Table 3.12  Poverty Status of Families by Type and World Region of Birth of the Foreign-Born Householder: March 1999

            (Numbers in thousands. 1/)



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|                                     |              |                                  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 2/                             |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  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|

|  Below poverty level                | 1,463|   17.4|   108|    8.0|   230|   10.7|   784|   27.3|   197|   20.4|    73|   14.5|    71|   12.8|

|  Above poverty level                | 6,930|   82.6| 1,243|   92.0| 1,916|   89.3| 2,084|   72.7|   769|   79.6|   434|   85.5|   484|   87.2|

|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|

|  Below poverty level                |   824|   13.1|    81|    7.1|   139|    8.0|   461|   22.3|    63|   11.2|    36|    9.8|    44|   10.3|

|  Above poverty level                | 5,474|   86.9| 1,050|   92.9| 1,600|   92.0| 1,604|   77.7|   500|   88.8|   334|   90.2|   385|   89.7|

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

|  Total                              |   680|  100.0|    77|  100.0|   164|  100.0|   282|  100.0|    78|  100.0|    39|  100.0|    41|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                |    98|   14.4|     -|      -|    22|   13.5|    49|   17.3|    18|   23.6|     6|   16.5|     2|    4.8|

|  Above poverty level                |   583|   85.6|    77|  100.0|   142|   86.5|   233|   82.7|    59|   76.4|    32|   83.5|    39|   95.2|

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

|  Total                              | 1,415|  100.0|   143|  100.0|   243|  100.0|   521|  100.0|   325|  100.0|    98|  100.0|    85|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                |   541|   38.3|    27|   19.2|    69|   28.4|   274|   52.6|   116|   35.6|    31|   31.3|    25|   29.0|

|  Above poverty level                |   873|   61.7|   116|   80.8|   174|   71.6|   247|   47.4|   209|   64.4|    67|   68.7|    60|   71.0|

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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