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Median: Middle, pertaining to the average.

Image. Statewide Annual Median Income Graph, 2001.
Document 6: Statewide Annual Median Incomes Graph from the 2001 Annual Report of the New York State Assembly Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force. Can be found online at: http://assembly.state.ny.us/comm/PRHisp/20020507/

Document 6 Short-Answer Questions

  1. According to the graph, what group in New York State earns the lowest median income?
  2. List two reasons that could account for the difference between the income of Hispanic females and the income of white females.

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