Table 2.12  Poverty Status of Families by 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|

|  Below poverty level                |  1,504|   18.2|    497|   26.8|    604|   22.3|    250|   13.5|    153|    8.3|

|  Above poverty level                |  6,746|   81.8|  1,355|   73.2|  2,102|   77.7|  1,598|   86.5|  1,692|   91.7|

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

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

|  Below poverty level                |    895|   14.2|    307|   22.4|    359|   17.7|    138|    9.6|     91|    6.1|

|  Above poverty level                |  5,409|   85.8|  1,067|   77.6|  1,666|   82.3|  1,291|   90.4|  1,386|   93.9|

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

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

|  Below poverty level                |     80|   13.7|     38|   19.0|     19|    9.3|     20|   17.5|      4|    5.5|

|  Above poverty level                |    508|   86.3|    160|   81.0|    181|   90.7|     95|   82.5|     72|   94.5|

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

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

|  Below poverty level                |    529|   38.9|    152|   54.2|    227|   47.1|     92|   30.3|     58|   20.0|

|  Above poverty level                |    829|   61.1|    128|   45.8|    255|   52.9|    212|   69.7|    234|   80.0|

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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