Table 2.3  Family Households by Size, Type and Year of Entry of the Foreign-Born Householder: March 1997

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/)



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|                                      |               |                         Year of Entry                         |

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

|                                      |     Total     |     1990+     |   1980-1989   |   1970-1979   |  Before 1970  |

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

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

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

|Total                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total 1/                            |  7,946|  100.0|  1,488|  100.0|  2,682|  100.0|  1,943|  100.0|  1,833|  100.0|

|  Two people                          |  2,105|   26.5|    333|   22.4|    510|   19.0|    391|   20.1|    872|   47.5|

|  Three people                        |  1,745|   22.0|    403|   27.1|    587|   21.9|    360|   18.5|    394|   21.5|

|  Four people                         |  1,969|   24.8|    385|   25.9|    725|   27.0|    541|   27.8|    319|   17.4|

|  Five people                         |  1,115|   14.0|    207|   13.9|    417|   15.5|    344|   17.7|    147|    8.0|

|  Six people                          |    576|    7.3|     87|    5.8|    277|   10.3|    163|    8.4|     49|    2.7|

|  Seven or more people                |    435|    5.5|     73|    4.9|    166|    6.2|    145|    7.5|     52|    2.9|

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

|  Total 1/                            |  5,987|  100.0|  1,091|  100.0|  1,936|  100.0|  1,489|  100.0|  1,471|  100.0|

|  Two people                          |  1,425|   23.8|    217|   19.8|    308|   15.9|    237|   15.9|    664|   45.1|

|  Three people                        |  1,203|   20.1|    291|   26.6|    357|   18.4|    265|   17.8|    291|   19.8|

|  Four people                         |  1,571|   26.2|    305|   27.9|    555|   28.7|    422|   28.3|    289|   19.7|

|  Five people                         |    922|   15.4|    150|   13.7|    344|   17.8|    288|   19.4|    139|    9.5|

|  Six people                          |    505|    8.4|     79|    7.2|    240|   12.4|    148|    9.9|     39|    2.7|

|  Seven or more people                |    361|    6.0|     51|    4.6|    133|    6.8|    130|    8.7|     48|    3.3|

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

|  Total 1/                            |    596|  100.0|    159|  100.0|    247|  100.0|    113|  100.0|     76|  100.0|

|  Two people                          |    201|   33.7|     54|   34.1|     58|   23.4|     44|   38.7|     45|   59.0|

|  Three people                        |    162|   27.3|     45|   28.4|     84|   34.0|     12|   10.7|     21|   27.7|

|  Four people                         |    123|   20.6|     29|   18.4|     52|   21.1|     37|   32.9|      4|    5.5|

|  Five people                         |     58|    9.8|     17|   10.6|     26|   10.4|     14|   12.0|      2|    2.7|

|  Six people                          |     24|    4.0|      5|    3.0|     14|    5.6|      1|    1.1|      4|    5.1|

|  Seven or more people                |     28|    4.7|      9|    5.5|     14|    5.6|      5|    4.6|      -|      -|

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

|  Total 1/                            |  1,364|  100.0|    237|  100.0|    499|  100.0|    341|  100.0|    287|  100.0|

|  Two people                          |    479|   35.1|     62|   26.0|    144|   29.0|    110|   32.3|    163|   56.8|

|  Three people                        |    379|   27.8|     67|   28.4|    147|   29.4|     83|   24.4|     82|   28.6|

|  Four people                         |    276|   20.2|     51|   21.3|    117|   23.5|     82|   24.0|     26|    9.0|

|  Five people                         |    135|    9.9|     41|   17.1|     47|    9.5|     42|   12.2|      6|    2.0|

|  Six people                          |     48|    3.5|      4|    1.5|     24|    4.8|     14|    4.1|      6|    2.1|

|  Seven or more people                |     47|    3.4|     13|    5.6|     19|    3.8|     10|    2.9|      4|    1.4|

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1/ 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 1997

Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000