Table 3.11 Poverty Status of the Foreign-Born Population by World Region of Birth, Age and Sex: March 1998 (Numbers in thousands. 1/) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total | | 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 2/ |26,261| 100.0| 4,343| 100.0| 7,013| 100.0| 8,904| 100.0| 2,822| 100.0| 1,609| 100.0| 1,571| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 5,238| 19.9| 494| 11.4| 958| 13.7| 2,600| 29.2| 746| 26.4| 235| 14.6| 205| 13.0| | Above poverty level |21,023| 80.1| 3,848| 88.6| 6,054| 86.3| 6,304| 70.8| 2,076| 73.6| 1,374| 85.4| 1,366| 87.0| |Under 18 years | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ | 2,550| 100.0| 313| 100.0| 630| 100.0| 1,103| 100.0| 240| 100.0| 127| 100.0| 138| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 971| 38.1| 81| 25.8| 192| 30.5| 493| 44.7| 141| 58.9| 39| 30.4| 25| 18.1| | Above poverty level | 1,579| 61.9| 232| 74.2| 438| 69.5| 609| 55.3| 98| 41.1| 88| 69.6| 113| 81.9| |18 to 64 years | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ |20,817| 100.0| 2,837| 100.0| 5,825| 100.0| 7,394| 100.0| 2,156| 100.0| 1,378| 100.0| 1,227| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 3,761| 18.1| 267| 9.4| 671| 11.5| 1,994| 27.0| 503| 23.3| 178| 12.9| 148| 12.1| | Above poverty level |17,056| 81.9| 2,570| 90.6| 5,154| 88.5| 5,400| 73.0| 1,654| 76.7| 1,200| 87.1| 1,078| 87.9| |65 years and over | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ | 2,894| 100.0| 1,193| 100.0| 558| 100.0| 407| 100.0| 426| 100.0| 104| 100.0| 207| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 506| 17.5| 147| 12.3| 95| 17.0| 113| 27.7| 102| 23.9| 18| 17.5| 32| 15.3| | Above poverty level | 2,388| 82.5| 1,046| 87.7| 463| 83.0| 295| 72.3| 324| 76.1| 86| 82.5| 175| 84.7| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Male | | 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 2/ |13,066| 100.0| 1,976| 100.0| 3,403| 100.0| 4,793| 100.0| 1,352| 100.0| 791| 100.0| 752| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 2,311| 17.7| 186| 9.4| 416| 12.2| 1,218| 25.4| 294| 21.8| 111| 14.0| 87| 11.5| | Above poverty level |10,755| 82.3| 1,790| 90.6| 2,987| 87.8| 3,575| 74.6| 1,057| 78.2| 680| 86.0| 666| 88.5| |Under 18 years | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ | 1,281| 100.0| 162| 100.0| 292| 100.0| 579| 100.0| 127| 100.0| 60| 100.0| 61| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 475| 37.1| 29| 17.7| 82| 28.0| 263| 45.4| 80| 62.8| 19| 31.0| 3| 5.7| | Above poverty level | 806| 62.9| 134| 82.3| 210| 72.0| 316| 54.6| 47| 37.2| 41| 69.0| 57| 94.3| |18 to 64 years | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ |10,621| 100.0| 1,352| 100.0| 2,843| 100.0| 4,058| 100.0| 1,056| 100.0| 688| 100.0| 624| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 1,689| 15.9| 113| 8.3| 299| 10.5| 927| 22.8| 185| 17.5| 86| 12.4| 79| 12.7| | Above poverty level | 8,933| 84.1| 1,239| 91.7| 2,544| 89.5| 3,131| 77.2| 871| 82.5| 603| 87.6| 545| 87.3| |65 years and over | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ | 1,164| 100.0| 461| 100.0| 268| 100.0| 156| 100.0| 169| 100.0| 42| 100.0| 68| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 148| 12.7| 44| 9.6| 35| 13.0| 28| 18.2| 30| 17.5| 7| 15.8| 4| 5.7| | Above poverty level | 1,016| 87.3| 417| 90.4| 233| 87.0| 128| 81.8| 139| 82.5| 36| 84.2| 64| 94.3| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Female | | 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 2/ |13,195| 100.0| 2,367| 100.0| 3,610| 100.0| 4,111| 100.0| 1,470| 100.0| 818| 100.0| 819| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 2,926| 22.2| 309| 13.0| 542| 15.0| 1,382| 33.6| 451| 30.7| 124| 15.2| 118| 14.4| | Above poverty level |10,269| 77.8| 2,059| 87.0| 3,068| 85.0| 2,729| 66.4| 1,019| 69.3| 694| 84.8| 701| 85.6| |Under 18 years | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ | 1,269| 100.0| 151| 100.0| 338| 100.0| 524| 100.0| 113| 100.0| 67| 100.0| 77| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 496| 39.1| 52| 34.6| 111| 32.7| 231| 44.0| 61| 54.6| 20| 29.7| 21| 27.9| | Above poverty level | 773| 60.9| 99| 65.4| 228| 67.3| 293| 56.0| 51| 45.4| 47| 70.3| 55| 72.1| |18 to 64 years | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ |10,196| 100.0| 1,485| 100.0| 2,982| 100.0| 3,336| 100.0| 1,100| 100.0| 690| 100.0| 603| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 2,072| 20.3| 154| 10.4| 372| 12.5| 1,067| 32.0| 318| 28.9| 93| 13.4| 69| 11.4| | Above poverty level | 8,124| 79.7| 1,331| 89.6| 2,610| 87.5| 2,269| 68.0| 783| 71.1| 597| 86.6| 534| 88.6| |65 years and over | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ | 1,730| 100.0| 732| 100.0| 290| 100.0| 251| 100.0| 257| 100.0| 61| 100.0| 139| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 358| 20.7| 102| 14.0| 60| 20.7| 84| 33.6| 72| 28.1| 11| 18.7| 28| 20.0| | Above poverty level | 1,372| 79.3| 629| 86.0| 230| 79.3| 167| 66.4| 185| 71.9| 50| 81.3| 111| 80.0| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ 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