Table 3.11 Poverty Status of the Foreign-Born Population by World Region of Birth, Age and Sex: March 1999 (Numbers in thousands. 1/) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total | | 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 2/ |26,424| 100.0| 4,246| 100.0| 7,158| 100.0| 9,008| 100.0| 2,776| 100.0| 1,594| 100.0| 1,642| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 4,769| 18.0| 447| 10.5| 829| 11.6| 2,480| 27.5| 550| 19.8| 237| 14.9| 226| 13.8| | Above poverty level |21,655| 82.0| 3,800| 89.5| 6,328| 88.4| 6,528| 72.5| 2,226| 80.2| 1,357| 85.1| 1,415| 86.2| |Under 18 years | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ | 2,348| 100.0| 263| 100.0| 613| 100.0| 986| 100.0| 209| 100.0| 137| 100.0| 139| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 767| 32.7| 61| 23.3| 115| 18.7| 451| 45.8| 71| 34.1| 36| 26.6| 32| 22.9| | Above poverty level | 1,581| 67.3| 202| 76.7| 498| 81.3| 535| 54.2| 138| 65.9| 100| 73.4| 107| 77.1| |18 to 64 years | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ |21,068| 100.0| 2,805| 100.0| 5,904| 100.0| 7,571| 100.0| 2,194| 100.0| 1,323| 100.0| 1,271| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 3,477| 16.5| 230| 8.2| 622| 10.5| 1,907| 25.2| 370| 16.9| 173| 13.1| 174| 13.7| | Above poverty level |17,591| 83.5| 2,574| 91.8| 5,282| 89.5| 5,664| 74.8| 1,824| 83.1| 1,150| 86.9| 1,097| 86.3| |65 years and over | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ | 3,008| 100.0| 1,179| 100.0| 641| 100.0| 451| 100.0| 372| 100.0| 134| 100.0| 231| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 525| 17.5| 155| 13.2| 93| 14.5| 121| 26.9| 108| 29.1| 27| 20.5| 20| 8.7| | Above poverty level | 2,482| 82.5| 1,023| 86.8| 548| 85.5| 330| 73.1| 264| 70.9| 107| 79.5| 211| 91.3| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Male | | 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 2/ |13,098| 100.0| 1,991| 100.0| 3,433| 100.0| 4,813| 100.0| 1,254| 100.0| 762| 100.0| 844| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 2,117| 16.2| 183| 9.2| 365| 10.6| 1,183| 24.6| 181| 14.4| 97| 12.7| 109| 12.9| | Above poverty level |10,982| 83.8| 1,809| 90.8| 3,069| 89.4| 3,630| 75.4| 1,074| 85.6| 665| 87.3| 736| 87.1| |Under 18 years | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ | 1,247| 100.0| 134| 100.0| 308| 100.0| 554| 100.0| 109| 100.0| 70| 100.0| 72| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 412| 33.1| 22| 16.8| 55| 18.0| 256| 46.2| 40| 36.7| 20| 29.1| 18| 24.9| | Above poverty level | 835| 66.9| 111| 83.2| 252| 82.0| 298| 53.8| 69| 63.3| 50| 70.9| 54| 75.1| |18 to 64 years | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ |10,577| 100.0| 1,364| 100.0| 2,831| 100.0| 4,068| 100.0| 1,002| 100.0| 622| 100.0| 690| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 1,528| 14.4| 108| 7.9| 271| 9.6| 889| 21.9| 111| 11.1| 64| 10.3| 85| 12.4| | Above poverty level | 9,049| 85.6| 1,256| 92.1| 2,560| 90.4| 3,179| 78.1| 891| 88.9| 558| 89.7| 605| 87.6| |65 years and over | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ | 1,275| 100.0| 494| 100.0| 294| 100.0| 191| 100.0| 144| 100.0| 69| 100.0| 82| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 177| 13.9| 53| 10.6| 38| 13.0| 38| 20.0| 30| 20.8| 13| 18.0| 5| 6.5| | Above poverty level | 1,098| 86.1| 441| 89.4| 256| 87.0| 153| 80.0| 114| 79.2| 57| 82.0| 77| 93.5| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Female | | 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 2/ |13,326| 100.0| 2,255| 100.0| 3,724| 100.0| 4,195| 100.0| 1,521| 100.0| 832| 100.0| 797| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 2,652| 19.9| 264| 11.7| 465| 12.5| 1,297| 30.9| 370| 24.3| 140| 16.8| 118| 14.8| | Above poverty level |10,673| 80.1| 1,991| 88.3| 3,260| 87.5| 2,899| 69.1| 1,152| 75.7| 692| 83.2| 680| 85.2| |Under 18 years | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ | 1,101| 100.0| 130| 100.0| 305| 100.0| 432| 100.0| 101| 100.0| 66| 100.0| 67| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 355| 32.2| 39| 30.0| 59| 19.4| 195| 45.2| 32| 31.2| 16| 23.9| 14| 20.8| | Above poverty level | 746| 67.8| 91| 70.0| 246| 80.6| 237| 54.8| 69| 68.8| 51| 76.1| 53| 79.2| |18 to 64 years | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ |10,491| 100.0| 1,440| 100.0| 3,073| 100.0| 3,503| 100.0| 1,192| 100.0| 701| 100.0| 581| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 1,949| 18.6| 122| 8.5| 351| 11.4| 1,018| 29.1| 260| 21.8| 109| 15.6| 89| 15.3| | Above poverty level | 8,542| 81.4| 1,318| 91.5| 2,722| 88.6| 2,485| 70.9| 933| 78.2| 592| 84.4| 492| 84.7| |65 years and over | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total 2/ | 1,733| 100.0| 685| 100.0| 346| 100.0| 260| 100.0| 228| 100.0| 65| 100.0| 149| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 349| 20.1| 103| 15.0| 55| 15.9| 83| 31.9| 79| 34.4| 15| 23.0| 15| 9.9| | Above poverty level | 1,385| 79.9| 582| 85.0| 292| 84.1| 177| 68.1| 150| 65.6| 50| 77.0| 135| 90.1| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ 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