Table 2.12  Poverty Status of Families by 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|

|  Below poverty level                |  1,570|   20.5|    368|   29.9|    698|   26.4|    356|   18.7|    148|    7.9|

|  Above poverty level                |  6,091|   79.5|    865|   70.1|  1,946|   73.6|  1,550|   81.3|  1,730|   92.1|

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

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

|  Below poverty level                |    951|   16.4|    233|   25.5|    420|   21.5|    202|   14.4|     95|    6.2|

|  Above poverty level                |  4,853|   83.6|    681|   74.5|  1,537|   78.5|  1,205|   85.6|  1,430|   93.8|

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

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

|  Below poverty level                |     90|   18.0|     31|   24.7|     32|   16.4|     19|   16.1|      8|   12.5|

|  Above poverty level                |    409|   82.0|     95|   75.3|    162|   83.6|     99|   83.9|     54|   87.5|

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

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

|  Below poverty level                |    530|   39.0|    103|   53.9|    246|   49.9|    135|   35.4|     45|   15.4|

|  Above poverty level                |    828|   61.0|     88|   46.1|    247|   50.1|    247|   64.6|    246|   84.6|

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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