Table 4.8  Total Money Income and Sex of the Latin American Foreign Born: March 1995

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)



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|Total               |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

|                    |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

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

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

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

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

|Total with income 3/| 8,772|  100.0| 5,878|  100.0| 1,922|  100.0|   971|  100.0|

|$1 to $2,499 or loss|   876|   10.0|   597|   10.2|   171|    8.9|   107|   11.0|

|$2,500 to $4,999    |   743|    8.5|   488|    8.3|   172|    8.9|    83|    8.6|

|$5,000 to $9,999    | 2,189|   25.0| 1,539|   26.2|   459|   23.9|   191|   19.6|

|$10,000 to $14,999  | 1,753|   20.0| 1,308|   22.2|   308|   16.0|   138|   14.2|

|$15,000 to $19,999  | 1,051|   12.0|   742|   12.6|   183|    9.5|   126|   12.9|

|$20,000 to $24,999  |   763|    8.7|   535|    9.1|   148|    7.7|    79|    8.1|

|$25,000 to $34,999  |   701|    8.0|   363|    6.2|   218|   11.4|   120|   12.3|

|$35,000 to $49,999  |   415|    4.7|   205|    3.5|   139|    7.2|    71|    7.4|

|$50,000 to $74,999  |   161|    1.8|    60|    1.0|    68|    3.6|    33|    3.4|

|$75,000 and over    |   120|    1.4|    43|    0.7|    55|    2.9|    23|    2.3|

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|Male                |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

|                    |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

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

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

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

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

|Total with income 3/| 4,957|  100.0| 3,624|  100.0|   861|  100.0|   472|  100.0|

|$1 to $2,499 or loss|   293|    5.9|   218|    6.0|    50|    5.8|    26|    5.5|

|$2,500 to $4,999    |   301|    6.1|   220|    6.1|    58|    6.8|    22|    4.7|

|$5,000 to $9,999    | 1,013|   20.4|   804|   22.2|   147|   17.0|    63|   13.3|

|$10,000 to $14,999  | 1,097|   22.1|   870|   24.0|   155|   18.0|    72|   15.3|

|$15,000 to $19,999  |   751|   15.2|   582|   16.1|   100|   11.6|    69|   14.6|

|$20,000 to $24,999  |   530|   10.7|   413|   11.4|    69|    8.0|    48|   10.2|

|$25,000 to $34,999  |   474|    9.6|   275|    7.6|   125|   14.5|    75|   15.9|

|$35,000 to $49,999  |   274|    5.5|   153|    4.2|    67|    7.8|    54|   11.3|

|$50,000 to $74,999  |   120|    2.4|    49|    1.3|    45|    5.2|    26|    5.5|

|$75,000 and over    |   103|    2.1|    39|    1.1|    46|    5.3|    17|    3.7|

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|Female              |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

|                    |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

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

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

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

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

|Total with income 3/| 3,814|  100.0| 2,254|  100.0| 1,061|  100.0|   499|  100.0|

|$1 to $2,499 or loss|   583|   15.3|   379|   16.8|   122|   11.5|    82|   16.3|

|$2,500 to $4,999    |   442|   11.6|   268|   11.9|   113|   10.7|    61|   12.2|

|$5,000 to $9,999    | 1,176|   30.8|   735|   32.6|   313|   29.5|   128|   25.7|

|$10,000 to $14,999  |   657|   17.2|   438|   19.4|   153|   14.4|    66|   13.2|

|$15,000 to $19,999  |   299|    7.8|   160|    7.1|    83|    7.8|    57|   11.4|

|$20,000 to $24,999  |   232|    6.1|   122|    5.4|    79|    7.5|    31|    6.2|

|$25,000 to $34,999  |   226|    5.9|    88|    3.9|    94|    8.8|    45|    9.0|

|$35,000 to $49,999  |   141|    3.7|    51|    2.3|    72|    6.8|    18|    3.6|

|$50,000 to $74,999  |    42|    1.1|    11|    0.5|    24|    2.2|     7|    1.4|

|$75,000 and over    |    17|    0.5|     3|    0.1|     9|    0.8|     5|    1.1|

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

2/ Age 15 years and over.

3/ Total money income for the 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