Table 4.16  Medians and Standard Errors for Selected Characteristics of the
            Foreign-Born Born by Region of Birth
            (Numbers in Thousands.)

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			      |                   REGION OF BIRTH
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                              |               | CENTRAL |           |   SOUTH
                              | LATIN AMERICA | AMERICA | CARIBBEAN | AMERICA
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1. MEDIAN AGE
     All People                          35.3      33.0        41.5      38.2
     Males                               34.3      32.5        40.6      37.0
     Females                             36.3      33.7        42.3      39.3


2. MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME
     All Family Households             31,274    29,523      32,044    44,472
       (Standard Error)                 1,245     1,543       4,004     5,571
     Married Couple                    33,651    30,929      40,280    48,478
       (Standard Error)                 1,951     1,701       5,540     7,662
     Males                             33,842    33,910      30,110    47,711
       (Standard Error)                 4,042     4,689      16,804    23,364
     Females                           20,827    20,354      19,509    31,660
       (Standard Error)                 2,480     3,119       4,777    11,459


3. MEDIAN NONFAMILY HOUSEHOLD
       INCOME
     All Nonfamily Households          19,141    18,196      18,110    25,835
       (Standard Error)                 2,866     3,399       6,024     9,431
     Males                             23,522    21,392      25,078    33,186
       (Standard Error)                 3,542     4,135       8,033    12,047
     Females                           13,386    13,415      11,822    18,087
       (Standard Error)                 3,690     4,270       5,904    12,200


4. YEAR-ROUND FULL-TIME
       WORKERS
     All Workers                       19,870    17,876      24,449    25,464
       (Standard Error)                   615       682       2,200     2,225
     Males                             20,955    19,497      26,879    27,410
       (Standard Error)                   618       812       2,929     3,897
     Females                           17,188    15,325      21,155    23,080
       (Standard Error)                   785       799       2,779     2,910
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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