Table 2.12  Poverty Status of Families by 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|

|  Below poverty level                |  1,571|   19.8|    466|   31.3|    642|   23.9|    301|   15.5|    162|    8.9|

|  Above poverty level                |  6,376|   80.2|  1,022|   68.7|  2,040|   76.1|  1,642|   84.5|  1,671|   91.1|

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

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

|  Below poverty level                |    938|   15.7|    295|   27.0|    390|   20.2|    158|   10.6|     95|    6.4|

|  Above poverty level                |  5,049|   84.3|    796|   73.0|  1,546|   79.8|  1,331|   89.4|  1,376|   93.6|

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

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

|  Below poverty level                |     92|   15.4|     26|   16.5|     39|   15.8|     18|   16.0|      8|   10.9|

|  Above poverty level                |    504|   84.6|    133|   83.5|    208|   84.2|     95|   84.0|     68|   89.1|

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

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

|  Below poverty level                |    541|   39.7|    144|   60.8|    212|   42.6|    125|   36.8|     59|   20.7|

|  Above poverty level                |    823|   60.3|     93|   39.2|    287|   57.4|    216|   63.2|    227|   79.3|

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1/ 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 1997

Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000