Table 2.3  Family Households by Size, Type and Year of Entry of the Foreign-Born Householder: March 1996

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/)



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|                                      |               |                         Year of Entry                         |

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

|                                      |     Total     |     1990+     |   1980-1989   |   1970-1979   |  Before 1970  |

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

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

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

|Total                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total 1/                            |  7,661|  100.0|  1,233|  100.0|  2,644|  100.0|  1,906|  100.0|  1,878|  100.0|

|  Two people                          |  2,068|   27.0|    328|   26.6|    525|   19.8|    407|   21.4|    808|   43.0|

|  Three people                        |  1,676|   21.9|    302|   24.5|    586|   22.2|    368|   19.3|    420|   22.3|

|  Four people                         |  1,849|   24.1|    318|   25.8|    720|   27.2|    477|   25.0|    334|   17.8|

|  Five people                         |  1,108|   14.5|    153|   12.4|    417|   15.8|    355|   18.6|    183|    9.7|

|  Six people                          |    535|    7.0|     66|    5.4|    216|    8.2|    168|    8.8|     85|    4.5|

|  Seven or more people                |    424|    5.5|     65|    5.3|    180|    6.8|    130|    6.8|     48|    2.5|

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

|  Total 1/                            |  5,804|  100.0|    915|  100.0|  1,957|  100.0|  1,407|  100.0|  1,525|  100.0|

|  Two people                          |  1,412|   24.3|    218|   23.8|    325|   16.6|    225|   16.0|    643|   42.2|

|  Three people                        |  1,151|   19.8|    215|   23.5|    381|   19.5|    248|   17.6|    307|   20.2|

|  Four people                         |  1,493|   25.7|    252|   27.6|    568|   29.0|    378|   26.8|    295|   19.4|

|  Five people                         |    951|   16.4|    125|   13.7|    359|   18.3|    304|   21.6|    163|   10.7|

|  Six people                          |    450|    7.7|     59|    6.4|    172|    8.8|    144|   10.2|     75|    4.9|

|  Seven or more people                |    347|    6.0|     46|    5.0|    152|    7.8|    108|    7.7|     41|    2.7|

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

|  Total 1/                            |    499|  100.0|    126|  100.0|    193|  100.0|    118|  100.0|     62|  100.0|

|  Two people                          |    187|   37.5|     49|   38.8|     59|   30.7|     48|   40.5|     31|   50.5|

|  Three people                        |    137|   27.5|     23|   18.2|     75|   38.9|     19|   16.1|     20|   32.8|

|  Four people                         |     89|   17.8|     29|   22.9|     32|   16.5|     25|   21.3|      3|    4.9|

|  Five people                         |     41|    8.3|     12|    9.8|     10|    5.3|     14|   11.8|      5|    7.7|

|  Six people                          |     16|    3.1|      3|    2.5|      8|    4.1|      2|    1.8|      2|    4.0|

|  Seven or more people                |     28|    5.7|     10|    7.7|      9|    4.5|     10|    8.5|      -|      -|

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

|  Total 1/                            |  1,358|  100.0|    192|  100.0|    493|  100.0|    382|  100.0|    291|  100.0|

|  Two people                          |    469|   34.6|     61|   32.0|    140|   28.4|    135|   35.3|    133|   45.8|

|  Three people                        |    387|   28.5|     64|   33.2|    130|   26.4|    101|   26.5|     92|   31.6|

|  Four people                         |    267|   19.7|     37|   19.3|    120|   24.2|     75|   19.6|     36|   12.3|

|  Five people                         |    116|    8.5|     16|    8.3|     48|    9.7|     37|    9.6|     16|    5.3|

|  Six people                          |     70|    5.2|      4|    2.2|     36|    7.4|     22|    5.7|      8|    2.6|

|  Seven or more people                |     48|    3.6|     10|    5.0|     19|    3.9|     13|    3.3|      7|    2.4|

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1/ 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 1996

Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000