Table 2.11 Poverty Status of the Foreign-Born Population by Year of Entry, Age and Sex: March 1998 (Numbers in thousands. 1/) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total | | Year of Entry | | | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | | Total | 1990+ | 1980-1989 | 1970-1979 | Before 1970 | | |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------| | |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| |------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------| |Total | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 1/ | 26,261| 100.0| 8,608| 100.0| 8,236| 100.0| 4,605| 100.0| 4,812| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 5,238| 19.9| 2,481| 28.8| 1,625| 19.7| 602| 13.1| 529| 11.0| | Above poverty level | 21,023| 80.1| 6,127| 71.2| 6,610| 80.3| 4,003| 86.9| 4,283| 89.0| |Under 18 years | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 1/ | 2,550| 100.0| 1,852| 100.0| 698| 100.0| -| -| -| -| | Below poverty level | 971| 38.1| 750| 40.5| 221| 31.6| -| -| -| -| | Above poverty level | 1,579| 61.9| 1,102| 59.5| 477| 68.4| -| -| -| -| |18 to 64 years | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 1/ | 20,817| 100.0| 6,499| 100.0| 7,145| 100.0| 4,247| 100.0| 2,926| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 3,761| 18.1| 1,666| 25.6| 1,307| 18.3| 527| 12.4| 260| 8.9| | Above poverty level | 17,056| 81.9| 4,833| 74.4| 5,838| 81.7| 3,719| 87.6| 2,667| 91.1| |65 years and over | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 1/ | 2,894| 100.0| 257| 100.0| 393| 100.0| 358| 100.0| 1,886| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 506| 17.5| 64| 25.1| 98| 24.8| 74| 20.8| 270| 14.3| | Above poverty level | 2,388| 82.5| 192| 74.9| 296| 75.2| 284| 79.2| 1,616| 85.7| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Male | | Year of Entry | | | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | | Total | 1990+ | 1980-1989 | 1970-1979 | Before 1970 | | |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------| | |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| |------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------| |Total | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 1/ | 13,066| 100.0| 4,428| 100.0| 4,194| 100.0| 2,294| 100.0| 2,150| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 2,311| 17.7| 1,160| 26.2| 710| 16.9| 265| 11.5| 177| 8.2| | Above poverty level | 10,755| 82.3| 3,268| 73.8| 3,484| 83.1| 2,030| 88.5| 1,973| 91.8| |Under 18 years | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 1/ | 1,281| 100.0| 925| 100.0| 356| 100.0| -| -| -| -| | Below poverty level | 475| 37.1| 361| 39.0| 114| 32.0| -| -| -| -| | Above poverty level | 806| 62.9| 564| 61.0| 242| 68.0| -| -| -| -| |18 to 64 years | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 1/ | 10,621| 100.0| 3,383| 100.0| 3,674| 100.0| 2,147| 100.0| 1,417| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 1,689| 15.9| 769| 22.7| 574| 15.6| 239| 11.1| 106| 7.5| | Above poverty level | 8,933| 84.1| 2,614| 77.3| 3,100| 84.4| 1,908| 88.9| 1,310| 92.5| |65 years and over | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 1/ | 1,164| 100.0| 120| 100.0| 164| 100.0| 147| 100.0| 733| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 148| 12.7| 30| 24.9| 22| 13.5| 25| 17.2| 71| 9.6| | Above poverty level | 1,016| 87.3| 90| 75.1| 142| 86.5| 121| 82.8| 663| 90.4| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Female | | Year of Entry | | | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | | Total | 1990+ | 1980-1989 | 1970-1979 | Before 1970 | | |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------| | |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| |------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------| |Total | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 1/ | 13,195| 100.0| 4,180| 100.0| 4,042| 100.0| 2,311| 100.0| 2,662| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 2,926| 22.2| 1,321| 31.6| 916| 22.7| 337| 14.6| 352| 13.2| | Above poverty level | 10,269| 77.8| 2,859| 68.4| 3,126| 77.3| 1,974| 85.4| 2,310| 86.8| |Under 18 years | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 1/ | 1,269| 100.0| 927| 100.0| 342| 100.0| -| -| -| -| | Below poverty level | 496| 39.1| 389| 42.0| 107| 31.2| -| -| -| -| | Above poverty level | 773| 60.9| 538| 58.0| 235| 68.8| -| -| -| -| |18 to 64 years | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 1/ | 10,196| 100.0| 3,116| 100.0| 3,471| 100.0| 2,099| 100.0| 1,510| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 2,072| 20.3| 897| 28.8| 734| 21.1| 288| 13.7| 153| 10.1| | Above poverty level | 8,124| 79.7| 2,219| 71.2| 2,737| 78.9| 1,811| 86.3| 1,356| 89.9| |65 years and over | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 1/ | 1,730| 100.0| 137| 100.0| 229| 100.0| 212| 100.0| 1,153| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 358| 20.7| 35| 25.3| 75| 32.9| 49| 23.2| 199| 17.3| | Above poverty level | 1,372| 79.3| 102| 74.7| 154| 67.1| 162| 76.8| 954| 82.7| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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