Table 3.13  Housing Tenure by Region of Birth of the 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/                    | 9,833|  100.0| 1,969|  100.0| 2,235|  100.0| 2,844|  100.0| 1,065|  100.0|   506|  100.0| 1,213|  100.0|

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

|Owner occupied              | 4,573|   46.5| 1,235|   62.7|   992|   44.4| 1,047|   36.8|   426|   40.0|   159|   31.5|   713|   58.8|

|Renter occupied             | 5,127|   52.1|   712|   36.2| 1,208|   54.1| 1,749|   61.5|   629|   59.0|   342|   67.7|   486|   40.1|

|Occupier paid no cash rent  |   133|    1.4|    22|    1.1|    34|    1.5|    48|    1.7|    10|    1.0|     4|    0.9|    14|    1.1|

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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/ Ownership or rental agreement as of March 1995



 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