Table 3.13  Housing Tenure by Region of Birth of the 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/                    | 9,915|  100.0| 2,023|  100.0| 2,414|  100.0| 3,027|  100.0| 1,119|  100.0|   540|  100.0|   792|  100.0|

|----------------------------|      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|Owner occupied              | 4,629|   46.7| 1,254|   62.0| 1,179|   48.9| 1,080|   35.7|   446|   39.9|   210|   38.9|   460|   58.1|

|Renter occupied             | 5,110|   51.5|   732|   36.2| 1,194|   49.4| 1,886|   62.3|   656|   58.6|   319|   59.0|   323|   40.8|

|Occupier paid no cash rent  |   176|    1.8|    36|    1.8|    41|    1.7|    62|    2.0|    17|    1.5|    11|    2.1|     9|    1.1|

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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/ Ownership or rental agreement as of March 1996



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