Table 4.12  Poverty Status of Families by Type and Region of Birth of Latin American Foreign-Born 

            Householder: March 1997

            (Numbers in thousands. 1/)



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|                                     |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

|                                     |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

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

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

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

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

|Total 2/                             |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

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

|  Below poverty level                | 1,089|   27.0|   802|   31.0|   213|   22.1|    75|   15.5|

|  Above poverty level                | 2,939|   73.0| 1,781|   69.0|   747|   77.9|   410|   84.5|

|Married couple                       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

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

|  Below poverty level                |   597|   21.3|   498|   26.4|    71|   11.9|    28|    8.7|

|  Above poverty level                | 2,208|   78.7| 1,388|   73.6|   520|   88.1|   299|   91.3|

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

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

|  Below poverty level                |    73|   21.8|    60|   24.6|     7|   11.9|     6|   17.9|

|  Above poverty level                |   263|   78.2|   184|   75.4|    51|   88.1|    28|   82.1|

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

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

|  Below poverty level                |   419|   47.2|   244|   53.8|   135|   43.4|    41|   32.9|

|  Above poverty level                |   468|   52.8|   209|   46.2|   176|   56.6|    83|   67.1|

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

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