HOUSEHOLD DATA
   ANNUAL AVERAGES
   
   
   37.  Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics                                    
                                                                                                                                   
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                                                                   |      Number of workers      |   Median weekly earnings        
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                                                                   |     1994     |     1995     |     1994     |     1995         
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                             SEX AND AGE                                                                                           
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   Total, 16 years and over........................................|    87,379    |    89,282    |     $467     |     $479         
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    Men, 16 years and over.........................................|    49,992    |    51,222    |      522     |      538         
     16 to 24 years................................................|     6,040    |     6,118    |      294     |      303         
     25 years and over.............................................|    43,952    |    45,104    |      576     |      588         
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    Women, 16 years and over.......................................|    37,386    |    38,060    |      399     |      406         
     16 to 24 years................................................|     4,403    |     4,366    |      276     |      275         
     25 years and over.............................................|    32,983    |    33,695    |      421     |      428         
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                    RACE, HISPANIC ORIGIN, AND SEX                                                                                 
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    White..........................................................|    73,500    |    74,874    |      484     |      494         
      Men..........................................................|    42,816    |    43,747    |      547     |      566         
      Women........................................................|    30,685    |    31,127    |      408     |      415         
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    Black..........................................................|    10,199    |    10,596    |      371     |      383         
      Men..........................................................|     5,099    |     5,279    |      400     |      411         
      Women........................................................|     5,100    |     5,317    |      346     |      355         
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    Hispanic origin................................................|     8,274    |     8,719    |      324     |      329         
      Men..........................................................|     5,295    |     5,597    |      343     |      350         
      Women........................................................|     2,979    |     3,122    |      305     |      305         
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      NOTE:  Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin                                                                         
   groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other                                                                       
   races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included                                                                       
   in both the white and black population groups.