Table 4.3  Family Households by Size, Type, and Region of Birth in Latin America of the Householder:

           March 1998 

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)



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|                                      |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               | 

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

|                                      |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              | 

|                                      |LATIN AMERICA |   AMERICA    |  CARIBBEAN   |SOUTH AMERICA | 

|                                      |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------| 

|                                      |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent| 

|--------------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------| 

|Total                                 |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       | 

|  Total                               | 4,191|  100.0| 2,707|  100.0|   957|  100.0|   527|  100.0| 

|  Two people                          |   802|   19.1|   370|   13.7|   274|   28.7|   158|   30.0| 

|  Three people                        |   905|   21.6|   543|   20.1|   232|   24.3|   130|   24.7| 

|  Four people                         | 1,100|   26.2|   714|   26.4|   247|   25.8|   139|   26.4| 

|  Five people                         |   774|   18.5|   587|   21.7|   123|   12.9|    64|   12.1| 

|  Six people                          |   344|    8.2|   272|   10.0|    50|    5.3|    22|    4.2| 

|  Seven or more people                |   265|    6.3|   221|    8.2|    30|    3.1|    14|    2.7| 

|Married Couple                        |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       | 

|  Total                               | 2,950|  100.0| 1,954|  100.0|   607|  100.0|   389|  100.0| 

|  Two people                          |   486|   16.5|   202|   10.3|   161|   26.5|   123|   31.7| 

|  Three people                        |   566|   19.2|   344|   17.6|   134|   22.1|    88|   22.7| 

|  Four people                         |   820|   27.8|   539|   27.6|   181|   29.7|   101|   25.9| 

|  Five people                         |   600|   20.3|   467|   23.9|    84|   13.8|    49|   12.7| 

|  Six people                          |   266|    9.0|   220|   11.2|    27|    4.4|    20|    5.0| 

|  Seven or more people                |   213|    7.2|   184|    9.4|    21|    3.5|     8|    2.0| 

|Male Family Householder               |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       | 

|  Total                               |   333|  100.0|   234|  100.0|    55|  100.0|    43|  100.0| 

|  Two people                          |    61|   18.5|    40|   17.2|     9|   16.8|    12|   27.2| 

|  Three people                        |   119|   35.8|    80|   34.2|    27|   49.4|    12|   27.3| 

|  Four people                         |    69|   20.7|    51|   21.9|     5|    8.4|    13|   29.8| 

|  Five people                         |    36|   10.8|    29|   12.5|     4|    7.5|     3|    6.0| 

|  Six people                          |    26|    7.9|    16|    7.0|     9|   15.5|     1|    2.9| 

|  Seven or more people                |    21|    6.3|    17|    7.1|     1|    2.4|     3|    6.8| 

|Female Family Householder             |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       | 

|  Total                               |   908|  100.0|   518|  100.0|   294|  100.0|    95|  100.0| 

|  Two people                          |   254|   28.0|   128|   24.7|   104|   35.3|    23|   23.9| 

|  Three people                        |   220|   24.3|   119|   23.0|    71|   24.2|    30|   31.5| 

|  Four people                         |   211|   23.2|   123|   23.8|    62|   21.0|    25|   26.7| 

|  Five people                         |   138|   15.2|    91|   17.6|    35|   11.9|    12|   12.4| 

|  Six people                          |    52|    5.8|    36|    6.9|    15|    5.2|     1|    1.4| 

|  Seven or more people                |    32|    3.5|    21|    4.0|     7|    2.4|     4|    3.9| 

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1/ The majority of those born in 'Central America' are from Mexico. 

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