Table 3.13  Housing Tenure by Region of Birth of the 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/                    |10,818|  100.0| 2,171|  100.0| 2,792|  100.0| 3,157|  100.0| 1,286|  100.0|   663|  100.0|   748|  100.0|

|----------------------------|      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|Owner occupied              | 5,166|   47.8| 1,375|   63.3| 1,433|   51.3| 1,177|   37.3|   513|   39.9|   287|   43.3|   381|   50.9|

|Renter occupied             | 5,509|   50.9|   772|   35.6| 1,342|   48.1| 1,908|   60.4|   765|   59.5|   370|   55.9|   352|   47.0|

|Occupier paid no cash rent  |   143|    1.3|    25|    1.1|    16|    0.6|    73|    2.3|     8|    0.6|     5|    0.8|    16|    2.1|

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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/ Ownership or rental agreement as of March 1998

  

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