Table 2.11 Poverty Status of the Foreign-Born Population by Year of Entry, Age and Sex: March 1996 (Numbers in thousands. 1/) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total | | Year of Entry | | | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | | Total | 1990+ | 1980-1989 | 1970-1979 | Before 1970 | | |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------| | |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| |------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------| |Total | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 1/ | 24,527| 100.0| 6,559| 100.0| 8,406| 100.0| 4,756| 100.0| 4,806| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 5,452| 22.2| 2,186| 33.3| 1,989| 23.7| 800| 16.8| 477| 9.9| | Above poverty level | 19,075| 77.8| 4,373| 66.7| 6,417| 76.3| 3,956| 83.2| 4,328| 90.1| |Under 18 years | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 1/ | 2,704| 100.0| 1,649| 100.0| 1,028| 100.0| 27| 100.0| -| -| | Below poverty level | 1,028| 38.0| 681| 41.3| 335| 32.6| 12| 45.6| -| -| | Above poverty level | 1,676| 62.0| 968| 58.7| 693| 67.4| 14| 54.4| -| -| |18 to 64 years | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 1/ | 19,062| 100.0| 4,693| 100.0| 7,048| 100.0| 4,402| 100.0| 2,918| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 3,994| 21.0| 1,456| 31.0| 1,581| 22.4| 707| 16.1| 251| 8.6| | Above poverty level | 15,067| 79.0| 3,237| 69.0| 5,468| 77.6| 3,695| 83.9| 2,667| 91.4| |65 years and over | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 1/ | 2,761| 100.0| 217| 100.0| 330| 100.0| 327| 100.0| 1,888| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 430| 15.6| 49| 22.8| 73| 22.3| 81| 24.7| 227| 12.0| | Above poverty level | 2,331| 84.4| 167| 77.2| 256| 77.7| 246| 75.3| 1,661| 88.0| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Male | | Year of Entry | | | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | | Total | 1990+ | 1980-1989 | 1970-1979 | Before 1970 | | |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------| | |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| |------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------| |Total | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 1/ | 12,007| 100.0| 3,291| 100.0| 4,353| 100.0| 2,293| 100.0| 2,070| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 2,548| 21.2| 1,065| 32.4| 970| 22.3| 350| 15.3| 163| 7.9| | Above poverty level | 9,459| 78.8| 2,227| 67.6| 3,383| 77.7| 1,943| 84.7| 1,906| 92.1| |Under 18 years | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 1/ | 1,394| 100.0| 883| 100.0| 504| 100.0| 7| 100.0| -| -| | Below poverty level | 505| 36.3| 348| 39.4| 157| 31.2| -| -| -| -| | Above poverty level | 888| 63.7| 535| 60.6| 347| 68.8| 7| 100.0| -| -| |18 to 64 years | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 1/ | 9,492| 100.0| 2,324| 100.0| 3,712| 100.0| 2,155| 100.0| 1,302| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 1,907| 20.1| 700| 30.1| 790| 21.3| 322| 14.9| 94| 7.2| | Above poverty level | 7,586| 79.9| 1,623| 69.9| 2,921| 78.7| 1,833| 85.1| 1,207| 92.8| |65 years and over | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 1/ | 1,121| 100.0| 85| 100.0| 137| 100.0| 132| 100.0| 768| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 136| 12.1| 16| 19.3| 22| 16.0| 28| 21.5| 69| 9.0| | Above poverty level | 986| 87.9| 68| 80.7| 115| 84.0| 103| 78.5| 699| 91.0| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Female | | Year of Entry | | | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | | Total | 1990+ | 1980-1989 | 1970-1979 | Before 1970 | | |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------| | |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| |------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------| |Total | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 1/ | 12,520| 100.0| 3,268| 100.0| 4,054| 100.0| 2,463| 100.0| 2,736| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 2,905| 23.2| 1,122| 34.3| 1,019| 25.1| 450| 18.3| 314| 11.5| | Above poverty level | 9,615| 76.8| 2,146| 65.7| 3,034| 74.9| 2,013| 81.7| 2,422| 88.5| |Under 18 years | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 1/ | 1,310| 100.0| 766| 100.0| 524| 100.0| 20| 100.0| -| -| | Below poverty level | 522| 39.9| 333| 43.5| 177| 33.8| 12| 60.4| -| -| | Above poverty level | 788| 60.1| 433| 56.5| 347| 66.2| 8| 39.6| -| -| |18 to 64 years | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 1/ | 9,569| 100.0| 2,369| 100.0| 3,337| 100.0| 2,247| 100.0| 1,616| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 2,088| 21.8| 755| 31.9| 790| 23.7| 385| 17.2| 156| 9.7| | Above poverty level | 7,482| 78.2| 1,614| 68.1| 2,546| 76.3| 1,862| 82.8| 1,460| 90.3| |65 years and over | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 1/ | 1,640| 100.0| 132| 100.0| 193| 100.0| 196| 100.0| 1,119| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 295| 18.0| 33| 25.0| 52| 26.8| 53| 26.9| 157| 14.1| | Above poverty level | 1,345| 82.0| 99| 75.0| 141| 73.2| 143| 73.1| 962| 85.9| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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