Table 4.3  Family Households by Size, Type, and Region of Birth in Latin America of the 
		Householder: March 1995

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)



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|                                      |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

|                                      |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

|                                      |LATIN AMERICA |   AMERICA    |  CARIBBEAN   |SOUTH AMERICA |

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

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

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

|Total                                 |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total                               | 3,676|  100.0| 2,480|  100.0|   798|  100.0|   399|  100.0|

|  Two people                          |   726|   19.8|   354|   14.3|   250|   31.3|   122|   30.7|

|  Three people                        |   775|   21.1|   485|   19.5|   193|   24.2|    97|   24.4|

|  Four people                         |   902|   24.5|   609|   24.6|   186|   23.3|   107|   26.7|

|  Five people                         |   619|   16.8|   472|   19.0|    95|   11.9|    52|   13.0|

|  Six people                          |   333|    9.0|   282|   11.4|    38|    4.8|    13|    3.2|

|  Seven or more people                |   321|    8.7|   278|   11.2|    35|    4.4|     8|    2.1|

|Married Couple                        |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total                               | 2,539|  100.0| 1,773|  100.0|   487|  100.0|   280|  100.0|

|  Two people                          |   401|   15.8|   204|   11.5|   129|   26.4|    68|   24.4|

|  Three people                        |   479|   18.9|   305|   17.2|   119|   24.4|    56|   19.9|

|  Four people                         |   671|   26.4|   447|   25.2|   129|   26.4|    96|   34.2|

|  Five people                         |   482|   19.0|   377|   21.3|    58|   12.0|    46|   16.5|

|  Six people                          |   261|   10.3|   221|   12.5|    32|    6.6|     8|    2.7|

|  Seven or more people                |   246|    9.7|   219|   12.3|    21|    4.2|     6|    2.2|

|Male Family Householder               |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total                               |   312|  100.0|   238|  100.0|    38|  100.0|    36|  100.0|

|  Two people                          |    95|   30.6|    65|   27.2|    16|   43.0|    15|   40.3|

|  Three people                        |    75|   24.1|    54|   22.5|     7|   18.2|    15|   41.0|

|  Four people                         |    66|   21.2|    55|   23.2|     7|   18.2|     4|   10.9|

|  Five people                         |    33|   10.7|    28|   11.7|     4|    9.7|     2|    5.1|

|  Six people                          |    16|    5.0|    14|    6.0|     1|    3.9|     -|      -|

|  Seven or more people                |    26|    8.3|    22|    9.4|     3|    7.0|     1|    2.7|

|Female Family Householder             |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total                               |   825|  100.0|   469|  100.0|   273|  100.0|    83|  100.0|

|  Two people                          |   230|   27.9|    86|   18.2|   105|   38.5|    40|   47.7|

|  Three people                        |   221|   26.8|   126|   27.0|    68|   24.8|    27|   32.1|

|  Four people                         |   164|   19.9|   107|   22.8|    50|   18.5|     7|    8.5|

|  Five people                         |   104|   12.6|    67|   14.3|    33|   12.2|     4|    4.5|

|  Six people                          |    56|    6.8|    46|    9.9|     5|    1.7|     5|    6.0|

|  Seven or more people                |    50|    6.0|    37|    7.8|    12|    4.3|     1|    1.2|

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1/ The majority of those born in 'Central America' are from Mexico.

2/ Households in which at least one member is related to the person who owns or rents the house (householder).



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