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

			    Entry:  March 1996

                     (Numbers in thousands.)



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

     |                             |             |                         Year of Entry                        |

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

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

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

     |  1. MEDIAN AGE              |                                                                            |

     |     All People              |      37.1           26.5           33.3           41.5           60.1      |

     |      Males                  |      35.9           25.9           32.8           41.1           59.3      |

     |      Females                |      38.4           27.2           33.9           41.8           60.8      |

     |                             |                                                                            |

     | 2. MEDIAN INCOME OF PERSONS |                                                                            |

     |     All People              |  $ 13,912       $ 10,479       $ 14,224       $ 16,820       $ 15,048      |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       270            298            432            467            548      |

     |     Males                   |    17,319         12,468         16,682         21,520         22,261      |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       277            538            355            752          1,194      |

     |     Females                 |    10,424          7,077         10,706         12,007         10,825      |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       222            361            403            433            430      |

     |                             |                                                                            |

     | 3. MEDIAN HOUSHOLD INCOME   |                                                                            |

     |     All Family Households   |  $ 32,132       $ 23,283       $ 28,140       $ 36,543       $ 40,273      |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       644          1,243          1,286          1,112          1,703      |

     |     Married Couple          |    36,218         26,152         31,939         41,179         44,329      |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       836          1,800          1,469          1,373          1,966      |

     |     Male Family             |    30,986         22,783         33,344         32,118         42,702      |

     |      (Standard Error        |     2,797          2,427          4,002          4,493          6,091      |

     |     Female Family           |    19,208         12,732         16,618         20,387         30,588      |

     |      (Standard Error)       |     1,162          1,513          1,585          3,266          3,147      |

     |                             |                                                                            |

     | 4. MEDIAN EARNINGS OF       |                                                                            |

     |     YEAR-ROUND FULL-TIME    |                                                                            |

     |     WORKERS                 |                                                                            |

     |     All People              |  $ 22,054       $ 17,299       $ 19,906       $ 25,446       $ 30,110      |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       287            577            459            559          1,107      |

     |     Males                   |    24,180         18,221         20,859         27,422         35,715      |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       679          1,170            472          1,401          1,305      |

     |     Females                 |    19,652         16,252         17,708         21,755         22,597      |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       473            801            689            841          1,236      |

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

              Current Population Survey, March 1996, PPL-123

	Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000