Table 2.16  Medians and Standard Errors for Selected Characteristics of the Foreign Born 
            by Year of Entry:  March 2000
            (Numbers in thousands.)
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                               |        |                 YEAR OF ENTRY
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                               |  Total |   1990+ | 1980-1989 | 1970-1979 | BEFORE 1970 
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1. MEDIAN AGE
    All People                     38.1      28.4        37.0        46.0          62.0 
    Males                          37.0      27.6        36.3        44.8          60.7 
    Females                        39.3      29.1        37.9        47.0          63.0 

2. MEDIAN INCOME OF
       FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS
    All Family Households        39,897    31,933      38,626      46,878        46,777 
      (Standard Error)              767     1,229       1,394       1,714         2,338 
    Married Couple               44,152    35,406      42,164      54,265        51,313
      (Standard Error)            1,148     1,745       1,719       2,210         2,756 
    Males                        36,831    33,364      35,375      40,869        55,100 
      (Standard Error)            1,985     3,918       3,271      13,546        11,502
    Females                      24,776    20,182      22,010      28,283        29,989 
      (Standard Error)            1,492     1,730       2,562       2,724         3,719 

3. MEDIAN INCOME OF NONFAMILY 
        HOUSEHOLDS
    All Nonfamily Households     25,029    26,703      27,057      29,034        17,299
      (Standard Error)            1,036     1,335       2,286       2,323         1,458 
    Male Nonfamily               31,022    28,130      31,486      35,933        34,188
      (Standard Error)            1,842     2,013       3,976       4,631         6,658 
    Female Nonfamily             18,025    23,262      25,319      22,044        13,720 
      (Standard Error)            1,216     2,874       2,032       4,115           911

4. MEDIAN EARNINGS OF YEAR-ROUND
       FULL-TIME WORKERS
    All People		         25,458    20,485      24,638      30,729        35,099
      (Standard Error)              335       392         696         588         1,718 
    Males                        27,143    21,562      26,211      32,414        40,817
      (Standard Error)              483       451         654       1,444         2,076
    Females                      22,106    17,325      21,524      26,768        27,773
      (Standard Error)              413       634         725       1,483         1,881
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SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division
Internet release date:  January 3, 2001