Table 3.11 Poverty Status of the Foreign-Born Population by World Region of Birth, Age and Sex: March 1995 (Numbers in thousands. 1/) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total | | WORLD REGION OF BIRTH | | | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | CENTRAL | | | | | | Total | EUROPE | ASIA | AMERICA | CARIBBEAN |SOUTH AMERICA | OTHER AREAS | | |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------| | |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent| |------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------| |Total | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ |24,470| 100.0| 3,935| 100.0| 6,120| 100.0| 8,206| 100.0| 2,324| 100.0| 1,226| 100.0| 2,658| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 5,500| 22.5| 510| 13.0| 1,039| 17.0| 2,809| 34.2| 534| 23.0| 263| 21.5| 345| 13.0| | Above poverty level |18,969| 77.5| 3,425| 87.0| 5,081| 83.0| 5,397| 65.8| 1,790| 77.0| 962| 78.5| 2,313| 87.0| |Under 18 years | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ | 2,703| 100.0| 230| 100.0| 766| 100.0| 1,097| 100.0| 206| 100.0| 128| 100.0| 275| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 1,170| 43.3| 69| 30.1| 251| 32.8| 620| 56.6| 101| 48.8| 44| 34.2| 84| 30.5| | Above poverty level | 1,533| 56.7| 161| 69.9| 515| 67.2| 476| 43.4| 106| 51.2| 84| 65.8| 191| 69.5| |18 to 64 years | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ |18,975| 100.0| 2,586| 100.0| 4,855| 100.0| 6,732| 100.0| 1,825| 100.0| 1,010| 100.0| 1,968| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 3,898| 20.5| 316| 12.2| 702| 14.5| 2,088| 31.0| 367| 20.1| 206| 20.4| 219| 11.1| | Above poverty level |15,078| 79.5| 2,270| 87.8| 4,152| 85.5| 4,644| 69.0| 1,458| 79.9| 804| 79.6| 1,750| 88.9| |65 years and over | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ | 2,791| 100.0| 1,119| 100.0| 499| 100.0| 377| 100.0| 293| 100.0| 88| 100.0| 414| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 433| 15.5| 125| 11.2| 85| 17.0| 101| 26.7| 67| 22.7| 14| 15.5| 42| 10.1| | Above poverty level | 2,358| 84.5| 994| 88.8| 414| 83.0| 277| 73.3| 227| 77.3| 74| 84.5| 372| 89.9| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Male | | WORLD REGION OF BIRTH | | | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | CENTRAL | | | | | | Total | EUROPE | ASIA | AMERICA | CARIBBEAN |SOUTH AMERICA | OTHER AREAS | | |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------| | |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent| |------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------| |Total | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ |12,027| 100.0| 1,691| 100.0| 2,919| 100.0| 4,487| 100.0| 1,040| 100.0| 569| 100.0| 1,322| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 2,524| 21.0| 187| 11.1| 501| 17.2| 1,396| 31.1| 186| 17.9| 104| 18.3| 150| 11.3| | Above poverty level | 9,503| 79.0| 1,504| 88.9| 2,418| 82.8| 3,091| 68.9| 854| 82.1| 465| 81.7| 1,172| 88.7| |Under 18 years | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ | 1,385| 100.0| 92| 100.0| 382| 100.0| 596| 100.0| 108| 100.0| 69| 100.0| 138| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 576| 41.6| 26| 28.4| 123| 32.3| 319| 53.4| 49| 45.0| 25| 36.1| 35| 25.0| | Above poverty level | 809| 58.4| 66| 71.6| 259| 67.7| 277| 46.6| 59| 55.0| 44| 63.9| 104| 75.0| |18 to 64 years | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ | 9,519| 100.0| 1,185| 100.0| 2,323| 100.0| 3,721| 100.0| 810| 100.0| 463| 100.0| 1,017| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 1,806| 19.0| 130| 11.0| 333| 14.3| 1,044| 28.0| 120| 14.8| 77| 16.7| 102| 10.1| | Above poverty level | 7,713| 81.0| 1,054| 89.0| 1,991| 85.7| 2,678| 72.0| 690| 85.2| 386| 83.3| 915| 89.9| |65 years and over | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ | 1,123| 100.0| 414| 100.0| 213| 100.0| 169| 100.0| 123| 100.0| 37| 100.0| 167| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 142| 12.6| 30| 7.4| 45| 20.9| 34| 20.0| 18| 14.7| 2| 5.5| 13| 7.7| | Above poverty level | 981| 87.4| 383| 92.6| 169| 79.1| 136| 80.0| 105| 85.3| 35| 94.5| 154| 92.3| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Female | | WORLD REGION OF BIRTH | | | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | CENTRAL | | | | | | Total | EUROPE | ASIA | AMERICA | CARIBBEAN |SOUTH AMERICA | OTHER AREAS | | |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------| | |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent| |------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------| |Total | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ |12,442| 100.0| 2,245| 100.0| 3,201| 100.0| 3,719| 100.0| 1,284| 100.0| 657| 100.0| 1,336| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 2,976| 23.9| 323| 14.4| 538| 16.8| 1,413| 38.0| 348| 27.1| 159| 24.3| 195| 14.6| | Above poverty level | 9,466| 76.1| 1,921| 85.6| 2,663| 83.2| 2,306| 62.0| 936| 72.9| 498| 75.7| 1,141| 85.4| |Under 18 years | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ | 1,318| 100.0| 138| 100.0| 384| 100.0| 501| 100.0| 98| 100.0| 60| 100.0| 137| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 594| 45.0| 43| 31.2| 128| 33.3| 302| 60.3| 52| 53.0| 19| 32.1| 49| 36.1| | Above poverty level | 724| 55.0| 95| 68.8| 256| 66.7| 199| 39.7| 46| 47.0| 41| 67.9| 88| 63.9| |18 to 64 years | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ | 9,456| 100.0| 1,401| 100.0| 2,531| 100.0| 3,011| 100.0| 1,015| 100.0| 546| 100.0| 952| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 2,092| 22.1| 186| 13.2| 370| 14.6| 1,044| 34.7| 247| 24.3| 129| 23.5| 116| 12.2| | Above poverty level | 7,365| 77.9| 1,215| 86.8| 2,162| 85.4| 1,967| 65.3| 768| 75.7| 418| 76.5| 835| 87.8| |65 years and over | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ | 1,668| 100.0| 706| 100.0| 286| 100.0| 208| 100.0| 171| 100.0| 51| 100.0| 247| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 291| 17.4| 95| 13.4| 40| 14.1| 67| 32.1| 49| 28.4| 12| 22.8| 29| 11.7| | Above poverty level | 1,377| 82.6| 611| 86.6| 245| 85.9| 141| 67.9| 122| 71.6| 39| 77.2| 218| 88.3| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ The majority of those born in 'Central America' are from Mexico. Those born in 'Other Areas' are from Africa, Oceania, Bermuda and Canada. 2/ 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