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

                     Entry:  March 1999

                     (Numbers in thousands.)



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

     |                             |             |                         Year of Entry                        |

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

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

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

     |  1. MEDIAN AGE              |                                                                            |

     |     All People              |      38.1           28.4           36.1           44.4           61.1      |

     |      Males                  |      36.1           27.8           35.2           43.3           60.1      |

     |      Females                |      39.6           29.0           37.1           45.5           61.8      |

     |                             |                                                                            |

     | 2. MEDIAN INCOME OF PERSONS |                                                                            |

     |     All People              |  $ 16,006       $ 13,686       $ 16,064       $ 19,861       $ 16,380      |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       219            421            368            684            675      |

     |     Males                   |    20,254         16,221         20,040         26,181         25,256      |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       346            391            617            781          1,566      |

     |     Females                 |    11,752         10,421         11,795         14,300         11,376      |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       229            451            399            680            477      |

     |                             |                                                                            |

     | 3. MEDIAN HOUSHOLD INCOME   |                                                                            |

     |     All Family Households   |  $ 37,682       $ 28,855       $ 34,592       $ 44,824       $ 48,430      |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       918            998          1,292          1,775          1,680      |

     |     Married Couple          |    43,126         32,588         37,227         50,538         51,639      |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       929          2,135          1,775          1,875          2,186      |

     |     Male Family             |    35,643         31,828         35,980         44,782         42,013      |

     |      (Standard Error)       |     2,122          2,279          4,586          7,072          6,325      |

     |     Female Family           |    21,162         15,791         18,939         18,829         37,050      |

     |      (Standard Error)       |     1,066          1,643          2,119          1,524          2,866      |

     |                             |                                                                            |

     | 4. MEDIAN EARNINGS OF       |                                                                            |

     |     YEAR-ROUND FULL-TIME    |                                                                            |

     |     WORKERS                 |                                                                            |

     |     All People              |  $ 23,655       $ 20,061       $ 22,277       $ 27,060       $ 31,852      |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       463            491            429            779            958      |

     |     Males                   |    25,590         20,556         23,908         30,799         38,803      |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       423            498            895            813          2,011      |

     |     Females                 |    21,223         18,610         20,821         22,089         24,763      |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       352            974            524            973          1,150      |

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

              Current Population Survey, March 1999, PPL-123

	Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000