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

                 Region of Birth:  March 1998 

                 (Numbers in thousands.)



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

     |Total                        |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               | 

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

     |                             |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              | 

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

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

     |  1. MEDIAN AGE              |                                                           | 

     |     All People              |      34.7            32.5          41.8           37.7    | 

     |      Males                  |      33.7            31.7          41.1           36.9    | 

     |      Females                |      36.0            33.6          42.4           38.4    | 

     |                             |                                                           | 

     | 2. MEDIAN INCOME OF PERSONS |                                                           | 

     |     All People              | $  13,098        $ 12,367      $ 14,075        $16,383    | 

     |      (Standard Error)       |       286             205           759            734    | 

     |     Males                   |    15,897          15,085        17,180         21,415    | 

     |      (Standard Error)       |       283             335         1,174          1,073    | 

     |     Females                 |    10,171           9,305        10,862         12,282    | 

     |      (Error Term)           |       269             385           678            857    | 

     |                             |                                                           | 

     | 3. MEDIAN HOUSHOLD INCOME   |                                                           | 

     |     All Family Households   |  $ 27,421          24,850        30,976         38,365    | 

     |      (Standard Error)       |       769             774         2,327          1,889    | 

     |     Married Couples         |    31,013          27,194        42,095         40,856    | 

     |      (Standard Error)       |       844             974         3,387          1,681    | 

     |     Male Family             |    28,048          24,845        31,069         42,668    | 

     |      (Standard Error)       |     1,948           2,007         3,435          8,499    | 

     |     Female Family           |    17,213          16,278        16,934         28,947    | 

     |      (Standard Error)       |     1,175           1,162         1,771          4,602    | 

     |                             |                                                           | 

     | 4. MEDIAN EARNINGS OF       |                                                           | 

     |     YEAR-ROUND FULL-TIME    |                                                           | 

     |     WORKERS                 |                                                           | 

     |     All People              |  $ 18,522          16,721        22,492         23,100    | 

     |      (Standard Error)       |       489             293         1,177          1,228    | 

     |     Males                   |    19,861          17,681        24,999         25,358    | 

     |      (Standard Error)       |       487             506         1,649          1,687    | 

     |     Females                 |    16,565          14,362        20,980         19,827    | 

     |      (Standard Error)       |       402             628         1,049          2,106    | 

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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