Table 1.16 Medians and Standard Errors for Various Characteristics by Citizenship Status: March 1998 

               (Numbers in Thousands)



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

     |                              |               |              CITIZENSHIP STATUS               | 

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

     |                              |               |               |  Naturalized  |               | 

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

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

     |                              |                                                               | 

     | 1. MEDIAN AGE                |                                                               | 

     |     All People               |      34.6            34.0            46.7           33.3      | 

     |     Males                    |      33.5            32.9            45.4           32.4      | 

     |     Females                  |      35.6            35.0            48.1           34.2      | 

     |                              |                                                               | 

     | 2. MEDIAN INCOME OF PERSONS  |                                                               | 

     |     All People               |  $ 18,756        $ 19,292        $ 19,797       $ 13,437      | 

     |      (Standard Error)        |        97             102             504            257      | 

     |     Males                    |    25,212          25,924          26,361         16,436      | 

     |      (Standard Error)        |       118             125             567            289      | 

     |     Females                  |    13,703          14,072          13,465         10,450      | 

     |      (Standard Error)        |       103             110             606            234      | 

     |                              |                                                               | 

     | 3. MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME   |                                                               | 

     |     All Family Households    |  $ 45,347        $ 46,461        $ 46,303       $ 29,881      | 

     |      (Standard Error)        |       237             249           1,063            809      | 

     |     Married Couple           |    51,681          52,813          51,417         33,018      | 

     |      (Standard Error)        |       232             313           1,281          1,589      | 

     |     Male Family              |    36,634          37,023          40,844         31,887      | 

     |      (Standard Error)        |       719             845           4,041          2,456      | 

     |     Female Family            |    23,040          23,355          26,545         16,591      | 

     |      (Standard Error)        |       393             411           2,501          1,026      | 

     |                              |                                                               | 

     | 4. MEDIAN EARNINGS OF        |                                                               | 

     |    YEAR-ROUND FULL-TIME      |                                                               | 

     |    WORKERS                   |                                                               | 

     |     All People               |  $ 30,105        $ 30,593        $ 30,900       $ 20,146      | 

     |      (Standard Error)        |        78              81             423            317      | 

     |     Males                    |    33,674          35,277          35,014         21,000      | 

     |      (Standard Error)        |       306             133           1,316            324      | 

     |     Females                  |    24,973          25,273          26,212         17,193      | 

     |      (Standard Error)        |       148             120             675            460      | 

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

              Current Population Survey, March 1998

     Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000