Table 3.12  Poverty Status of Families by Type and World Region of Birth of the Foreign-Born Householder: March 1996

            (Numbers in thousands. 1/)



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|                                     |              |                                  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 2/                             |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  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|

|  Below poverty level                | 1,570|   20.5|   115|    8.8|   285|   14.7|   814|   31.3|   255|   29.0|    56|   13.7|    45|    8.4|

|  Above poverty level                | 6,091|   79.5| 1,189|   91.2| 1,653|   85.3| 1,784|   68.7|   623|   71.0|   350|   86.3|   493|   91.6|

|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|

|  Below poverty level                |   951|   16.4|    80|    7.3|   221|   14.0|   510|   27.1|    81|   15.3|    31|   10.3|    29|    6.8|

|  Above poverty level                | 4,853|   83.6| 1,023|   92.7| 1,355|   86.0| 1,368|   72.9|   447|   84.7|   266|   89.7|   395|   93.2|

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

|  Total                              |   499|  100.0|    47|  100.0|   147|  100.0|   202|  100.0|    43|  100.0|    18|  100.0|    42|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                |    90|   18.0|     5|   10.4|    14|    9.3|    46|   22.9|    16|   36.8|     6|   33.2|     3|    6.5|

|  Above poverty level                |   409|   82.0|    42|   89.6|   133|   90.7|   155|   77.1|    27|   63.2|    12|   66.8|    39|   93.5|

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

|  Total                              | 1,358|  100.0|   153|  100.0|   216|  100.0|   519|  100.0|   306|  100.0|    91|  100.0|    73|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                |   530|   39.0|    29|   19.2|    51|   23.5|   258|   49.8|   158|   51.6|    19|   21.1|    14|   19.1|

|  Above poverty level                |   828|   61.0|   124|   80.8|   165|   76.5|   261|   50.2|   148|   48.4|    71|   78.9|    59|   80.9|

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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