Table 4.12  Poverty Status of Families by Type and Region of Birth of Latin American Foreign-Born 
             Householder: March 1999 

            (Numbers in thousands. 1/)



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|                                     |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

|                                     |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

|                                     |LATIN AMERICA |   AMERICA    |  CARIBBEAN   |SOUTH AMERICA |

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

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

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

|Total 2/                             |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total                              | 4,341|  100.0| 2,868|  100.0|   966|  100.0|   507|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                | 1,054|   24.3|   784|   27.3|   197|   20.4|    73|   14.5|

|  Above poverty level                | 3,286|   75.7| 2,084|   72.7|   769|   79.6|   434|   85.5|

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

|  Total                              | 2,999|  100.0| 2,065|  100.0|   563|  100.0|   370|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                |   560|   18.7|   461|   22.3|    63|   11.2|    36|    9.8|

|  Above poverty level                | 2,439|   81.3| 1,604|   77.7|   500|   88.8|   334|   90.2|

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

|  Total                              |   398|  100.0|   282|  100.0|    78|  100.0|    39|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                |    74|   18.5|    49|   17.3|    18|   23.6|     6|   16.5|

|  Above poverty level                |   324|   81.5|   233|   82.7|    59|   76.4|    32|   83.5|

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

|  Total                              |   944|  100.0|   521|  100.0|   325|  100.0|    98|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                |   420|   44.5|   274|   52.6|   116|   35.6|    31|   31.3|

|  Above poverty level                |   523|   55.5|   247|   47.4|   209|   64.4|    67|   68.7|

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1/ The majority of those born in 'Central America' are from Mexico.

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