TABLE 2.8. MARCH 1996 CPS: FULLTIME YEAR-ROUND EARNINGS OF PERSONS BY RACE-ETHNICITY (COLLASPED CATEGORIES): BOTH SEXES -
                           VALUES/PERCENTS

Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census
Internet Release date:  February 3, 1998

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|                  |         |  Hispanic Origin  |                                Race-Ethnicity                                 |
|                  |         |-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                  |         |         |   Not   |         | Puerto  |         |Central &|  Other  |White Not|Black Not|Other Not|
|                  |  Total  |Hispanic |Hispanic | Mexican |  Rican  |  Cuban  |South Am.|Hispanic |Hispanic |Hispanic |Hispanic |
|------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------|
|Total             |   88,149|    7,730|   80,418|    4,686|      753|      399|    1,303|      589|   67,367|    9,441|    3,611|
|Earnings          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
|Loss or < $10,000 |    5,106|      933|    4,172|      627|       49|       27|      168|       62|    3,326|      652|      194|
|$10,000 to $24,999|   33,420|    4,219|   29,201|    2,662|      385|      171|      723|      277|   23,101|    4,716|    1,384|
|$25,000 to $49,999|   34,654|    2,119|   32,535|    1,193|      250|      149|      339|      188|   27,760|    3,395|    1,381|
|$50,000+          |   14,969|      459|   14,510|      204|       69|       52|       72|       62|   13,180|      678|      651|
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(CONTINUED)

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|                  |         |  Hispanic Origin  |                                Race-Ethnicity                                 |
|                  |         |-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                  |         |         |   Not   |         | Puerto  |         |Central &|  Other  |White Not|Black Not|Other Not|
|                  |  Total  |Hispanic |Hispanic | Mexican |  Rican  |  Cuban  |South Am.|Hispanic |Hispanic |Hispanic |Hispanic |
|------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------|
|Total             |    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|
|Earnings          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
|Loss or < $10,000 |      5.8|     12.1|      5.2|     13.4|      6.5|      6.8|     12.9|     10.5|      4.9|      6.9|      5.4|
|$10,000 to $24,999|     37.9|     54.6|     36.3|     56.8|     51.1|     42.9|     55.5|     47.1|     34.3|     50.0|     38.3|
|$25,000 to $49,999|     39.3|     27.4|     40.5|     25.5|     33.2|     37.2|     26.0|     32.0|     41.2|     36.0|     38.3|
|$50,000+          |     17.0|      5.9|     18.0|      4.4|      9.1|     13.1|      5.5|     10.5|     19.6|      7.2|     18.0|
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NOTE: 1990 BASED FINAL MARCH SUPPLEMENT WEIGHT

SOURCE: PPL-72

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