Table 4.13  Housing Tenure of Latin American Foreign-Born Householders: 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/                    | 4,856|  100.0| 3,009|  100.0| 1,235|  100.0|   612|  100.0|

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

|Owner occupied              | 1,847|   38.0| 1,087|   36.1|   506|   41.0|   254|   41.5|

|Renter occupied             | 2,930|   60.3| 1,860|   61.8|   717|   58.1|   353|   57.7|

|Occupier paid no cash rent  |    78|    1.6|    62|    2.1|    12|    0.9|     5|    0.8|

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

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