Table 4.12  Poverty Status of Families by Type and Region of Birth of Latin American Foreign-Born Householder: March 1996

            (Numbers in thousands. 1/)



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|                                     |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

|                                     |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

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

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

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

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

|Total 2/                             |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

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

|  Below poverty level                | 1,124|   29.0|   814|   31.3|   255|   29.0|    56|   13.7|

|  Above poverty level                | 2,756|   71.0| 1,784|   68.7|   623|   71.0|   350|   86.3|

|Married couple                       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

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

|  Below poverty level                |   621|   23.0|   510|   27.1|    81|   15.3|    31|   10.3|

|  Above poverty level                | 2,081|   77.0| 1,368|   72.9|   447|   84.7|   266|   89.7|

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

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

|  Below poverty level                |    68|   25.9|    46|   22.9|    16|   36.8|     6|   33.2|

|  Above poverty level                |   195|   74.1|   155|   77.1|    27|   63.2|    12|   66.8|

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

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

|  Below poverty level                |   436|   47.5|   258|   49.8|   158|   51.6|    19|   21.1|

|  Above poverty level                |   480|   52.5|   261|   50.2|   148|   48.4|    71|   78.9|

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

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