Table 2.3  Family Households by Size, Type and Year of Entry of the Foreign-Born Householder: March 1998

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/)



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|                                      |               |                         Year of Entry                         |

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

|                                      |     Total     |     1990+     |   1980-1989   |   1970-1979   |  Before 1970  |

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

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

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

|Total                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total 1/                            |  8,251|  100.0|  1,851|  100.0|  2,706|  100.0|  1,848|  100.0|  1,845|  100.0|

|  Two people                          |  2,195|   26.6|    466|   25.1|    493|   18.2|    373|   20.2|    863|   46.8|

|  Three people                        |  1,850|   22.4|    492|   26.6|    589|   21.8|    352|   19.1|    417|   22.6|

|  Four people                         |  2,128|   25.8|    495|   26.7|    780|   28.8|    532|   28.8|    321|   17.4|

|  Five people                         |  1,177|   14.3|    233|   12.6|    438|   16.2|    342|   18.5|    165|    8.9|

|  Six people                          |    507|    6.1|     86|    4.6|    225|    8.3|    148|    8.0|     49|    2.6|

|  Seven or more people                |    395|    4.8|     80|    4.3|    182|    6.7|    102|    5.5|     31|    1.7|

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

|  Total 1/                            |  6,304|  100.0|  1,374|  100.0|  2,025|  100.0|  1,429|  100.0|  1,477|  100.0|

|  Two people                          |  1,567|   24.9|    324|   23.6|    329|   16.2|    237|   16.6|    677|   45.9|

|  Three people                        |  1,334|   21.2|    376|   27.4|    400|   19.7|    244|   17.1|    314|   21.2|

|  Four people                         |  1,726|   27.4|    385|   28.0|    608|   30.0|    449|   31.4|    284|   19.3|

|  Five people                         |    948|   15.0|    185|   13.4|    347|   17.1|    280|   19.6|    136|    9.2|

|  Six people                          |    417|    6.6|     58|    4.2|    187|    9.2|    134|    9.4|     38|    2.6|

|  Seven or more people                |    313|    5.0|     46|    3.4|    154|    7.6|     85|    6.0|     27|    1.8|

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

|  Total 1/                            |    589|  100.0|    198|  100.0|    200|  100.0|    115|  100.0|     77|  100.0|

|  Two people                          |    169|   28.8|     45|   22.8|     43|   21.4|     38|   32.8|     44|   57.3|

|  Three people                        |    183|   31.1|     54|   27.2|     76|   38.0|     28|   24.6|     25|   33.2|

|  Four people                         |    119|   20.1|     55|   27.7|     34|   16.8|     23|   20.4|      7|    8.7|

|  Five people                         |     54|    9.1|     16|    8.2|     24|   12.1|     13|   11.0|      1|    0.9|

|  Six people                          |     32|    5.4|      8|    3.8|     17|    8.6|      7|    6.3|      -|      -|

|  Seven or more people                |     32|    5.4|     20|   10.2|      6|    3.0|      6|    5.0|      -|      -|

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

|  Total 1/                            |  1,358|  100.0|    280|  100.0|    481|  100.0|    305|  100.0|    292|  100.0|

|  Two people                          |    458|   33.8|     96|   34.4|    121|   25.2|     99|   32.6|    142|   48.5|

|  Three people                        |    333|   24.5|     62|   22.3|    113|   23.4|     80|   26.2|     78|   26.7|

|  Four people                         |    283|   20.8|     56|   19.9|    139|   28.8|     59|   19.3|     30|   10.2|

|  Five people                         |    176|   12.9|     32|   11.4|     67|   13.8|     49|   16.2|     28|    9.5|

|  Six people                          |     58|    4.2|     20|    7.1|     21|    4.3|      6|    2.1|     11|    3.7|

|  Seven or more people                |     50|    3.7|     14|    4.9|     21|    4.4|     11|    3.6|      4|    1.3|

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1/ 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 1998

Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000