TABLE 2.12. MARCH 1996 CPS: FULLTIME YEAR-ROUND EARNINGS OF PERSONS BY RACE-ETHNICITY (COLLASPED CATEGORIES): FEMALES -
                            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             |   35,482|    2,771|   32,711|    1,550|      303|      153|      523|      241|   26,498|    4,713|    1,500|
|Earnings          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
|Loss or < $10,000 |    2,847|      432|    2,415|      274|       26|       11|       95|       26|    1,868|      436|      111|
|$10,000 to $24,999|   17,058|    1,601|   15,458|      932|      168|       76|      291|      134|   12,266|    2,512|      679|
|$25,000 to $49,999|   12,830|      651|   12,179|      315|       87|       56|      122|       71|   10,064|    1,570|      546|
|$50,000+          |    2,747|       87|    2,659|       29|       22|       10|       16|       11|    2,300|      195|      164|
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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 |      8.0|     15.6|      7.4|     17.7|      8.7|      7.0|     18.2|     10.7|      7.1|      9.2|      7.4|
|$10,000 to $24,999|     48.1|     57.8|     47.3|     60.2|     55.4|     49.7|     55.5|     55.3|     46.3|     53.3|     45.3|
|$25,000 to $49,999|     36.2|     23.5|     37.2|     20.3|     28.7|     36.8|     23.2|     29.3|     38.0|     33.3|     36.4|
|$50,000+          |      7.7|      3.2|      8.1|      1.8|      7.2|      6.4|      3.0|      4.8|      8.7|      4.1|     11.0|
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NOTE: 1990 BASED FINAL MARCH SUPPLEMENT WEIGHT

SOURCE: PPL-72

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