Table 3.3 Family Households by Size, Type, and World Region of Birth of the Foreign-Born Householder: March 1996 (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | WORLD REGION OF BIRTH | | | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | CENTRAL | | | | | | Total | EUROPE | ASIA | AMERICA | CARIBBEAN |SOUTH AMERICA | OTHER AREAS | | |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------| | |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent| |--------------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------| |Total | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 7,661| 100.0| 1,303| 100.0| 1,939| 100.0| 2,598| 100.0| 877| 100.0| 405| 100.0| 538| 100.0| | Two people | 2,068| 27.0| 621| 47.6| 406| 20.9| 473| 18.2| 257| 29.3| 122| 30.1| 189| 35.2| | Three people | 1,676| 21.9| 281| 21.5| 466| 24.1| 494| 19.0| 231| 26.4| 97| 24.0| 106| 19.8| | Four people | 1,849| 24.1| 236| 18.1| 569| 29.4| 602| 23.2| 214| 24.4| 110| 27.2| 118| 21.9| | Five people | 1,108| 14.5| 118| 9.0| 290| 14.9| 476| 18.3| 105| 11.9| 45| 11.1| 75| 14.0| | Six people | 535| 7.0| 31| 2.4| 107| 5.5| 288| 11.1| 45| 5.1| 22| 5.4| 42| 7.9| | Seven or more people | 424| 5.5| 17| 1.3| 100| 5.2| 265| 10.2| 25| 2.9| 9| 2.2| 7| 1.2| |Married Couple | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 5,804| 100.0| 1,103| 100.0| 1,576| 100.0| 1,877| 100.0| 528| 100.0| 297| 100.0| 424| 100.0| | Two people | 1,412| 24.3| 502| 45.5| 277| 17.6| 270| 14.4| 140| 26.5| 78| 26.2| 144| 34.0| | Three people | 1,151| 19.8| 229| 20.8| 356| 22.6| 330| 17.6| 110| 20.8| 63| 21.4| 63| 14.9| | Four people | 1,493| 25.7| 217| 19.7| 504| 32.0| 428| 22.8| 148| 28.1| 90| 30.3| 106| 25.0| | Five people | 951| 16.4| 113| 10.2| 243| 15.4| 408| 21.7| 77| 14.6| 41| 13.9| 68| 16.1| | Six people | 450| 7.7| 28| 2.6| 105| 6.7| 227| 12.1| 36| 6.8| 18| 6.1| 35| 8.3| | Seven or more people | 347| 6.0| 14| 1.3| 90| 5.7| 213| 11.4| 16| 3.1| 6| 2.2| 7| 1.6| |Male Family Householder | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 499| 100.0| 47| 100.0| 147| 100.0| 202| 100.0| 43| 100.0| 18| 100.0| 42| 100.0| | Two people | 187| 37.5| 30| 63.3| 52| 35.5| 58| 28.6| 21| 49.6| 11| 59.9| 15| 36.0| | Three people | 137| 27.5| 12| 24.6| 39| 26.4| 55| 27.3| 11| 26.1| 1| 8.0| 19| 46.2| | Four people | 89| 17.8| 5| 10.1| 31| 21.3| 40| 19.6| 3| 7.4| 4| 19.5| 7| 15.8| | Five people | 41| 8.3| -| -| 18| 12.1| 20| 10.2| 1| 2.5| 1| 6.1| 1| 1.9| | Six people | 16| 3.1| 1| 2.1| -| -| 13| 6.6| 2| 3.5| -| -| -| -| | Seven or more people | 28| 5.7| -| -| 7| 4.7| 16| 7.8| 5| 11.0| 1| 6.4| -| -| |Female Family Householder | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 1,358| 100.0| 153| 100.0| 216| 100.0| 519| 100.0| 306| 100.0| 91| 100.0| 73| 100.0| | Two people | 469| 34.6| 89| 58.3| 77| 35.4| 145| 27.9| 95| 31.1| 33| 36.7| 30| 41.2| | Three people | 387| 28.5| 40| 26.2| 72| 33.1| 109| 21.0| 110| 36.0| 33| 36.0| 24| 32.8| | Four people | 267| 19.7| 14| 9.1| 34| 15.7| 134| 25.8| 63| 20.5| 17| 18.8| 5| 7.4| | Five people | 116| 8.5| 5| 3.4| 29| 13.2| 47| 9.1| 26| 8.6| 2| 2.7| 6| 8.7| | Six people | 70| 5.2| 2| 1.2| 2| 0.9| 48| 9.2| 7| 2.3| 4| 4.3| 7| 10.0| | Seven or more people | 48| 3.6| 3| 2.0| 4| 1.6| 36| 7.0| 4| 1.4| 1| 1.4| -| -| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ The majority of those born in 'Central America' are from Mexico. Those born in 'Other Areas' are from Africa, Oceania, Bermuda and Canada. 2/ 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