Table 3.13  Housing Tenure by Region of Birth of the 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/                    |10,433|  100.0| 2,153|  100.0| 2,685|  100.0| 3,009|  100.0| 1,235|  100.0|   612|  100.0|   739|  100.0|

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

|Owner occupied              | 4,917|   47.1| 1,347|   62.6| 1,355|   50.5| 1,087|   36.1|   506|   41.0|   254|   41.5|   368|   49.9|

|Renter occupied             | 5,365|   51.4|   779|   36.2| 1,304|   48.6| 1,860|   61.8|   717|   58.1|   353|   57.7|   352|   47.6|

|Occupier paid no cash rent  |   151|    1.4|    27|    1.3|    27|    1.0|    62|    2.1|    12|    0.9|     5|    0.8|    19|    2.5|

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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/ Ownership or rental agreement as of March 1997



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