born naturalized citizens (10 per cent) and for foreign-born non-citizens (21.7 per cent), the Census Bureau said. Real median household income was at 43,318 dollars, unchanged from 2002. Men 15 years and older earned a median income of 40,668 dollars, while women saw their earnings decline 0.6 per cent to 30,724 dollars. Bush has repeatedly praised his tax cuts as instrumental in helping the economy to recover, while Kerry argues that the White House policies have only made the rich richer while ignoring the poor and the middle class. -- SPA 2249 Local Time 1949 GMT
