Table 4.8  Total Money Income and Sex of the Latin American Foreign Born: March 1996

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)



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|Total               |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

|                    |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

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

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

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

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

|Total with income 3/| 8,963|  100.0| 6,003|  100.0| 1,982|  100.0|   979|  100.0|

|$1 to $2,499 or loss|   926|   10.3|   662|   11.0|   165|    8.3|    99|   10.2|

|$2,500 to $4,999    |   794|    8.9|   554|    9.2|   169|    8.5|    70|    7.2|

|$5,000 to $9,999    | 1,963|   21.9| 1,383|   23.0|   442|   22.3|   139|   14.2|

|$10,000 to $14,999  | 1,710|   19.1| 1,251|   20.8|   323|   16.3|   136|   13.9|

|$15,000 to $19,999  | 1,276|   14.2|   892|   14.9|   232|   11.7|   152|   15.5|

|$20,000 to $24,999  |   711|    7.9|   473|    7.9|   143|    7.2|    95|    9.7|

|$25,000 to $34,999  |   838|    9.3|   451|    7.5|   251|   12.6|   136|   13.9|

|$35,000 to $49,999  |   478|    5.3|   233|    3.9|   146|    7.4|    99|   10.1|

|$50,000 to $74,999  |   175|    1.9|    67|    1.1|    78|    3.9|    30|    3.1|

|$75,000 and over    |    93|    1.0|    36|    0.6|    35|    1.7|    22|    2.3|

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|Male                |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

|                    |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

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

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

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

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

|Total with income 3/| 4,970|  100.0| 3,601|  100.0|   904|  100.0|   465|  100.0|

|$1 to $2,499 or loss|   295|    5.9|   222|    6.2|    47|    5.2|    26|    5.6|

|$2,500 to $4,999    |   314|    6.3|   244|    6.8|    60|    6.6|    10|    2.2|

|$5,000 to $9,999    |   905|   18.2|   704|   19.5|   157|   17.4|    44|    9.5|

|$10,000 to $14,999  | 1,030|   20.7|   822|   22.8|   137|   15.2|    71|   15.2|

|$15,000 to $19,999  |   830|   16.7|   642|   17.8|   124|   13.8|    64|   13.8|

|$20,000 to $24,999  |   485|    9.8|   350|    9.7|    87|    9.6|    48|   10.3|

|$25,000 to $34,999  |   566|   11.4|   353|    9.8|   120|   13.3|    93|   20.0|

|$35,000 to $49,999  |   345|    6.9|   183|    5.1|    95|   10.5|    68|   14.6|

|$50,000 to $74,999  |   124|    2.5|    54|    1.5|    47|    5.2|    22|    4.8|

|$75,000 and over    |    74|    1.5|    27|    0.7|    29|    3.2|    19|    4.0|

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|Female              |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

|                    |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

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

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

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

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

|Total with income 3/| 3,994|  100.0| 2,402|  100.0| 1,078|  100.0|   513|  100.0|

|$1 to $2,499 or loss|   631|   15.8|   440|   18.3|   117|   10.9|    74|   14.3|

|$2,500 to $4,999    |   479|   12.0|   311|   12.9|   109|   10.1|    60|   11.7|

|$5,000 to $9,999    | 1,058|   26.5|   679|   28.3|   284|   26.4|    95|   18.5|

|$10,000 to $14,999  |   680|   17.0|   429|   17.9|   186|   17.2|    65|   12.6|

|$15,000 to $19,999  |   445|   11.2|   250|   10.4|   107|   10.0|    88|   17.1|

|$20,000 to $24,999  |   226|    5.7|   123|    5.1|    57|    5.2|    47|    9.1|

|$25,000 to $34,999  |   271|    6.8|    97|    4.1|   130|   12.1|    43|    8.5|

|$35,000 to $49,999  |   133|    3.3|    51|    2.1|    51|    4.7|    31|    6.0|

|$50,000 to $74,999  |    51|    1.3|    13|    0.5|    31|    2.8|     8|    1.5|

|$75,000 and over    |    19|    0.5|     9|    0.4|     6|    0.5|     3|    0.7|

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

2/ Age 15 years and over.

3/ Total money income for the 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