Table 2.16 Medians and Standard Errors for Selected Characteristics of the Foreign Born by Year of Entry:  March 1997

                     (Numbers in thousands.)



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

     |                             |             |                         Year of Entry                         |

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

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

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

     |  1. MEDIAN AGE              |                                                                             |

     |     All People              |      37.4           26.8           34.4           42.9             60.2     |

     |      Males                  |      36.1           25.9           34.1           42.4             59.5     |

     |      Females                |      38.9           27.6           34.9           43.3             60.7     |

     |                             |                                                                             |

     | 2. MEDIAN INCOME OF PERSONS |                                                                             |

     |     All People              |  $ 14,564       $ 11,281       $ 14,479       $ 18,293         $ 15,767     |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       238            259            404            693              653     |

     |     Males                   |    18,155         13,322         17,154         23,268           24,606     |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       464            534            399            958            1,323     |

     |     Females                 |    10,892          7,709         10,987         14,107           11,106     |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       230            519            371            858              452     |

     |                             |                                                                             |

     | 3. MEDIAN HOUSHOLD INCOME   |                                                                             |

     |     All Family Households   |  $ 34,261       $ 26,363       $ 31,069       $ 40,033         $ 42,422     |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       845          1,612            916          1,573            2,199     |

     |     Married Couple          |    39,360         29,881         34,796         44,542           47,491     |

     |      (Standard Error)       |     1,092          1,815          1,443          1,929            2,110     |

     |     Male Family             |    31,878         28,951         33,448         37,162           28,338     |

     |      (Standard Error)       |     2,038          2,197          3,723          7,693            8,181     |

     |     Female Family           |    18,606         12,211         16,451         20,092           26,825     |

     |      (Standard Error)       |     1,340          1,487            973          1,936            3,336     |

     |                             |                                                                             |

     | 4. MEDIAN EARNINGS OF       |                                                                             |

     |     YEAR-ROUND FULL-TIME    |                                                                             |

     |     WORKERS                 |                                                                             |

     |     All People              |  $ 22,610       $ 17,648       $ 20,867       $ 26,276         $ 32,069     |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       372            652            317            594            1,146     |

     |     Males                   |    25,003         18,923         21,595         30,468           38,722     |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       514            999            417            785            1,830     |

     |     Females                 |    20,767         16,124         19,413         22,286           25,680     |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       329            775            876            997              897     |

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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