Table 3.3 Family Households by Size, Type, and World Region of Birth of the Foreign-Born Householder: March 1999 (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | WORLD REGION OF BIRTH | | | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | CENTRAL | | | | | | Total | EUROPE | ASIA | AMERICA | CARIBBEAN |SOUTH AMERICA | OTHER AREAS | | |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------| | |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent| |--------------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------| |Total | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 8,393| 100.0| 1,351| 100.0| 2,146| 100.0| 2,868| 100.0| 966| 100.0| 507| 100.0| 555| 100.0| | Two people | 2,230| 26.6| 650| 48.1| 502| 23.4| 404| 14.1| 289| 30.0| 152| 30.0| 233| 42.0| | Three people | 1,986| 23.7| 287| 21.2| 589| 27.5| 588| 20.5| 268| 27.8| 113| 22.3| 141| 25.4| | Four people | 2,046| 24.4| 264| 19.5| 577| 26.9| 727| 25.3| 230| 23.8| 136| 26.9| 112| 20.2| | Five people | 1,159| 13.8| 97| 7.2| 238| 11.1| 599| 20.9| 126| 13.0| 61| 12.0| 38| 6.8| | Six people | 590| 7.0| 39| 2.9| 136| 6.3| 336| 11.7| 34| 3.5| 25| 5.0| 20| 3.6| | Seven or more people | 381| 4.5| 14| 1.1| 105| 4.9| 214| 7.4| 19| 1.9| 19| 3.8| 11| 2.0| |Married Couple | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 6,298| 100.0| 1,131| 100.0| 1,739| 100.0| 2,065| 100.0| 563| 100.0| 370| 100.0| 429| 100.0| | Two people | 1,542| 24.5| 529| 46.8| 361| 20.8| 213| 10.3| 159| 28.3| 108| 29.2| 171| 39.9| | Three people | 1,386| 22.0| 224| 19.8| 466| 26.8| 394| 19.1| 126| 22.3| 80| 21.6| 97| 22.5| | Four people | 1,628| 25.8| 243| 21.4| 501| 28.8| 523| 25.3| 158| 28.0| 108| 29.0| 96| 22.4| | Five people | 953| 15.1| 89| 7.9| 204| 11.7| 487| 23.6| 87| 15.4| 47| 12.6| 38| 8.8| | Six people | 481| 7.6| 32| 2.9| 126| 7.2| 263| 12.7| 21| 3.7| 20| 5.3| 19| 4.5| | Seven or more people | 309| 4.9| 13| 1.2| 81| 4.7| 185| 9.0| 12| 2.2| 8| 2.2| 8| 1.9| |Male Family Householder | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 680| 100.0| 77| 100.0| 164| 100.0| 282| 100.0| 78| 100.0| 39| 100.0| 41| 100.0| | Two people | 229| 33.7| 39| 50.3| 60| 36.3| 63| 22.5| 27| 35.2| 15| 40.0| 25| 60.2| | Three people | 188| 27.6| 24| 31.7| 49| 30.0| 63| 22.3| 29| 36.9| 7| 19.4| 15| 36.5| | Four people | 135| 19.9| 8| 10.4| 34| 21.0| 72| 25.4| 11| 14.6| 9| 22.1| 1| 3.2| | Five people | 69| 10.1| 5| 6.4| 9| 5.8| 44| 15.6| 7| 9.6| 3| 7.3| -| -| | Six people | 45| 6.6| -| -| 5| 2.8| 35| 12.3| 2| 2.1| 4| 11.1| -| -| | Seven or more people | 15| 2.1| 1| 1.2| 7| 4.1| 6| 2.0| 1| 1.6| -| -| -| -| |Female Family Householder | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 1,415| 100.0| 143| 100.0| 243| 100.0| 521| 100.0| 325| 100.0| 98| 100.0| 85| 100.0| | Two people | 459| 32.4| 81| 56.8| 81| 33.5| 128| 24.5| 103| 31.6| 29| 29.1| 37| 44.0| | Three people | 413| 29.2| 39| 26.9| 74| 30.5| 132| 25.3| 114| 35.0| 26| 26.4| 29| 34.4| | Four people | 283| 20.0| 13| 9.0| 42| 17.2| 133| 25.4| 61| 18.8| 20| 20.5| 15| 17.6| | Five people | 138| 9.7| 3| 2.3| 24| 9.9| 68| 13.0| 31| 9.7| 11| 11.6| -| -| | Six people | 64| 4.5| 7| 5.0| 5| 2.1| 38| 7.3| 11| 3.5| 1| 1.5| 1| 0.8| | Seven or more people | 58| 4.1| -| -| 17| 6.9| 23| 4.4| 5| 1.5| 11| 11.0| 3| 3.2| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ The majority of those born in 'Central America' are from Mexico. Those born in 'Other Areas' are from Africa, Oceania, Bermuda and Canada. 2/ Households in which at least one member is related to the person who owns or rents the house (householder). 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