Table 3.12  Poverty Status of Families by Type and World Region of Birth of the Foreign-Born Householder: March 1995

            (Numbers in thousands. 1/)



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|                                     |              |                                  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 2/                             |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total                              | 7,562|  100.0| 1,271|  100.0| 1,753|  100.0| 2,481|  100.0|   798|  100.0|   399|  100.0|   860|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                | 1,593|   21.1|   129|   10.2|   251|   14.3|   849|   34.2|   193|   24.2|    83|   20.8|    88|   10.2|

|  Above poverty level                | 5,968|   78.9| 1,142|   89.8| 1,502|   85.7| 1,632|   65.8|   605|   75.8|   316|   79.2|   772|   89.8|

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

|  Total                              | 5,772|  100.0| 1,073|  100.0| 1,450|  100.0| 1,773|  100.0|   487|  100.0|   280|  100.0|   710|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                |   965|   16.7|    88|    8.2|   186|   12.9|   546|   30.8|    51|   10.4|    40|   14.2|    54|    7.6|

|  Above poverty level                | 4,807|   83.3|   985|   91.8| 1,263|   87.1| 1,226|   69.2|   437|   89.6|   240|   85.8|   656|   92.4|

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

|  Total                              |   515|  100.0|    41|  100.0|   103|  100.0|   239|  100.0|    38|  100.0|    36|  100.0|    58|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                |   103|   20.0|     9|   21.0|    19|   18.1|    50|   20.8|     8|   21.8|     8|   23.2|     9|   16.1|

|  Above poverty level                |   412|   80.0|    33|   79.0|    84|   81.9|   190|   79.2|    29|   78.2|    28|   76.8|    49|   83.9|

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

|  Total                              | 1,274|  100.0|   157|  100.0|   200|  100.0|   469|  100.0|   273|  100.0|    83|  100.0|    92|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                |   525|   41.2|    33|   20.8|    46|   22.9|   253|   53.9|   134|   49.2|    35|   42.0|    25|   26.7|

|  Above poverty level                |   749|   58.8|   124|   79.2|   154|   77.1|   216|   46.1|   139|   50.8|    48|   58.0|    68|   73.3|

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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