Table 3.16 Medians and Standard Errors for Various Characteristics by World Region of Birth: March 1998

                (Numbers in thousands.)



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

     |                             |               |                                  WORLD REGION OF BIRTH                                  |

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

     |                             |               |              |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |              |

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

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

     |  1. MEDIAN AGE              |                                                                                                         |

     |     All People              |       37.8           50.2           38.1           32.5           41.8           37.7           40.4    |

     |      Males                  |       36.5           47.2           37.4           31.7           41.1           36.9           39.0    |

     |      Females                |       38.2           52.5           38.8           33.6           42.4           38.4           41.9    |

     |                             |                                                                                                         |

     | 2. MEDIAN INCOME OF PERSONS |                                                                                                         |

     |     All People              |   $ 15,395       $ 16,791       $ 20,529       $ 12,367       $ 14,075       $ 16,383       $ 20,756    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |        217            691            499            194            726            701            959    |

     |     Males                   |     19,863         26,443         26,385         15,085         17,180         21,415         28,960    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |        402          1,333            782            320          1,108          1,025          1,771    |

     |     Females                 |     11,440         12,153         14,103          9,305         10,862         12,282         13,353    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |        197            530            774            368            648            814          1,372    |

     |                             |                                                                                                         |

     | 3. MEDIAN HOUSHOLD INCOME   |                                                                                                         |

     |     All Family Households   |   $ 36,519       $ 45,414       $ 51,118       $ 24,850       $ 30,976       $ 38,365       $ 50,582    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |        610          2,758          1,460            774          2,327          1,889          4,016    |

     |     Married Couple          |     40,913         50,722         54,350         27,194         42,095         40,856         54,562    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |        732          3,251          2,224            974          3,387          1,681          4,434    |

     |     Male Family             |     34,307         37,218         46,005         24,845         31,069         42,668         61,517    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |      2,478         11,803          4,364          2,007          3,435          8,499         28,052    |

     |     Female Family           |     20,714         29,559         31,421         16,278         16,934         28,947         27,285    |

     |      (Standard Error)       |      1,200          3,424          4,482          1,162          1,771          4,602          8,535    |

     |                             |                                                                                                         |

     | 4. MEDIAN EARNINGS OF       |                                                                                                         |

     |     YEAR-ROUND FULL-TIME    |                                                                                                         |

     |     WORKERS                 |                                                                                                         |

     |      All People             |   $ 23,793       $ 32,488       $ 30,975       $ 16,721       $ 22,492       $ 23,100       $ 33,716    |

     |       (Standard Error)      |        506          1,439            525            280          1,124          1,177          2,307    |

     |      Males                  |     25,703         40,987         35,159         17,681         24,999         25,358         41,513    |

     |       (Standard Error)      |        413            891          1,703            485          1,576          1,613          4,207    |

     |      Females                |     21,313         25,761         26,289         14,362         20,980         19,827         27,229    |

     |       (Standard Error)      |        359          1,289            842            600          1,000          2,053          1,568    |

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

              Current Population Survey, March 1998, PPL-117

	Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000