Table 4.12  Poverty Status of Families by Type and Region of Birth of Latin American Foreign-Born 
		Householder: March 1995

            (Numbers in thousands. 1/)



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|                                     |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

|                                     |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

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

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

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

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

|Total 2/                             |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total                              | 3,678|  100.0| 2,481|  100.0|   798|  100.0|   399|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                | 1,125|   30.6|   849|   34.2|   193|   24.2|    83|   20.8|

|  Above poverty level                | 2,553|   69.4| 1,632|   65.8|   605|   75.8|   316|   79.2|

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

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

|  Below poverty level                |   637|   25.1|   546|   30.8|    51|   10.4|    40|   14.2|

|  Above poverty level                | 1,903|   74.9| 1,226|   69.2|   437|   89.6|   240|   85.8|

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

|  Total                              |   313|  100.0|   239|  100.0|    38|  100.0|    36|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                |    66|   21.2|    50|   20.8|     8|   21.8|     8|   23.2|

|  Above poverty level                |   247|   78.8|   190|   79.2|    29|   78.2|    28|   76.8|

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

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

|  Below poverty level                |   422|   51.2|   253|   53.9|   134|   49.2|    35|   42.0|

|  Above poverty level                |   403|   48.8|   216|   46.1|   139|   50.8|    48|   58.0|

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

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