Table 3.11 Poverty Status of the Foreign-Born Population by World Region of Birth, Age and Sex: March 1996 (Numbers in thousands. 1/) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total | | 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 2/ |24,527| 100.0| 4,125| 100.0| 6,567| 100.0| 8,360| 100.0| 2,496| 100.0| 1,294| 100.0| 1,685| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 5,452| 22.2| 464| 11.2| 1,092| 16.6| 2,778| 33.2| 685| 27.4| 237| 18.3| 197| 11.7| | Above poverty level |19,075| 77.8| 3,661| 88.8| 5,475| 83.4| 5,582| 66.8| 1,811| 72.6| 1,058| 81.7| 1,488| 88.3| |Under 18 years | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ | 2,704| 100.0| 260| 100.0| 839| 100.0| 1,094| 100.0| 224| 100.0| 140| 100.0| 147| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 1,028| 38.0| 59| 22.7| 224| 26.7| 584| 53.4| 92| 40.8| 46| 32.9| 23| 15.9| | Above poverty level | 1,676| 62.0| 201| 77.3| 615| 73.3| 510| 46.6| 133| 59.2| 94| 67.1| 123| 84.1| |18 to 64 years | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ |19,062| 100.0| 2,692| 100.0| 5,236| 100.0| 6,829| 100.0| 1,960| 100.0| 1,063| 100.0| 1,282| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 3,994| 21.0| 294| 10.9| 782| 14.9| 2,086| 30.5| 500| 25.5| 175| 16.5| 157| 12.3| | Above poverty level |15,067| 79.0| 2,398| 89.1| 4,454| 85.1| 4,744| 69.5| 1,460| 74.5| 888| 83.5| 1,125| 87.7| |65 years and over | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ | 2,761| 100.0| 1,173| 100.0| 492| 100.0| 437| 100.0| 312| 100.0| 91| 100.0| 256| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 430| 15.6| 111| 9.4| 85| 17.4| 109| 24.9| 94| 30.0| 15| 16.7| 17| 6.4| | Above poverty level | 2,331| 84.4| 1,062| 90.6| 406| 82.6| 329| 75.1| 219| 70.0| 76| 83.3| 240| 93.6| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Male | | 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 2/ |12,007| 100.0| 1,798| 100.0| 3,247| 100.0| 4,445| 100.0| 1,119| 100.0| 597| 100.0| 799| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 2,548| 21.2| 164| 9.1| 538| 16.6| 1,394| 31.4| 254| 22.6| 101| 16.9| 97| 12.1| | Above poverty level | 9,459| 78.8| 1,634| 90.9| 2,709| 83.4| 3,051| 68.6| 866| 77.4| 497| 83.1| 703| 87.9| |Under 18 years | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ | 1,394| 100.0| 139| 100.0| 401| 100.0| 581| 100.0| 114| 100.0| 84| 100.0| 75| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 505| 36.3| 22| 15.6| 106| 26.5| 295| 50.8| 47| 40.7| 26| 30.7| 10| 13.4| | Above poverty level | 888| 63.7| 117| 84.4| 295| 73.5| 285| 49.2| 68| 59.3| 58| 69.3| 65| 86.6| |18 to 64 years | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ | 9,492| 100.0| 1,198| 100.0| 2,617| 100.0| 3,687| 100.0| 879| 100.0| 477| 100.0| 636| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 1,907| 20.1| 105| 8.8| 400| 15.3| 1,070| 29.0| 177| 20.2| 72| 15.1| 82| 13.0| | Above poverty level | 7,586| 79.9| 1,092| 91.2| 2,217| 84.7| 2,617| 71.0| 701| 79.8| 405| 84.9| 554| 87.0| |65 years and over | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ | 1,121| 100.0| 462| 100.0| 229| 100.0| 178| 100.0| 126| 100.0| 37| 100.0| 88| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 136| 12.1| 38| 8.1| 33| 14.2| 29| 16.1| 30| 23.4| 3| 8.3| 4| 4.8| | Above poverty level | 986| 87.9| 425| 91.9| 197| 85.8| 149| 83.9| 97| 76.6| 34| 91.7| 84| 95.2| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Female | | 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 2/ |12,520| 100.0| 2,326| 100.0| 3,320| 100.0| 3,915| 100.0| 1,377| 100.0| 697| 100.0| 885| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 2,905| 23.2| 300| 12.9| 553| 16.7| 1,384| 35.4| 431| 31.3| 136| 19.5| 100| 11.3| | Above poverty level | 9,615| 76.8| 2,027| 87.1| 2,766| 83.3| 2,531| 64.6| 946| 68.7| 561| 80.5| 785| 88.7| |Under 18 years | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ | 1,310| 100.0| 121| 100.0| 438| 100.0| 513| 100.0| 110| 100.0| 56| 100.0| 72| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 522| 39.9| 37| 30.8| 118| 26.9| 289| 56.3| 45| 40.9| 20| 36.2| 13| 18.4| | Above poverty level | 788| 60.1| 84| 69.2| 320| 73.1| 224| 43.7| 65| 59.1| 36| 63.8| 59| 81.6| |18 to 64 years | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ | 9,569| 100.0| 1,494| 100.0| 2,619| 100.0| 3,143| 100.0| 1,081| 100.0| 586| 100.0| 646| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 2,088| 21.8| 189| 12.7| 383| 14.6| 1,016| 32.3| 322| 29.8| 103| 17.6| 75| 11.6| | Above poverty level | 7,482| 78.2| 1,305| 87.3| 2,237| 85.4| 2,127| 67.7| 759| 70.2| 483| 82.4| 571| 88.4| |65 years and over | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ | 1,640| 100.0| 711| 100.0| 262| 100.0| 259| 100.0| 186| 100.0| 54| 100.0| 168| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 295| 18.0| 73| 10.3| 53| 20.2| 80| 30.9| 64| 34.5| 12| 22.4| 12| 7.3| | Above poverty level | 1,345| 82.0| 638| 89.7| 209| 79.8| 179| 69.1| 122| 65.5| 42| 77.6| 156| 92.7| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ 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