EMBARGOED UNTIL: 10 A.M. EST, FEBRUARY 3, 1998 (TUESDAY) Public Information Office CB98-17 301-457-3030/301-457-3670 (fax) 301-457-4067 (TDD) e-mail: pio@census.gov John Reed 301-457-2403 'Married, with Children' More Likely to Describe Hispanic Households, Census Bureau Says Hispanic households are more likely to consist of married couples with children than are non-Hispanic households, according to preliminary estimates released today by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau. The tables, Preliminary Data Selected Characteristics of the Population by Hispanic Origin: March 1997, may be found on the Internet at http://www.bls.census.gov/cps/pub/1997/int_hisp.htm. The data show that married couples with children comprise more than one-third (36 percent) of Hispanic households. By comparison, less than a quarter (24 percent) of non-Hispanic households are made up of married couples with children. The data also show that children are included in more than half (52 percent) of the 8.2 million Hispanic households. Children are found in only one-third (33 percent) of all non-Hispanic households. The preliminary data come from the March 1997 Current Population Survey. The Census Bureau also is releasing more extensive data on the Hispanic population for 1995 and 1996. They are on the Internet at http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hispanic.html. Highlights from the tables, The Hispanic Population in the United States: March 1996 (P20-502), are: - An estimated 28.4 million persons of Hispanic origin resided in the United States in 1996, representing 10.8 percent of the total population. - Persons of Mexican origin were the largest Hispanic group in the United States in 1996, comprising 63 percent of the total Hispanic population. - About one-half (53 percent) of all Hispanics 25 years and over had at least a high school diploma in 1996. Highlights from the March 1995 (P20-501) tables show: - Thirty percent of Hispanic men had occupations as operators, fabricators or laborers. - About one-third (38 percent) of Hispanic women worked in technical, sales and administrative support positions. - More than one-half (58 percent) of all Hispanics rented their dwellings in 1995. - About one-third (31 percent) of Hispanic people in the United States were living below the poverty level in 1994. As in all surveys, the data are subject to sampling variability and other sources of error.-X-Editor's Note: The Public Information Office now has a media-access server with embargoed news releases and data sets. It is available to accredited media representatives only. To gain access, please contact us for a username and password. The media-access server's Internet address is http://www.census.gov/dcmd/www/embargo/embargo.html We would appreciate any comments you may have about the site. The Census Bureau pre-eminent collector and provider of timely, relevant and quality data about the people and economy of the United States. In more than 100 surveys annually and 20 censuses a decade, evolving from the first census in 1790, the Census Bureau provides official information about America's people, businesses, industries and institutions.
