Table 4.13  Housing Tenure of Latin American Foreign-Born Householders: 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/                    | 4,415|  100.0| 2,844|  100.0| 1,065|  100.0|   506|  100.0|

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

|Owner occupied              | 1,632|   37.0| 1,047|   36.8|   426|   40.0|   159|   31.5|

|Renter occupied             | 2,720|   61.6| 1,749|   61.5|   629|   59.0|   342|   67.7|

|Occupier paid no cash rent  |    63|    1.4|    48|    1.7|    10|    1.0|     4|    0.9|

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

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