Table 4.10  Total Money Earnings of Year-Round Full-Time Foreign-Born Workers by Sex and Region of Birth: March 2000
            (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)

Total
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|SEX AND MONEY EARNINGS   |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |
|                         |              |--------------------------------------------|
|                         |              |              |   CENTRAL    |              |
|                         |LATIN AMERICA |  CARIBBEAN   |   AMERICA    |SOUTH AMERICA |
|                         |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------|
|                         |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|
|-------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------|
|TOTAL with earnings 3/   | 6,727|  100.0| 1,302|  100.0| 4,525|  100.0|   899|  100.0|
|$1 to $2,499 or loss     |    81|    1.2|    18|    1.4|    57|    1.3|     7|    0.8|
|$2,500 to $4,999         |    43|    0.6|     -|      -|    37|    0.8|     6|    0.7|
|$5,000 to $9,999         |   396|    5.9|    63|    4.8|   310|    6.9|    24|    2.6|
|$10,000 to $14,999       | 1,450|   21.6|   197|   15.2| 1,144|   25.3|   109|   12.1|
|$15,000 to $19,999       | 1,460|   21.7|   234|   18.0| 1,063|   23.5|   163|   18.1|
|$20,000 to $24,999       |   970|   14.4|   155|   11.9|   681|   15.0|   135|   15.0|
|$25,000 to $34,999       | 1,059|   15.7|   250|   19.2|   664|   14.7|   146|   16.2|
|$35,000 to $49,999       |   714|   10.6|   180|   13.8|   370|    8.2|   163|   18.2|
|$50,000 to $74,999       |   381|    5.7|   132|   10.1|   146|    3.2|   103|   11.5|
|$75,000 and over         |   172|    2.6|    73|    5.6|    54|    1.2|    45|    5.0|
|  MEDIAN EARNINGS        |19,686|       |24,296|       |17,680|       |25,281|       |
|                         |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|MALES with earnings 3/   | 4,509|  100.0|   700|  100.0| 3,280|  100.0|   529|  100.0|
|$1 to $2,499 or loss     |    52|    1.2|    10|    1.4|    35|    1.1|     7|    1.3|
|$2,500 to $4,999         |    17|    0.4|     -|      -|    13|    0.4|     5|    0.9|
|$5,000 to $9,999         |   225|    5.0|    22|    3.1|   193|    5.9|    11|    2.0|
|$10,000 to $14,999       |   843|   18.7|    82|   11.8|   708|   21.6|    53|   10.0|
|$15,000 to $19,999       |   983|   21.8|   113|   16.2|   786|   24.0|    84|   15.9|
|$20,000 to $24,999       |   701|   15.5|    87|   12.4|   534|   16.3|    80|   15.1|
|$25,000 to $34,999       |   772|   17.1|   148|   21.2|   540|   16.5|    83|   15.8|
|$35,000 to $49,999       |   494|   11.0|    93|   13.3|   310|    9.5|    91|   17.1|
|$50,000 to $74,999       |   288|    6.4|    87|   12.4|   119|    3.6|    82|   15.5|
|$75,000 and over         |   133|    3.0|    58|    8.2|    42|    1.3|    34|    6.4|
|  MEDIAN EARNINGS        |20,700|       |26,749|       |19,193|       |27,032|       |
|                         |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|FEMALES with earnings 3/ | 2,217|  100.0|   602|  100.0| 1,245|  100.0|   370|  100.0|
|$1 to $2,499 or loss     |    29|    1.3|     8|    1.3|    21|    1.7|     -|      -|
|$2,500 to $4,999         |    25|    1.1|     -|      -|    24|    1.9|     1|    0.4|
|$5,000 to $9,999         |   171|    7.7|    41|    6.8|   117|    9.4|    13|    3.5|
|$10,000 to $14,999       |   607|   27.4|   115|   19.1|   437|   35.1|    55|   15.0|
|$15,000 to $19,999       |   477|   21.5|   121|   20.1|   277|   22.2|    79|   21.3|
|$20,000 to $24,999       |   270|   12.2|    68|   11.3|   146|   11.8|    55|   14.8|
|$25,000 to $34,999       |   288|   13.0|   102|   16.9|   124|    9.9|    62|   16.8|
|$35,000 to $49,999       |   219|    9.9|    87|   14.4|    60|    4.8|    73|   19.6|
|$50,000 to $74,999       |    93|    4.2|    45|    7.5|    27|    2.2|    21|    5.7|
|$75,000 and over         |    39|    1.8|    16|    2.6|    12|    1.0|    11|    3.0|
|  MEDIAN EARNINGS        |17,157|       |21,066|       |15,300|       |23,041|       |
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1/ The majority of those born in 'Central America' are from Mexico.
2/ Age 15 years and over.
3/ Earnings for previous calendar year.
- No cases in this cell.

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000 (reweighted)
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division

              (Last updated 1/6/03)