Table 4.16 Medians and Standard Errors for Selected Characteristics of the Foreign Born by 

                Region of Birth:  March 1997

                (Numbers in thousands.)



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

     |Total                        |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

     |                             |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

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

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

     |  1. MEDIAN AGE              |                                                           |

     |     All People              |      34.2            31.9          41.7           37.4    |		

     |      Males                  |      33.0            30.9          40.8           36.3    |

     |      Females                |      35.7            33.0          42.6           38.3    |

     |                             |                                                           |

     | 2. MEDIAN INCOME OF PERSONS |                                                           |

     |     All People              | $  12,101          11,665        12,571         16,042    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       172             188           652            780    |

     |     Males                   |    14,804          13,857        15,761         20,589    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       358             408           851          1,515    |

     |     Females                 |     9,295           8,564        10,064         11,654    |

     |      (Error Term)           |       310             361           737            918    |

     |                             |                                                           |

     | 3. MEDIAN HOUSHOLD INCOME   |                                                           |

     |     All Family Households   |  $ 26,208          24,847        27,065         34,921    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       689             780         2,107          2,751    |

     |     Married Couples         |    29,996          26,911        38,776         41,798    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       904             949         3,447          4,026    |

     |     Male Family             |    27,838          26,915        31,144         32,133    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |     1,909           2,196         8,369          9,425    |

     |     Female Family           |    15,619          16,298        13,919         19,718    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |     960             1,237         1,126          4,210    |

     |                             |                                                           |

     | 4. MEDIAN EARNINGS OF       |                                                           |

     |     YEAR-ROUND FULL-TIME    |                                                           |

     |     WORKERS                 |                                                           |

     |     All People              |  $ 17,705           16,261        21,387         23,484   |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       440              299           599          1,056   |

     |     Males                   |    18,556           16,804        23,916         25,166   |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       664              319         1,729          1,254   |

     |     Females                 |    16,692           14,213        20,217         21,108   |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       501              671           943          1,676   |

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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