Table 1.12  Poverty Status of Families by Type and Citizenship Status of the Householder: March 1998 

            (Numbers in thousands.)



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|                                     |               |              CITIZENSHIP STATUS               | 

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

|                                     |               |               |  Naturalized  |               | 

|                                     |     Total     |    Native     |    Citizen    | Not a Citizen | 

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

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

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

|Total 1/                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 

|  Total                              | 70,884|  100.0| 62,634|  100.0|  3,688|  100.0|  4,563|  100.0| 

|  Below poverty level                |  7,324|   10.3|  5,820|    9.3|    362|    9.8|  1,142|   25.0| 

|  Above poverty level                | 63,561|   89.7| 56,814|   90.7|  3,326|   90.2|  3,420|   75.0| 

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

|  Total                              | 54,321|  100.0| 48,017|  100.0|  2,965|  100.0|  3,339|  100.0| 

|  Below poverty level                |  2,821|    5.2|  1,926|    4.0|    212|    7.2|    683|   20.4| 

|  Above poverty level                | 51,500|   94.8| 46,091|   96.0|  2,753|   92.8|  2,656|   79.6| 

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

|  Total                              |  3,911|  100.0|  3,322|  100.0|    188|  100.0|    401|  100.0| 

|  Below poverty level                |    507|   13.0|    427|   12.8|      6|    3.4|     74|   18.5| 

|  Above poverty level                |  3,403|   87.0|  2,895|   87.2|    181|   96.6|    327|   81.5| 

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

|  Total                              | 12,652|  100.0| 11,295|  100.0|    535|  100.0|    823|  100.0| 

|  Below poverty level                |  3,995|   31.6|  3,467|   30.7|    143|   26.8|    386|   46.9| 

|  Above poverty level                |  8,657|   68.4|  7,828|   69.3|    392|   73.2|    437|   53.1| 

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1/ 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 1998

Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000