Table 3.16  Medians and Standard Errors for Various Characteristics by World 
            Regions: March 2000
            (Numbers in Thousands.)
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                                |        |         World Region of Birth
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                                |        |          |          |     LATIN |
                                |  TOTAL |   EUROPE |     ASIA |   AMERICA |    OTHER
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1. MEDIAN AGE
    All People                      38.1       50.0       39.2        35.3       38.5
     Males                          37.0       47.1       38.1        34.3       39.1
     Females                        39.3       52.7       40.0        36.3       37.6

2. MEDIAN INCOME OF
       FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS
     All Family Households        39,897     50,948     59,479      31,274     48,440
       (Standard Error)            1,165      3,873      3,283         972      5,709
     Married Couple               44,152     55,712     63,647      33,651     54,564
       (Standard Error)            1,666      4,435      3,857       1,571      6,919
     Male Family                  36,831     46,259     48,888      33,842     39,747
       (Standard Error)            3,431     12,673     13,544       3,307     20,322
     Female Family                24,776     33,310     35,735      20,827     27,666
       (Standard Error)            2,202      7,609      6,816       1,862      8,157

3. MEDIAN NONFAMILY
       HOUSEHOLD INCOME
     All Nonfamily Households     25,029     26,462     30,045      19,141     29,179
       (Standard Error)            1,585      3,521      3,053       2,201      6,092
     Male Nonfamily               31,022     43,522     34,488      23,522     36,437
       (Standard Error)            3,000      6,738      6,052       2,781      9,286
     Female Nonfamily             18,025     16,536     26,842      13,386     22,979
       (Standard Error)            1,823      1,891      4,168       3,003      7,893

4. MEDIAN EARNINGS OF YEAR-LONG
       FULL-TIME WORKERS
     All People                   25,458     35,910     32,779      19,870     32,021
       (Standard Error)              495      1,497      1,765         484      1,733
     Males                        27,143     44,276     36,837      20,955     35,840
       (Standard Error)              774      3,453      1,753         484      3,385
     Females                      22,106     28,172     29,662      17,188     26,920
       (Standard Error)              686      2,207      2,019         580      3,009
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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