Table 4.3  Family Households by Size, Type, and Region of Birth in Latin America of the 

		Householder: March 1996

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)



----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|                                      |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

|                                      |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

|                                      |LATIN AMERICA |   AMERICA    |  CARIBBEAN   |SOUTH AMERICA |

|                                      |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------|

|                                      |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|

|--------------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------|

|Total                                 |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total                               | 3,881|  100.0| 2,598|  100.0|   877|  100.0|   405|  100.0|

|  Two people                          |   852|   22.0|   473|   18.2|   257|   29.3|   122|   30.1|

|  Three people                        |   823|   21.2|   494|   19.0|   231|   26.4|    97|   24.0|

|  Four people                         |   926|   23.9|   602|   23.2|   214|   24.4|   110|   27.2|

|  Five people                         |   625|   16.1|   476|   18.3|   105|   11.9|    45|   11.1|

|  Six people                          |   355|    9.2|   288|   11.1|    45|    5.1|    22|    5.4|

|  Seven or more people                |   299|    7.7|   265|   10.2|    25|    2.9|     9|    2.2|

|Married Couple                        |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total                               | 2,701|  100.0| 1,877|  100.0|   528|  100.0|   297|  100.0|

|  Two people                          |   488|   18.1|   270|   14.4|   140|   26.5|    78|   26.2|

|  Three people                        |   503|   18.6|   330|   17.6|   110|   20.8|    63|   21.4|

|  Four people                         |   666|   24.7|   428|   22.8|   148|   28.1|    90|   30.3|

|  Five people                         |   526|   19.5|   408|   21.7|    77|   14.6|    41|   13.9|

|  Six people                          |   281|   10.4|   227|   12.1|    36|    6.8|    18|    6.1|

|  Seven or more people                |   236|    8.7|   213|   11.4|    16|    3.1|     6|    2.2|

|Male Family Householder               |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total                               |   263|  100.0|   202|  100.0|    43|  100.0|    18|  100.0|

|  Two people                          |    90|   34.3|    58|   28.6|    21|   49.6|    11|   59.9|

|  Three people                        |    68|   25.7|    55|   27.3|    11|   26.1|     1|    8.0|

|  Four people                         |    46|   17.6|    40|   19.6|     3|    7.4|     4|   19.5|

|  Five people                         |    23|    8.6|    20|   10.2|     1|    2.5|     1|    6.1|

|  Six people                          |    15|    5.6|    13|    6.6|     2|    3.5|     -|      -|

|  Seven or more people                |    22|    8.2|    16|    7.8|     5|   11.0|     1|    6.4|

|Female Family Householder             |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total                               |   916|  100.0|   519|  100.0|   306|  100.0|    91|  100.0|

|  Two people                          |   274|   29.9|   145|   27.9|    95|   31.1|    33|   36.7|

|  Three people                        |   252|   27.5|   109|   21.0|   110|   36.0|    33|   36.0|

|  Four people                         |   214|   23.3|   134|   25.8|    63|   20.5|    17|   18.8|

|  Five people                         |    76|    8.3|    47|    9.1|    26|    8.6|     2|    2.7|

|  Six people                          |    59|    6.4|    48|    9.2|     7|    2.3|     4|    4.3|

|  Seven or more people                |    42|    4.6|    36|    7.0|     4|    1.4|     1|    1.4|

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

1/ The majority of those born in 'Central America' are from Mexico.

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