Table 3.12  Poverty Status of Families by Type and World Region of Birth of the Foreign-Born Householder:  March 1998

            (Numbers in thousands. 1/)



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|                                     |              |                                  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 2/                             |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  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|

|  Below poverty level                | 1,504|   18.2|   101|    7.2|   243|   11.2|   816|   30.1|   224|   23.5|    66|   12.5|    54|   10.9|

|  Above poverty level                | 6,746|   81.8| 1,300|   92.8| 1,922|   88.8| 1,891|   69.9|   732|   76.5|   461|   87.5|   440|   89.1|

|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|

|  Below poverty level                |   895|   14.2|    75|    6.4|   176|    9.9|   491|   25.1|    88|   14.5|    35|    8.9|    30|    7.4|

|  Above poverty level                | 5,409|   85.8| 1,094|   93.6| 1,604|   90.1| 1,463|   74.9|   519|   85.5|   354|   91.1|   376|   92.6|

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

|  Total                              |   589|  100.0|    75|  100.0|   156|  100.0|   234|  100.0|    55|  100.0|    43|  100.0|    25|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                |    80|   13.7|     -|      -|     5|    3.4|    53|   22.8|    11|   19.5|     7|   16.9|     4|   15.1|

|  Above poverty level                |   508|   86.3|    75|  100.0|   150|   96.6|   181|   77.2|    44|   80.5|    36|   83.1|    21|   84.9|

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

|  Total                              | 1,358|  100.0|   157|  100.0|   230|  100.0|   518|  100.0|   294|  100.0|    95|  100.0|    63|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                |   529|   38.9|    26|   16.5|    62|   26.9|   271|   52.3|   126|   42.7|    24|   25.5|    20|   31.5|

|  Above poverty level                |   829|   61.1|   131|   83.5|   168|   73.1|   247|   47.7|   169|   57.3|    71|   74.5|    43|   68.5|

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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