Table 3.3 Family Households by Size, Type, and World Region of Birth of the Foreign-Born Householder: March 1998 (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | WORLD REGION OF BIRTH | | | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | CENTRAL | | | | | | Total | EUROPE | ASIA | AMERICA | CARIBBEAN |SOUTH AMERICA | OTHER AREAS | | |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------| | |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent| |--------------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------| |Total | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 8,251| 100.0| 1,401| 100.0| 2,165| 100.0| 2,707| 100.0| 957| 100.0| 527| 100.0| 494| 100.0| | Two people | 2,195| 26.6| 691| 49.4| 510| 23.6| 370| 13.7| 274| 28.7| 158| 30.0| 191| 38.7| | Three people | 1,850| 22.4| 282| 20.2| 546| 25.2| 543| 20.1| 232| 24.3| 130| 24.7| 116| 23.5| | Four people | 2,128| 25.8| 284| 20.3| 620| 28.6| 714| 26.4| 247| 25.8| 139| 26.4| 124| 25.1| | Five people | 1,177| 14.3| 102| 7.3| 268| 12.4| 587| 21.7| 123| 12.9| 64| 12.1| 33| 6.7| | Six people | 507| 6.1| 27| 1.9| 115| 5.3| 272| 10.0| 50| 5.3| 22| 4.2| 20| 4.0| | Seven or more people | 395| 4.8| 14| 1.0| 105| 4.8| 221| 8.2| 30| 3.1| 14| 2.7| 10| 2.0| |Married Couple | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 6,304| 100.0| 1,169| 100.0| 1,779| 100.0| 1,954| 100.0| 607| 100.0| 389| 100.0| 406| 100.0| | Two people | 1,567| 24.9| 547| 46.8| 383| 21.5| 202| 10.3| 161| 26.5| 123| 31.7| 151| 37.1| | Three people | 1,334| 21.2| 227| 19.5| 446| 25.1| 344| 17.6| 134| 22.1| 88| 22.7| 94| 23.2| | Four people | 1,726| 27.4| 258| 22.1| 538| 30.2| 539| 27.6| 181| 29.7| 101| 25.9| 110| 27.2| | Five people | 948| 15.0| 96| 8.2| 224| 12.6| 467| 23.9| 84| 13.8| 49| 12.7| 28| 6.9| | Six people | 417| 6.6| 27| 2.3| 109| 6.1| 220| 11.2| 27| 4.4| 20| 5.0| 15| 3.8| | Seven or more people | 313| 5.0| 13| 1.1| 80| 4.5| 184| 9.4| 21| 3.5| 8| 2.0| 7| 1.8| |Male Family Householder | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 589| 100.0| 75| 100.0| 156| 100.0| 234| 100.0| 55| 100.0| 43| 100.0| 25| 100.0| | Two people | 169| 28.8| 43| 57.2| 47| 30.0| 40| 17.2| 9| 16.8| 12| 27.2| 18| 72.7| | Three people | 183| 31.1| 15| 20.2| 45| 28.6| 80| 34.2| 27| 49.4| 12| 27.3| 4| 17.4| | Four people | 119| 20.1| 15| 20.3| 32| 20.5| 51| 21.9| 5| 8.4| 13| 29.8| 2| 9.9| | Five people | 54| 9.1| 1| 0.9| 17| 10.8| 29| 12.5| 4| 7.5| 3| 6.0| -| -| | Six people | 32| 5.4| -| -| 6| 3.7| 16| 7.0| 9| 15.5| 1| 2.9| -| -| | Seven or more people | 32| 5.4| 1| 1.4| 10| 6.4| 17| 7.1| 1| 2.4| 3| 6.8| -| -| |Female Family Householder | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 1,358| 100.0| 157| 100.0| 230| 100.0| 518| 100.0| 294| 100.0| 95| 100.0| 63| 100.0| | Two people | 458| 33.8| 101| 64.5| 80| 34.9| 128| 24.7| 104| 35.3| 23| 23.9| 23| 35.8| | Three people | 333| 24.5| 40| 25.4| 56| 24.2| 119| 23.0| 71| 24.2| 30| 31.5| 17| 27.6| | Four people | 283| 20.8| 11| 6.8| 51| 22.0| 123| 23.8| 62| 21.0| 25| 26.7| 11| 17.4| | Five people | 176| 12.9| 5| 3.3| 27| 11.9| 91| 17.6| 35| 11.9| 12| 12.4| 5| 7.8| | Six people | 58| 4.2| -| -| 1| 0.4| 36| 6.9| 15| 5.2| 1| 1.4| 4| 6.7| | Seven or more people | 50| 3.7| -| -| 15| 6.6| 21| 4.0| 7| 2.4| 4| 3.9| 3| 4.6| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ The majority of those born in 'Central America' are from Mexico. Those born in 'Other Areas' are from Africa, Oceania, Bermuda and Canada. 2/ 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