Table 4.13  Housing Tenure of Latin American Foreign-Born Householders: 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/                    | 5,106|  100.0| 3,157|  100.0| 1,286|  100.0|   663|  100.0| 

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

|Owner occupied              | 1,977|   38.7| 1,177|   37.3|   513|   39.9|   287|   43.3| 

|Renter occupied             | 3,043|   59.6| 1,908|   60.4|   765|   59.5|   370|   55.9| 

|Occupier paid no cash rent  |    86|    1.7|    73|    2.3|     8|    0.6|     5|    0.8| 

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

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