Table 1.16 Medians and Standard Errors for Various Characteristics by Citizenship Status: March 1997

                (Numbers in thousands.)



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     |                             |               |              CITIZENSHIP STATUS               |

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

     |                             |               |               |  Naturalized  |               |

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

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

     | 1. MEDIAN AGE               |                                                               |

     |     All People              |      34.3            33.7           47.1            33.1      |

     |     Males                   |      33.2            32.7           45.8            32.3      |

     |     Females                 |      35.3            34.8           48.2            34.0      |

     |                             |                                                               |

     | 2. MEDIAN INCOME OF PERSONS |                                                               |

     |     All People              |  $ 17,587        $ 18,105        $ 19,399        $ 12,267     |

     |      (Standard Error)       |        93              98             553             166     |

     |     Males                   |    23,834          24,709          26,156          15,380     |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       150             157             683             312     |

     |     Females                 |    12,815          13,130          13,920           9,288     |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       101             106             626             296     |

     |                             |                                                               |

     | 3. MEDIAN HOUSHOLD INCOME   |                                                               |

     |     All Family Households   |  $ 43,082        $ 44,190        $  46,046       $  27,394    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |      251             264            1,225             764    |

     |     Married Couple          |    49,858          50,945           51,220          31,113    |

     |       (Standard Error)      |       290             253            1,386             785    |

     |     Male Family             |    35,658          36,310           48,629          29,139    |

     |       (Standard Error)      |       909             919            4,785           1,706    |

     |     Female Family           |    21,564          21,885           25,933          15,135    |

     |       (Standard Error)      |       327             346            3,164             990    |

     |                             |                                                               |

     | 4. MEDIAN EARNINGS OF       |                                                               |

     |     YEAR-ROUND FULL-TIME    |                                                               |

     |     WORKERS                 |                                                               |

     |      All People             |  $   28,300      $  29,243       $  30,892       $  19,278    |

     |       (Standard Error)      |         169            170             430             451    |

     |      Males                  |      32,144         33,187          35,578          20,478    |

     |       (Standard Error)      |         109            299             721             382    |

     |      Females                |      23,710         24,148          25,460          17,151    |

     |       (Standard Error)      |         158            163             611             460    |

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

              Current Population Survey, March 1997

      Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000