Table 2.12  Poverty Status of Families by Type and Year of Entry of the Foreign-Born Householder: March 1999

            (Numbers in thousands. 1/)



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|                                     |               |                         Year of Entry                         |

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

|                                     |     Total     |     1990+     |   1980-1989   |   1970-1979   |  Before 1970  |

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

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

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

|Total                                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total 1/                           |  8,393|  100.0|  2,132|  100.0|  2,607|  100.0|  1,871|  100.0|  1,783|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                |  1,463|   17.4|    501|   23.5|    517|   19.8|    307|   16.4|    138|    7.8|

|  Above poverty level                |  6,930|   82.6|  1,631|   76.5|  2,090|   80.2|  1,564|   83.6|  1,645|   92.2|

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

|  Total 1/                           |  6,298|  100.0|  1,499|  100.0|  1,946|  100.0|  1,447|  100.0|  1,405|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                |    824|   13.1|    274|   18.3|    293|   15.1|    160|   11.0|     97|    6.9|

|  Above poverty level                |  5,474|   86.9|  1,225|   81.7|  1,653|   84.9|  1,288|   89.0|  1,308|   93.1|

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

|  Total 1/                           |    680|  100.0|    265|  100.0|    223|  100.0|    113|  100.0|     80|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                |     98|   14.4|     47|   17.8|     28|   12.6|     19|   17.1|      3|    4.2|

|  Above poverty level                |    583|   85.6|    218|   82.2|    195|   87.4|     94|   82.9|     76|   95.8|

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

|  Total 1/                           |  1,415|  100.0|    367|  100.0|    439|  100.0|    311|  100.0|    298|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                |    541|   38.3|    179|   48.9|    196|   44.6|    128|   41.3|     38|   12.8|

|  Above poverty level                |    873|   61.7|    188|   51.1|    243|   55.4|    182|   58.7|    260|   87.2|

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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