |    22,562          23,457         24,988          15,354      |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       140             163            881             287      |

     |     Females                 |    12,130          12,349         13,272           8,902      |

     |      (Standard Error)       |        72              77            684             277      |

     |                             |                                                               |

     | 3. MEDIAN HOUSHOLD INCOME   |                                                               |

     |     All Family Households   |  $ 41,224        $ 42,263       $ 45,389        $ 25,983      |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       208             219          1,297             664      |

     |     Married Couple          |    47,129          48,492         48,229          29,237      |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       229             309          1,938             997      |

     |     Male Family             |    33,534          33,958         45,927          27,034      |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       964           1,058          6,365           2,830      |

     |     Female Family           |    21,348          21,602         30,293          15,102      |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       328             347          1,925           1,074      |

     |                             |                                                               |

     | 4. MEDIAN EARNINGS OF       |                                                               |

     |     YEAR-ROUND FULL-TIME    |                                                               |

     |     WORKERS                 |                                                               |

     |     All People              |  $ 27,147        $ 27,739       $ 30,008        $ 18,805      |

     |      (Standard Error)       |        86             176            877             397      |

     |     Males                   |    31,496          32,101         34,017          20,398      |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       110             115          1,307             369      |

     |     Females                 |    22,497          22,860         25,113          16,615      |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       131             168            676             386      |

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

              Current Population Survey, March 1996, PPL-128

	Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000