Table 3.16 Medians and Standard Errors for Various Characteristics by World Region of Birth: March 1997

                (Numbers in thousands.)



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

     |                             |               |                                  WORLD REGION OF BIRTH                                  |

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

     |                             |               |              |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |              |

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

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

     |  1. MEDIAN AGE              |                                                                                                         |

     |     All People              |       37.4           50.8           37.7           31.9           41.7           37.4           40.2    |

     |      Males                  |       36.1           48.3           37.5           30.9           40.8           36.3           38.8    |

     |      Females                |       38.9           52.9           37.9           33.0           42.6           38.3           41.8    |

     |                             |                                                                                                         |

     | 2. MEDIAN INCOME OF PERSONS |                                                                                                         |

     |     All People              |   $ 14,564       $ 16,173       $ 18,967       $ 11,665       $ 12,571       $ 16,042       $ 20,290    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |        238            657            690            180            623            745          1,051    |

     |     Males                   |     18,155         26,215         25,322         13,857         15,761         20,589         26,940    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |        464          1,397          1,160            390            808          1,439          1,999    |

     |     Females                 |     10,892         11,710         14,075          8,564         10,064         11,654         12,962    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |        230            485            791            345            705            861          1,904    |

     |                                                                                                                                       |

     | 3. MEDIAN HOUSHOLD INCOME   |                                                                                                         |

     |     All Family Households   |   $ 34,261       $ 44,674       $ 49,411       $ 24,847       $ 27,065       $ 34,921      $ 41,722     |

     |      (Standard Error)       |        845          2,066          2,047            780          2,107          2,751         3,662     |

     |     Married Couple          |     39,360         49,302         52,646         26,911         38,776         41,798        46,827     |

     |      (Standard Error)       |      1,092          2,227          2,942            949          3,447          4,026         3,711     |

     |     Male Family             |     31,878         45,857         46,961         26,915         31,144         32,133        43,049     |

     |      (Standard Error)       |      2,038          6,548          7,206          2,196          8,369          9,425         8,253     |

     |     Female Family           |     18,606         30,987         29,350         16,298         13,919         19,718        18,663     |

     |      (Standard Error)       |      1,340          3,025          3,953          1,237          1,126          4,210         4,908     |

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     | 4. MEDIAN EARNINGS OF       |                                                                                                         |

     |     YEAR-ROUND FULL-TIME    |                                                                                                         |

     |     WORKERS                 |                                                                                                         |

     |      All People             |   $ 22,610       $ 32,642       $ 30,474       $ 16,261       $ 21,387         23,484        31,313     |

     |       (Standard Error)      |        372          1,778            656            286            572          1,007           903     |

     |      Males                  |     25,003         40,492         35,275         16,804         23,916         25,166        35,438     |

     |       (Standard Error)      |        514          1,365          1,736            305          1,680          1,198         2,378     |

     |      Females                |     20,767         23,401         24,584         14,213         20,217         21,108        26,150     |

     |       (Standard Error)      |        329          1,505            971            642            894          1,563         1,605     |

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

              Current Population Survey, March 1997, PPL-129

	Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000