Table 3.3 Family Households by Size, Type, and World Region of Birth of the Foreign-Born Householder: March 1997 (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | WORLD REGION OF BIRTH | | | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | CENTRAL | | | | | | Total | EUROPE | ASIA | AMERICA | CARIBBEAN |SOUTH AMERICA | OTHER AREAS | | |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------| | |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent| |--------------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------| |Total | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 7,946| 100.0| 1,371| 100.0| 2,061| 100.0| 2,583| 100.0| 960| 100.0| 485| 100.0| 486| 100.0| | Two people | 2,105| 26.5| 630| 45.9| 503| 24.4| 372| 14.4| 294| 30.6| 148| 30.4| 159| 32.8| | Three people | 1,745| 22.0| 319| 23.2| 463| 22.5| 466| 18.0| 263| 27.4| 126| 26.0| 107| 22.1| | Four people | 1,969| 24.8| 280| 20.4| 606| 29.4| 643| 24.9| 197| 20.5| 116| 24.0| 128| 26.3| | Five people | 1,115| 14.0| 99| 7.2| 279| 13.5| 519| 20.1| 109| 11.4| 52| 10.8| 56| 11.5| | Six people | 576| 7.3| 27| 2.0| 116| 5.6| 318| 12.3| 55| 5.7| 31| 6.3| 30| 6.1| | Seven or more people | 435| 5.5| 17| 1.2| 94| 4.6| 265| 10.3| 42| 4.4| 12| 2.4| 6| 1.2| |Married Couple | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 5,987| 100.0| 1,122| 100.0| 1,677| 100.0| 1,886| 100.0| 591| 100.0| 328| 100.0| 384| 100.0| | Two people | 1,425| 23.8| 490| 43.7| 363| 21.6| 205| 10.9| 160| 27.1| 84| 25.6| 123| 32.0| | Three people | 1,203| 20.1| 251| 22.3| 364| 21.7| 284| 15.1| 146| 24.6| 77| 23.6| 82| 21.3| | Four people | 1,571| 26.2| 250| 22.3| 525| 31.3| 481| 25.5| 126| 21.4| 84| 25.7| 103| 27.0| | Five people | 922| 15.4| 91| 8.1| 229| 13.6| 419| 22.2| 85| 14.3| 46| 14.0| 52| 13.5| | Six people | 505| 8.4| 25| 2.3| 116| 6.9| 273| 14.5| 45| 7.6| 28| 8.7| 18| 4.6| | Seven or more people | 361| 6.0| 15| 1.3| 80| 4.8| 223| 11.8| 29| 4.9| 8| 2.4| 6| 1.6| |Male Family Householder | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 596| 100.0| 66| 100.0| 166| 100.0| 244| 100.0| 58| 100.0| 34| 100.0| 28| 100.0| | Two people | 201| 33.7| 38| 57.3| 61| 36.6| 49| 20.1| 24| 42.1| 14| 42.0| 15| 52.7| | Three people | 162| 27.3| 15| 22.4| 51| 30.6| 75| 30.5| 16| 26.7| 1| 3.5| 6| 20.2| | Four people | 123| 20.6| 11| 17.2| 29| 17.5| 56| 23.1| 8| 14.3| 11| 31.3| 7| 25.2| | Five people | 58| 9.8| 2| 3.1| 25| 15.2| 24| 9.7| 3| 4.9| 4| 11.5| 1| 1.9| | Six people | 24| 4.0| -| -| -| -| 17| 7.0| 6| 9.5| 1| 3.2| -| -| | Seven or more people | 28| 4.7| -| -| -| -| 23| 9.6| 1| 2.4| 3| 8.5| -| -| |Female Family Householder | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 1,364| 100.0| 183| 100.0| 219| 100.0| 453| 100.0| 311| 100.0| 123| 100.0| 74| 100.0| | Two people | 479| 35.1| 102| 55.6| 79| 36.3| 118| 26.0| 109| 35.2| 49| 39.8| 22| 29.4| | Three people | 379| 27.8| 53| 29.1| 49| 22.5| 107| 23.7| 102| 32.8| 48| 38.7| 20| 26.9| | Four people | 276| 20.2| 18| 9.7| 52| 23.6| 105| 23.2| 62| 20.0| 22| 17.5| 17| 23.2| | Five people | 135| 9.9| 6| 3.5| 25| 11.5| 76| 16.8| 22| 7.0| 3| 2.1| 3| 4.5| | Six people | 48| 3.5| 2| 1.1| -| -| 28| 6.2| 5| 1.5| 1| 1.0| 12| 16.1| | Seven or more people | 47| 3.4| 2| 1.1| 13| 6.1| 19| 4.1| 11| 3.6| 1| 1.0| -| -| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ The majority of those born in 'Central America' are from Mexico. Those born in 'Other Areas' are from Africa, Oceania, Bermuda and Canada. 2/ 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