Table 3.11 Poverty Status of the Foreign-Born Population by World Region of Birth, Age and Sex: March 1997 (Numbers in thousands. 1/) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total | | 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 2/ |25,759| 100.0| 4,296| 100.0| 6,822| 100.0| 8,752| 100.0| 2,776| 100.0| 1,530| 100.0| 1,584| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 5,412| 21.0| 544| 12.7| 1,002| 14.7| 2,767| 31.6| 659| 23.7| 232| 15.1| 208| 13.1| | Above poverty level |20,347| 79.0| 3,752| 87.3| 5,819| 85.3| 5,985| 68.4| 2,117| 76.3| 1,298| 84.9| 1,376| 86.9| |Under 18 years | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ | 2,598| 100.0| 271| 100.0| 652| 100.0| 1,124| 100.0| 247| 100.0| 164| 100.0| 141| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 1,012| 38.9| 70| 26.0| 151| 23.1| 604| 53.8| 106| 43.0| 41| 25.2| 39| 27.5| | Above poverty level | 1,587| 61.1| 201| 74.0| 501| 76.9| 519| 46.2| 141| 57.0| 122| 74.8| 102| 72.5| |18 to 64 years | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ |20,372| 100.0| 2,887| 100.0| 5,640| 100.0| 7,229| 100.0| 2,118| 100.0| 1,259| 100.0| 1,239| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 3,956| 19.4| 355| 12.3| 786| 13.9| 2,056| 28.4| 462| 21.8| 162| 12.8| 135| 10.9| | Above poverty level |16,416| 80.6| 2,532| 87.7| 4,854| 86.1| 5,173| 71.6| 1,656| 78.2| 1,098| 87.2| 1,104| 89.1| |65 years and over | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ | 2,789| 100.0| 1,138| 100.0| 530| 100.0| 400| 100.0| 412| 100.0| 107| 100.0| 203| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 444| 15.9| 119| 10.4| 65| 12.4| 107| 26.7| 91| 22.1| 29| 26.8| 34| 16.5| | Above poverty level | 2,345| 84.1| 1,019| 89.6| 464| 87.6| 293| 73.3| 320| 77.9| 78| 73.2| 170| 83.5| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Male | | 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 2/ |12,939| 100.0| 1,893| 100.0| 3,394| 100.0| 4,779| 100.0| 1,337| 100.0| 748| 100.0| 788| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 2,564| 19.8| 228| 12.1| 506| 14.9| 1,392| 29.1| 263| 19.7| 90| 12.0| 85| 10.7| | Above poverty level |10,375| 80.2| 1,665| 87.9| 2,888| 85.1| 3,387| 70.9| 1,074| 80.3| 658| 88.0| 703| 89.3| |Under 18 years | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ | 1,418| 100.0| 142| 100.0| 357| 100.0| 614| 100.0| 137| 100.0| 98| 100.0| 70| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 544| 38.4| 37| 26.1| 89| 24.9| 325| 53.0| 52| 37.5| 24| 24.2| 17| 25.0| | Above poverty level | 874| 61.6| 105| 73.9| 268| 75.1| 289| 47.0| 86| 62.5| 74| 75.8| 52| 75.0| |18 to 64 years | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ |10,373| 100.0| 1,299| 100.0| 2,762| 100.0| 4,022| 100.0| 1,026| 100.0| 613| 100.0| 651| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 1,875| 18.1| 151| 11.6| 377| 13.6| 1,038| 25.8| 189| 18.4| 61| 9.9| 60| 9.2| | Above poverty level | 8,498| 81.9| 1,148| 88.4| 2,385| 86.4| 2,983| 74.2| 837| 81.6| 553| 90.1| 591| 90.8| |65 years and over | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ | 1,147| 100.0| 451| 100.0| 275| 100.0| 143| 100.0| 173| 100.0| 37| 100.0| 68| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 145| 12.7| 40| 8.8| 40| 14.6| 29| 20.1| 23| 13.0| 6| 15.9| 8| 11.5| | Above poverty level | 1,002| 87.3| 411| 91.2| 235| 85.4| 115| 79.9| 151| 87.0| 31| 84.1| 60| 88.5| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Female | | 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 2/ |12,820| 100.0| 2,403| 100.0| 3,428| 100.0| 3,973| 100.0| 1,439| 100.0| 782| 100.0| 795| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 2,848| 22.2| 316| 13.1| 496| 14.5| 1,374| 34.6| 396| 27.5| 142| 18.1| 123| 15.5| | Above poverty level | 9,973| 77.8| 2,087| 86.9| 2,932| 85.5| 2,598| 65.4| 1,043| 72.5| 640| 81.9| 672| 84.5| |Under 18 years | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ | 1,180| 100.0| 129| 100.0| 295| 100.0| 510| 100.0| 109| 100.0| 66| 100.0| 71| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 467| 39.6| 33| 25.8| 62| 20.9| 279| 54.8| 54| 49.8| 18| 26.7| 21| 29.9| | Above poverty level | 712| 60.4| 96| 74.2| 233| 79.1| 230| 45.2| 55| 50.2| 48| 73.3| 50| 70.1| |18 to 64 years | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ | 9,999| 100.0| 1,587| 100.0| 2,878| 100.0| 3,207| 100.0| 1,092| 100.0| 646| 100.0| 589| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 2,081| 20.8| 204| 12.8| 409| 14.2| 1,017| 31.7| 273| 25.0| 101| 15.6| 76| 12.9| | Above poverty level | 7,918| 79.2| 1,383| 87.2| 2,469| 85.8| 2,190| 68.3| 818| 75.0| 545| 84.4| 513| 87.1| |65 years and over | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ | 1,642| 100.0| 686| 100.0| 254| 100.0| 256| 100.0| 238| 100.0| 71| 100.0| 135| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 299| 18.2| 79| 11.5| 25| 9.9| 78| 30.4| 69| 28.8| 23| 32.5| 26| 19.1| | Above poverty level | 1,342| 81.8| 608| 88.5| 229| 90.1| 178| 69.6| 170| 71.2| 48| 67.5| 110| 80.9| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ 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