Table 1.12  Poverty Status of Families by Type and Citizenship Status of the Householder: March 2000
            (Numbers in thousands. 1/)

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|FAMILY TYPE AND POVERTY STATUS       |               |              CITIZENSHIP STATUS               |
|                                     |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                     |               |               |  Naturalized  |               |
|                                     |     Total     |    Native     |    Citizen    | Not a Citizen |
|                                     |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                     |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|-------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total Families                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                              | 73,206|  100.0| 63,768|  100.0|  4,316|  100.0|  5,123|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |  6,792|    9.3|  5,306|    8.3|    381|    8.8|  1,105|   21.6|
|  Above poverty level                | 66,415|   90.7| 58,462|   91.7|  3,935|   91.2|  4,018|   78.4|
|Married couple 2/                    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                              | 56,290|  100.0| 49,139|  100.0|  3,384|  100.0|  3,768|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |  2,748|    4.9|  1,853|    3.8|    212|    6.3|    682|   18.1|
|  Above poverty level                | 53,542|   95.1| 47,285|   96.2|  3,171|   93.7|  3,085|   81.9|
|Male householder, no spouse present  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                              |  4,099|  100.0|  3,334|  100.0|    258|  100.0|    506|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |    485|   11.8|    366|   11.0|     17|    6.7|    102|   20.1|
|  Above poverty level                |  3,614|   88.2|  2,968|   89.0|    241|   93.3|    405|   79.9|
|Female householder, no spouse present|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                              | 12,818|  100.0| 11,295|  100.0|    674|  100.0|    849|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |  3,559|   27.8|  3,087|   27.3|    151|   22.4|    321|   37.8|
|  Above poverty level                |  9,259|   72.2|  8,208|   72.7|    523|   77.6|    528|   62.2|
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1/ Poverty status based on income in previous calendar year.
2/ Citizenship status refers to the reference person.


SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000 (reweighted)
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division

                     (Table last updated 1/3/03)