Table 4.3  Family Households by Size, Type, and Region of Birth in Latin America of the Householder: March 1997

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)



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|                                      |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

|                                      |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

|                                      |LATIN AMERICA |   AMERICA    |  CARIBBEAN   |SOUTH AMERICA |

|                                      |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------|

|                                      |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|

|--------------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------|

|Total                                 |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total                               | 4,028|  100.0| 2,583|  100.0|   960|  100.0|   485|  100.0|

|  Two people                          |   814|   20.2|   372|   14.4|   294|   30.6|   148|   30.4|

|  Three people                        |   855|   21.2|   466|   18.0|   263|   27.4|   126|   26.0|

|  Four people                         |   956|   23.7|   643|   24.9|   197|   20.5|   116|   24.0|

|  Five people                         |   681|   16.9|   519|   20.1|   109|   11.4|    52|   10.8|

|  Six people                          |   404|   10.0|   318|   12.3|    55|    5.7|    31|    6.3|

|  Seven or more people                |   319|    7.9|   265|   10.3|    42|    4.4|    12|    2.4|

|Married Couple                        |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total                               | 2,804|  100.0| 1,886|  100.0|   591|  100.0|   328|  100.0|

|  Two people                          |   449|   16.0|   205|   10.9|   160|   27.1|    84|   25.6|

|  Three people                        |   507|   18.1|   284|   15.1|   146|   24.6|    77|   23.6|

|  Four people                         |   692|   24.7|   481|   25.5|   126|   21.4|    84|   25.7|

|  Five people                         |   550|   19.6|   419|   22.2|    85|   14.3|    46|   14.0|

|  Six people                          |   347|   12.4|   273|   14.5|    45|    7.6|    28|    8.7|

|  Seven or more people                |   260|    9.3|   223|   11.8|    29|    4.9|     8|    2.4|

|Male Family Householder               |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total                               |   336|  100.0|   244|  100.0|    58|  100.0|    34|  100.0|

|  Two people                          |    88|   26.1|    49|   20.1|    24|   42.1|    14|   42.0|

|  Three people                        |    91|   27.1|    75|   30.5|    16|   26.7|     1|    3.5|

|  Four people                         |    75|   22.4|    56|   23.1|     8|   14.3|    11|   31.3|

|  Five people                         |    30|    9.0|    24|    9.7|     3|    4.9|     4|   11.5|

|  Six people                          |    24|    7.0|    17|    7.0|     6|    9.5|     1|    3.2|

|  Seven or more people                |    28|    8.3|    23|    9.6|     1|    2.4|     3|    8.5|

|Female Family Householder             |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total                               |   888|  100.0|   453|  100.0|   311|  100.0|   123|  100.0|

|  Two people                          |   276|   31.1|   118|   26.0|   109|   35.2|    49|   39.8|

|  Three people                        |   257|   29.0|   107|   23.7|   102|   32.8|    48|   38.7|

|  Four people                         |   189|   21.3|   105|   23.2|    62|   20.0|    22|   17.5|

|  Five people                         |   100|   11.3|    76|   16.8|    22|    7.0|     3|    2.1|

|  Six people                          |    34|    3.8|    28|    6.2|     5|    1.5|     1|    1.0|

|  Seven or more people                |    31|    3.5|    19|    4.1|    11|    3.6|     1|    1.0|

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1/ The majority of those born in 'Central America' are from Mexico.

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