Table 4.12  Poverty Status of Families by Type and Region of Birth of Latin American Foreign-Born

            Householder: March 1998 

            (Numbers in thousands. 1/)



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|                                     |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               | 

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

|                                     |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              | 

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

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

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

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

|Total 2/                             |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       | 

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

|  Below poverty level                | 1,107|   26.4|   816|   30.1|   224|   23.5|    66|   12.5| 

|  Above poverty level                | 3,084|   73.6| 1,891|   69.9|   732|   76.5|   461|   87.5| 

|Married couple                       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       | 

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

|  Below poverty level                |   614|   20.8|   491|   25.1|    88|   14.5|    35|    8.9| 

|  Above poverty level                | 2,336|   79.2| 1,463|   74.9|   519|   85.5|   354|   91.1| 

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

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

|  Below poverty level                |    71|   21.4|    53|   22.8|    11|   19.5|     7|   16.9| 

|  Above poverty level                |   261|   78.6|   181|   77.2|    44|   80.5|    36|   83.1| 

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

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

|  Below poverty level                |   421|   46.4|   271|   52.3|   126|   42.7|    24|   25.5| 

|  Above poverty level                |   487|   53.6|   247|   47.7|   169|   57.3|    71|   74.5| 

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

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