Table 1.12  Poverty Status of Families by Type and Citizenship Status of the Householder: March 1999

            (Numbers in thousands.)



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|                                     |               |              CITIZENSHIP STATUS               |

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

|                                     |               |               |  Naturalized  |               |

|                                     |     Total     |    Native     |    Citizen    | Not a Citizen |

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

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

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

|Total 1/                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total                              | 71,551|  100.0| 63,158|  100.0|  3,715|  100.0|  4,678|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                |  7,186|   10.0|  5,723|    9.1|    404|   10.9|  1,060|   22.7|

|  Above poverty level                | 64,365|   90.0| 57,435|   90.9|  3,312|   89.1|  3,618|   77.3|

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

|  Total                              | 54,778|  100.0| 48,480|  100.0|  2,937|  100.0|  3,361|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                |  2,879|    5.3|  2,055|    4.2|    239|    8.1|    585|   17.4|

|  Above poverty level                | 51,900|   94.7| 46,425|   95.8|  2,698|   91.9|  2,776|   82.6|

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

|  Total                              |  3,977|  100.0|  3,297|  100.0|    242|  100.0|    439|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                |    476|   12.0|    378|   11.5|     21|    8.6|     77|   17.5|

|  Above poverty level                |  3,501|   88.0|  2,918|   88.5|    221|   91.4|    362|   82.5|

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

|  Total                              | 12,796|  100.0| 11,381|  100.0|    537|  100.0|    878|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                |  3,831|   29.9|  3,290|   28.9|    144|   26.8|    398|   45.3|

|  Above poverty level                |  8,965|   70.1|  8,092|   71.1|    393|   73.2|    481|   54.7|

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1/ 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 1999

Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000