Table 3.12  Poverty Status of Families by Type and World Region of Birth of the Foreign-Born Householder: March 1997

            (Numbers in thousands. 1/)



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|                                     |              |                                  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 2/                             |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  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|

|  Below poverty level                | 1,571|   19.8|   134|    9.8|   282|   13.7|   802|   31.0|   213|   22.1|    75|   15.5|    66|   13.5|

|  Above poverty level                | 6,376|   80.2| 1,237|   90.2| 1,780|   86.3| 1,781|   69.0|   747|   77.9|   410|   84.5|   420|   86.5|

|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|

|  Below poverty level                |   938|   15.7|   102|    9.1|   203|   12.1|   498|   26.4|    71|   11.9|    28|    8.7|    36|    9.4|

|  Above poverty level                | 5,049|   84.3| 1,020|   90.9| 1,474|   87.9| 1,388|   73.6|   520|   88.1|   299|   91.3|   347|   90.6|

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

|  Total                              |   596|  100.0|    66|  100.0|   166|  100.0|   244|  100.0|    58|  100.0|    34|  100.0|    28|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                |    92|   15.4|     8|   12.1|    11|    6.3|    60|   24.6|     7|   11.9|     6|   17.9|     -|      -|

|  Above poverty level                |   504|   84.6|    58|   87.9|   156|   93.7|   184|   75.4|    51|   88.1|    28|   82.1|    28|  100.0|

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

|  Total                              | 1,364|  100.0|   183|  100.0|   219|  100.0|   453|  100.0|   311|  100.0|   123|  100.0|    74|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                |   541|   39.7|    24|   13.3|    68|   31.1|   244|   53.8|   135|   43.4|    41|   32.9|    30|   39.9|

|  Above poverty level                |   823|   60.3|   159|   86.7|   151|   68.9|   209|   46.2|   176|   56.6|    83|   67.1|    45|   60.1|

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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