Word: medians
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...median age of the population reached 30.9, the oldest ever, and is expected to exceed 36 by the year 2000. People who fox-trotted to Tommy Dorsey now outnumber those who hip-hop to Cyndi Lauper; for the first time in history, there are more Americans over 65 than there are teenagers. Notes Karl Zinsmeister, an economic demographer at the American Enterprise Institute: "By the late 1980s, one-half of our households will be headed by baby boomers. One-fourth of our population will be elderly. These two groups will define our society for a very long time...
Partly as a result of their academic accomplishments, Asians are climbing the economic ladder with remarkable speed. The 1980 census showed that median household income for the group as a whole was $22,700, exceeding not only that of American families in general ($19,900) but also the level reported by whites ($20,800). The national median was topped by the Japanese ($27,350), the Asian Indians ($24,990), the Filipinos ($23,680), the Chinese ($22,550) and Koreans ($20,450); among major Asian groups, only the Vietnamese ($12,840) fell below it. The household statistics are somewhat misleading...
...measure of acceptance and economic success that far surpassed their own. Once again the pattern is repeating itself. With a mixture of animosity and admiration, and no small dose of resentment, blacks are watching the new immigrants from Asia and Latin America flourish where blacks have not. Already the median household income of Koreans, Vietnamese, Haitians, Cubans and Mexicans has climbed past that of blacks...
Moreover, American Hispanics are a predominantly young (median age: 23) and highly fertile population. Yankelovich found that 54% of all Hispanic households consist of four or more people, vs. only 28% of all U.S. families. They keep coming too in such numbers that even if all illegal immigration could be stopped, the Hispanic population would still grow. Some 42% of legal immigrants are Hispanic, and they follow the classic pattern of sending for spouses, children and parents once the first family member has established a home...
...Sidney J. Weinberg, a legendary financier of the 1950s, once served on 31 boards. By comparison, his son John L. Weinberg, chairman of Wall Street's Goldman, Sachs & Co., holds only six director's posts. The pay remains lucrative. The consulting firm Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby reports that the median annual fee among large companies is $18,000, plus $700 per board meeting and expenses. The most prestigious director's posts pay much more in return for a heavy commitment of time. The director who serves as chairman of Du Pont's finance committee attends at least three dozen meetings...