Table 3.16 Medians and Standard Errors for Various Characteristics by World Region of Birth: March 1996

                (Numbers in thousands.)



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

     |                             |               |                                  WORLD REGION OF BIRTH                                  |

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

     |                             |               |              |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |              |

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

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

     |  1. MEDIAN AGE              |                                                                                                         |

     |     All People              |       37.1           51.4           36.7           32.0           40.4           36.6           41.4    |

     |      Males                  |       35.9           48.7           36.5           31.2           39.9           35.5           39.8    |

     |      Females                |       38.4           53.5           37.0           33.0           40.8           37.8           42.9    |

     |                             |

     | 2. MEDIAN INCOME OF PERSONS |                                                                                                         |

     |     All People              |   $ 13,912       $ 15,024       $ 17,161       $ 11,308       $ 12,603       $ 16,322       $ 18,460    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |        270            647            490            215            673            782          1,365    |

     |     Males                   |     17,319         23,029         22,443         13,611         16,660         21,546         24,919    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |        277          1,226            930            372            858          1,761          2,011    |

     |     Females                 |     10,424         10,778         12,107          8,041         10,658         11,663         14,907    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |        222            441            549            359            653          1,270          1,326    |

     |                             |                                                                                                         |

     | 3. MEDIAN HOUSHOLD INCOME   |                                                                                                         |

     |     All Family Households   |   $ 32,132       $ 43,553       $ 45,256       $ 22,147       $ 28,629       $ 33,645       $ 42,799    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |        644          2,212          1,686            652          1,924          2,663          3,104    |

     |     Married Couple          |     36,218         46,103         47,357         24,279         35,379         37,223         47,616    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |        836          2,352          1,795            897          2,263          3,616          5,666    |

     |     Male Family             |     30,986         30,885         40,205         22,853         22,139         22,113         41,292    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |      2,797         11,267          4,997          3,952          8,174         15,311         13,930    |

     |     Female Family           |     19,208         32,077         29,916         14,990         14,332         24,068         27,883    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |      1,162          5,238          3,336          1,059          2,311          3,844          4,857    |

     |                             |                                                                                                         |

     | 4. MEDIAN EARNINGS OF       |                                                                                                         |

     |     YEAR-ROUND FULL-TIME    |                                                                                                         |

     |     WORKERS                 |                                                                                                         |

     |      All People             |   $ 22,054       $ 30,296       $ 28,184       $ 16,088       $ 22,376       $ 22,700       $ 30,147    |

     |       (Standard Error)      |        287          1,086          1,535            278          1,159          1,467          1,939    |

     |      Males                  |     24,180         36,632         31,552         16,851         24,644         25,712         33,373    |

     |       (Standard Error)      |        679          1,064            685            320          1,461          1,440          1,963    |

     |      Females                |     19,652         22,690         24,794         13,797         19,774         18,482         23,352    |

     |       (Standard Error)      |        473          1,481          1,021            672          1,332          1,195          1,765    |

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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