Table 2.12  Poverty Status of Families by Type and Year of Entry of the Foreign-Born Householder: March 1995

            (Numbers in thousands. 1/)



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|                                     |               |                         Year of Entry                         |

|                                     |               |---------------------------------------------------------------|

|                                     |     Total     |     1990+     |   1980-1989   |   1970-1979   |  Before 1970  |

|                                     |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|

|                                     |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|

|-------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|

|Total                                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total 1/                           |  7,562|  100.0|  1,067|  100.0|  2,622|  100.0|  1,862|  100.0|  2,011|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                |  1,593|   21.1|    352|   33.0|    697|   26.6|    353|   19.0|    191|    9.5|

|  Above poverty level                |  5,968|   78.9|    714|   67.0|  1,925|   73.4|  1,509|   81.0|  1,820|   90.5|

|Married couple                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total 1/                           |  5,772|  100.0|    795|  100.0|  1,951|  100.0|  1,428|  100.0|  1,598|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                |    965|   16.7|    228|   28.6|    434|   22.2|    199|   13.9|    105|    6.6|

|  Above poverty level                |  4,807|   83.3|    567|   71.4|  1,517|   77.8|  1,229|   86.1|  1,493|   93.4|

|Male householder, no spouse present  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total 1/                           |    515|  100.0|    111|  100.0|    193|  100.0|    116|  100.0|     96|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                |    103|   20.0|     37|   33.3|     26|   13.3|     25|   21.8|     15|   15.9|

|  Above poverty level                |    412|   80.0|     74|   66.7|    168|   86.7|     90|   78.2|     81|   84.1|

|Female householder, no spouse present|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total 1/                           |  1,274|  100.0|    161|  100.0|    477|  100.0|    319|  100.0|    317|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                |    525|   41.2|     88|   54.5|    238|   49.8|    129|   40.5|     71|   22.3|

|  Above poverty level                |    749|   58.8|     73|   45.5|    239|   50.2|    190|   59.5|    247|   77.7|

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1/ Poverty status based on income in previous calendar year.



SOURCE: Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division, U.S. Bureau of the Census

        Current Population Survey, March 1995

Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000