Table 1.12  Poverty Status of Families by Type and Citizenship Status of the Householder: March 1996

            (Numbers in thousands.)



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|                                     |               |              CITIZENSHIP STATUS               |

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

|                                     |               |               |  Naturalized  |               |

|                                     |     Total     |    Native     |    Citizen    | Not a Citizen |

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

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

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

|Total 1/                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total                              | 69,597|  100.0| 61,937|  100.0|  3,013|  100.0|  4,648|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                |  7,532|   10.8|  5,962|    9.6|    303|   10.1|  1,267|   27.3|

|  Above poverty level                | 62,065|   89.2| 55,975|   90.4|  2,710|   89.9|  3,381|   72.7|

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

|  Total                              | 53,570|  100.0| 47,766|  100.0|  2,406|  100.0|  3,398|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                |  2,982|    5.6|  2,031|    4.3|    193|    8.0|    758|   22.3|

|  Above poverty level                | 50,588|   94.4| 45,735|   95.7|  2,213|   92.0|  2,640|   77.7|

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

|  Total                              |  3,513|  100.0|  3,014|  100.0|    150|  100.0|    349|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                |    493|   14.0|    403|   13.4|     21|   14.2|     68|   19.6|

|  Above poverty level                |  3,020|   86.0|  2,610|   86.6|    129|   85.8|    281|   80.4|

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

|  Total                              | 12,514|  100.0| 11,156|  100.0|    457|  100.0|    901|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                |  4,057|   32.4|  3,527|   31.6|     89|   19.5|    440|   48.9|

|  Above poverty level                |  8,458|   67.6|  7,629|   68.4|    368|   80.5|    460|   51.1|

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1/ 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 1996

Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000