Table 16 Medians and Standard Errors for Selected Characteristics of the Foreign Born by Region of 

		  Birth:  March 1996

              (Numbers in thousands.)



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     |Total                        |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

     |                             |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

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

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

     |  1. MEDIAN AGE              |                                                           |

     |     All People              |     34.0             32.0          40.4           36.6    |

     |      Males                  |     32.9             31.2          39.9           35.5    |

     |      Females                |     35.1             33.0          40.8           37.8    |

     |                             |                                                           |

     | 2. MEDIAN INCOME OF PERSONS |                                                           |

     |     All People              |   11,856           11,308        12,603         16,322    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |      197              225           703            818    |

     |     Males                   |   14,622           13,611        16,660         21,546    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |      396              389           908          1,849    |

     |     Females                 |    9,026            8,041        10,658         11,663    |

     |      (Error Term)           |      320              375           684          1,347    |

     |                             |                                                           |

     | 3. MEDIAN HOUSHOLD INCOME   |                                                           |

     |     All Family Households   |   24,299           22,147        28,629         33,645    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |      792              651         1,923          2,663    |

     |     Married Couples         |   27,124           24,279        35,379         37,223    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |      791              897         2,263          3,616    |

     |     Male Family             |   22,443           22,853        22,139         22,113    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |    3,546            3,951         8,173         15,310    |

     |     Female Family           |   15,537           14,990        14,332         24,068    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |      964            1,058         2,310          3,843    |

     |                             |                                                           |

     | 4. MEDIAN EARNINGS OF       |                                                           |

     |     YEAR-ROUND FULL-TIME    |                                                           |

     |     WORKERS                 |                                                           |

     |     All People              |   17,395           16,088        22,376         22,700    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |      304              291         1,214          1,536    |

     |     Males                   |   18,369           16,851        24,644         25,712    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |      501              335         1,526          1,516    |

     |     Females                 |   15,967           13,797        19,774         18,482    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |      488              703         1,398          1,242    |

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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