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

                 March 1998 

                 (Numbers in thousands.)



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

     |                             |             |                         Year of Entry                         | 

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

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

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

     |  1. MEDIAN AGE              |                                                                             | 

     |     All People              |      37.8           27.7           35.4           43.5            60.4      | 

     |      Males                  |      36.5           27.5           34.4           42.6            58.8      | 

     |      Females                |      39.2           28.1           36.5           44.4            61.7      | 

     |                             |                                                                             | 

     | 2. MEDIAN INCOME OF PERSONS |                                                                             | 

     |     All People              |  $ 15,395       $ 12,103       $ 15,954       $ 19,754        $ 16,054      | 

     |      (Standard Error)       |       217            243            303            657             600      | 

     |     Males                   |    19,863         14,766         19,568         25,421          25,427      | 

     |      (Standard Error)       |       402            489            684            880           1,430      | 

     |     Females                 |    11,440          9,155         12,017         13,651          11,305      | 

     |      (Standard Error)       |       197            507            283            779             464      | 

     |                             |                                                                             | 

     | 3. MEDIAN HOUSHOLD INCOME   |                                                                             | 

     |     All Family Households   |  $ 36,519       $ 28,349       $ 32,113       $ 42,469        $ 44,680      | 

     |      (Standard Error)       |       610          1,594          1,062          1,607           2,146      | 

     |     Married Couple          |    40,913         31,660         36,881         47,099          49,282      | 

     |      (Standard Error)       |       732          2,378          1,314          1,786           2,486      | 

     |     Male Family             |    34,307         34,272         33,237         36,182          32,862      | 

     |      (Standard Error)       |     2,478          3,939          3,716          6,494          11,250      | 

     |     Female Family           |    20,714         12,558         17,793         22,133          33,085      | 

     |      (Standard Error)       |     1,200          1,677          1,963          2,551           3,952      | 

     |                             |                                                                             | 

     | 4. MEDIAN EARNINGS OF       |                                                                             | 

     |     YEAR-ROUND FULL-TIME    |                                                                             | 

     |     WORKERS                 |                                                                             | 

     |     All People              |  $ 23,793       $ 19,405       $ 21,766       $ 27,149        $ 32,963      | 

     |      (Standard Error)       |       506            779            352            675           1,669      | 

     |     Males                   |    25,703         20,300         22,480         31,098          40,426      | 

     |      (Standard Error)       |       413            613            587            738           1,222      | 

     |     Females                 |    21,313         16,887         20,377         22,148          25,822      | 

     |      (Standard Error)       |       359            704            687            898           1,157      | 

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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