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

                Region of Birth:  March 1999

                (Numbers in thousands.)



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     |Total                        |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

     |                             |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

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

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

     |  1. MEDIAN AGE              |                                                           |

     |     All People              |      35.3             33.1          41.8           38.7   |

     |      Males                  |      34.3             32.5          41.4           37.4   |

     |      Females                |      36.5             33.9          42.1           39.9   |

     |                             |                                                           |

     | 2. MEDIAN INCOME OF PERSONS |                                                           |

     |     All People              | $  13,870       $ 13,003        $ 14,832       $ 18,001   |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       280            319             639          1,018   |

     |     Males                   |    16,781         15,841          19,413         22,124   |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       284            306           1,179          1,931   |

     |     Females                 |    10,432          9,812          11,176         12,289   |

     |      (Error Term)           |       280            365             814          1,199   |

     |                             |                                                           |

     | 3. MEDIAN HOUSHOLD INCOME   |                                                           |

     |     All Family Households   |  $ 28,567        $ 26,399       $ 33,696       $ 40,264   |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       814             604          2,023          3,455   |

     |     Married Couples         |    31,454          27,836         42,010         44,765   |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       865             854          2,570          3,342   |

     |     Male Family             |    31,357          30,803         36,724         30,533   |

     |      (Standard Error)       |     1,821           2,217          6,060          5,541   |

     |     Female Family           |    17,523          15,416         20,576         28,735   |

     |      (Standard Error)       |     1,374           1,229          1,586          5,951   |

     |                             |                                                           |

     | 4. MEDIAN EARNINGS OF       |                                                           |

     |     YEAR-ROUND FULL-TIME    |                                                           |

     |     WORKERS                 |                                                           |

     |     All People              |  $ 19,050       $ 16,978        $ 23,013       $ 25,195   |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       418            259             980          1,486   |

     |     Males                   |    20,162         18,196          25,520         27,190   |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       407            553           1,066          1,861   |

     |     Females                 |    16,765         14,606          21,018         21,790   |

     |      (Standard Error)       |       407            480             851          1,494   |

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

              Current Population Survey, March 1995, PPL-123

	Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000