Table 4.8  Total Money Income and Sex of the Latin American Foreign Born: March 1997

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)



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|Total               |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

|                    |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

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

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

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

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

|Total with income 3/| 9,780|  100.0| 6,299|  100.0| 2,268|  100.0| 1,213|  100.0|

|$1 to $2,499 or loss|   913|    9.3|   601|    9.5|   182|    8.0|   130|   10.7|

|$2,500 to $4,999    |   773|    7.9|   514|    8.2|   188|    8.3|    72|    5.9|

|$5,000 to $9,999    | 2,125|   21.7| 1,408|   22.4|   546|   24.1|   171|   14.1|

|$10,000 to $14,999  | 1,979|   20.2| 1,437|   22.8|   350|   15.4|   192|   15.8|

|$15,000 to $19,999  | 1,234|   12.6|   824|   13.1|   265|   11.7|   145|   11.9|

|$20,000 to $24,999  |   906|    9.3|   577|    9.2|   200|    8.8|   129|   10.6|

|$25,000 to $34,999  |   937|    9.6|   537|    8.5|   210|    9.3|   190|   15.7|

|$35,000 to $49,999  |   537|    5.5|   278|    4.4|   173|    7.6|    86|    7.1|

|$50,000 to $74,999  |   258|    2.6|    90|    1.4|   113|    5.0|    55|    4.5|

|$75,000 and over    |   118|    1.2|    34|    0.5|    40|    1.8|    43|    3.6|

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|Male                |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

|                    |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

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

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

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

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

|Total with income 3/| 5,604|  100.0| 3,895|  100.0| 1,098|  100.0|   611|  100.0|

|$1 to $2,499 or loss|   292|    5.2|   195|    5.0|    64|    5.8|    34|    5.5|

|$2,500 to $4,999    |   290|    5.2|   218|    5.6|    54|    4.9|    18|    2.9|

|$5,000 to $9,999    | 1,011|   18.0|   734|   18.9|   215|   19.6|    61|   10.0|

|$10,000 to $14,999  | 1,244|   22.2|   957|   24.6|   189|   17.2|    98|   16.1|

|$15,000 to $19,999  |   829|   14.8|   609|   15.6|   135|   12.3|    85|   13.8|

|$20,000 to $24,999  |   592|   10.6|   431|   11.1|    87|    8.0|    73|   12.0|

|$25,000 to $34,999  |   669|   11.9|   423|   10.9|   135|   12.3|   110|   18.1|

|$35,000 to $49,999  |   396|    7.1|   226|    5.8|   114|   10.4|    55|    9.0|

|$50,000 to $74,999  |   188|    3.4|    73|    1.9|    77|    7.0|    38|    6.2|

|$75,000 and over    |    94|    1.7|    29|    0.7|    27|    2.4|    39|    6.4|

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|Female              |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

|                    |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

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

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

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

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

|Total with income 3/| 4,175|  100.0| 2,404|  100.0| 1,170|  100.0|   601|  100.0|

|$1 to $2,499 or loss|   621|   14.9|   407|   16.9|   118|   10.1|    96|   16.0|

|$2,500 to $4,999    |   484|   11.6|   296|   12.3|   134|   11.5|    54|    8.9|

|$5,000 to $9,999    | 1,115|   26.7|   674|   28.0|   331|   28.3|   110|   18.4|

|$10,000 to $14,999  |   735|   17.6|   480|   20.0|   162|   13.8|    94|   15.6|

|$15,000 to $19,999  |   405|    9.7|   215|    8.9|   130|   11.1|    60|   10.0|

|$20,000 to $24,999  |   315|    7.5|   146|    6.1|   113|    9.6|    56|    9.3|

|$25,000 to $34,999  |   268|    6.4|   114|    4.7|    75|    6.4|    80|   13.2|

|$35,000 to $49,999  |   141|    3.4|    51|    2.1|    59|    5.0|    31|    5.1|

|$50,000 to $74,999  |    70|    1.7|    17|    0.7|    36|    3.1|    16|    2.7|

|$75,000 and over    |    23|    0.6|     5|    0.2|    13|    1.1|     4|    0.7|

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

2/ Age 15 years and over.

3/ Total money income for the 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