Table 4.10  Total Money Earnings of Year-Round Full-Time Foreign-Born Workers by Sex and Region of Birth: March 2002
            (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/   | 7,667|  100.0| 1,338|  100.0| 5,355|  100.0|   975|  100.0|
|$1 to $2,499 or loss     |    62|    0.8|     7|    0.5|    47|    0.9|     8|    0.8|
|$2,500 to $4,999         |    45|    0.6|     6|    0.4|    31|    0.6|     8|    0.8|
|$5,000 to $9,999         |   349|    4.5|    46|    3.5|   264|    4.9|    39|    4.0|
|$10,000 to $14,999       | 1,319|   17.2|   174|   13.0| 1,023|   19.1|   123|   12.6|
|$15,000 to $19,999       | 1,511|   19.7|   202|   15.1| 1,173|   21.9|   135|   13.8|
|$20,000 to $24,999       | 1,279|   16.7|   176|   13.2|   973|   18.2|   130|   13.4|
|$25,000 to $34,999       | 1,459|   19.0|   306|   22.9|   937|   17.5|   216|   22.2|
|$35,000 to $49,999       |   934|   12.2|   233|   17.4|   552|   10.3|   148|   15.2|
|$50,000 to $74,999       |   465|    6.1|   122|    9.1|   251|    4.7|    93|    9.5|
|$75,000 and over         |   244|    3.2|    65|    4.9|   104|    1.9|    74|    7.6|
|  MEDIAN EARNINGS        |21,538|       |26,363|       |20,498|       |26,434|       |
|                         |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|MALES with earnings 3/   | 5,178|  100.0|   728|  100.0| 3,870|  100.0|   580|  100.0|
|$1 to $2,499 or loss     |    39|    0.7|     3|    0.5|    33|    0.9|     2|    0.4|
|$2,500 to $4,999         |    18|    0.4|     1|    0.2|    11|    0.3|     6|    1.0|
|$5,000 to $9,999         |   166|    3.2|    15|    2.1|   126|    3.3|    25|    4.3|
|$10,000 to $14,999       |   780|   15.1|    73|   10.1|   666|   17.2|    41|    7.0|
|$15,000 to $19,999       |   991|   19.1|    85|   11.7|   831|   21.5|    74|   12.8|
|$20,000 to $24,999       |   910|   17.6|   103|   14.1|   724|   18.7|    83|   14.4|
|$25,000 to $34,999       | 1,035|   20.0|   175|   24.0|   730|   18.9|   130|   22.4|
|$35,000 to $49,999       |   689|   13.3|   137|   18.9|   449|   11.6|   103|   17.8|
|$50,000 to $74,999       |   359|    6.9|    85|   11.7|   208|    5.4|    66|   11.4|
|$75,000 and over         |   191|    3.7|    49|    6.8|    93|    2.4|    49|    8.5|
|  MEDIAN EARNINGS        |22,324|       |29,372|       |21,289|       |28,650|       |
|                         |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|FEMALES with earnings 3/ | 2,489|  100.0|   609|  100.0| 1,484|  100.0|   395|  100.0|
|$1 to $2,499 or loss     |    23|    0.9|     4|    0.6|    14|    1.0|     6|    1.4|
|$2,500 to $4,999         |    27|    1.1|     4|    0.7|    20|    1.4|     2|    0.5|
|$5,000 to $9,999         |   183|    7.3|    31|    5.1|   138|    9.3|    14|    3.5|
|$10,000 to $14,999       |   539|   21.7|   100|   16.5|   356|   24.0|    83|   20.9|
|$15,000 to $19,999       |   520|   20.9|   117|   19.3|   342|   23.0|    60|   15.3|
|$20,000 to $24,999       |   369|   14.8|    73|   12.0|   249|   16.8|    47|   11.9|
|$25,000 to $34,999       |   424|   17.0|   131|   21.5|   207|   13.9|    87|   21.9|
|$35,000 to $49,999       |   245|    9.8|    96|   15.7|   104|    7.0|    45|   11.5|
|$50,000 to $74,999       |   107|    4.3|    37|    6.1|    43|    2.9|    27|    6.7|
|$75,000 and over         |    52|    2.1|    16|    2.6|    11|    0.8|    25|    6.3|
|  MEDIAN EARNINGS        |19,338|       |22,980|       |17,257|       |23,176|       |
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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.

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division

              (Last updated -- 9/24/02)