Table 4.8  Total Money Income and Sex of the Latin American Foreign Born: March 1998

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)



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|Total               |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

|                    |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

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

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

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

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

|Total with income 3/|10,056|  100.0| 6,422|  100.0| 2,319|  100.0| 1,316|  100.0|

|$1 to $2,499 or loss|   829|    8.2|   520|    8.1|   190|    8.2|   119|    9.1|

|$2,500 to $4,999    |   675|    6.7|   451|    7.0|   165|    7.1|    60|    4.5|

|$5,000 to $9,999    | 2,020|   20.1| 1,327|   20.7|   507|   21.9|   186|   14.1|

|$10,000 to $14,999  | 2,100|   20.9| 1,517|   23.6|   350|   15.1|   232|   17.6|

|$15,000 to $19,999  | 1,356|   13.5|   925|   14.4|   264|   11.4|   167|   12.7|

|$20,000 to $24,999  |   984|    9.8|   649|   10.1|   202|    8.7|   133|   10.1|

|$25,000 to $34,999  | 1,009|   10.0|   572|    8.9|   261|   11.2|   177|   13.4|

|$35,000 to $49,999  |   611|    6.1|   294|    4.6|   198|    8.6|   119|    9.0|

|$50,000 to $74,999  |   310|    3.1|   114|    1.8|   122|    5.3|    74|    5.6|

|$75,000 and over    |   162|    1.6|    53|    0.8|    59|    2.6|    49|    3.7|

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|Male                |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

|                    |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

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

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

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

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

|Total with income 3/| 5,781|  100.0| 3,967|  100.0| 1,140|  100.0|   674|  100.0|

|$1 to $2,499 or loss|   285|    4.9|   185|    4.7|    57|    5.0|    42|    6.3|

|$2,500 to $4,999    |   207|    3.6|   157|    4.0|    37|    3.3|    13|    1.9|

|$5,000 to $9,999    |   933|   16.1|   648|   16.3|   217|   19.0|    68|   10.1|

|$10,000 to $14,999  | 1,250|   21.6|   978|   24.7|   171|   15.0|   101|   14.9|

|$15,000 to $19,999  |   890|   15.4|   673|   17.0|   134|   11.8|    82|   12.2|

|$20,000 to $24,999  |   691|   12.0|   490|   12.4|   119|   10.5|    81|   12.1|

|$25,000 to $34,999  |   710|   12.3|   458|   11.5|   144|   12.7|   107|   15.9|

|$35,000 to $49,999  |   456|    7.9|   238|    6.0|   138|   12.1|    79|   11.8|

|$50,000 to $74,999  |   230|    4.0|    94|    2.4|    78|    6.9|    58|    8.5|

|$75,000 and over    |   130|    2.3|    45|    1.1|    43|    3.8|    42|    6.3|

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|Female              |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

|                    |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

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

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

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

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

|Total with income 3/| 4,275|  100.0| 2,454|  100.0| 1,179|  100.0|   642|  100.0|

|$1 to $2,499 or loss|   544|   12.7|   334|   13.6|   133|   11.3|    77|   12.0|

|$2,500 to $4,999    |   468|   10.9|   294|   12.0|   127|   10.8|    47|    7.3|

|$5,000 to $9,999    | 1,087|   25.4|   679|   27.7|   290|   24.6|   118|   18.3|

|$10,000 to $14,999  |   850|   19.9|   539|   22.0|   179|   15.2|   132|   20.5|

|$15,000 to $19,999  |   466|   10.9|   252|   10.3|   129|   11.0|    85|   13.2|

|$20,000 to $24,999  |   293|    6.9|   158|    6.4|    83|    7.0|    52|    8.1|

|$25,000 to $34,999  |   300|    7.0|   114|    4.6|   116|    9.9|    70|   10.9|

|$35,000 to $49,999  |   155|    3.6|    55|    2.3|    60|    5.1|    40|    6.2|

|$50,000 to $74,999  |    80|    1.9|    20|    0.8|    44|    3.7|    16|    2.5|

|$75,000 and over    |    31|    0.7|     8|    0.3|    17|    1.4|     7|    1.0|

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

2/ Age 15 years and over.

3/ Total money income for the 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