Table 4.13  Housing Tenure of Latin American Foreign-Born Householders: 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/                    | 4,686|  100.0| 3,027|  100.0| 1,119|  100.0|   540|  100.0|

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

|Owner occupied              | 1,736|   37.0| 1,080|   35.7|   446|   39.9|   210|   38.9|

|Renter occupied             | 2,860|   61.0| 1,886|   62.3|   656|   58.6|   319|   59.0|

|Occupier paid no cash rent  |    90|    1.9|    62|    2.0|    17|    1.5|    11|    2.1|

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

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