Table 2.12  Poverty Status of Families by Type and Year of Entry of the Householder: March 2000
            (Numbers in thousands. 1/)

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|FAMILY TYPE AND POVERTY STATUS       |               |                         YEAR OF ENTRY                         |
|                                     |               |---------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                     |     Total     | 1990 or later |   1980-1989   |   1970-1979   |  Before 1970  |
|                                     |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                     |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|-------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total Families                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                              |  9,439|  100.0|  2,654|  100.0|  2,968|  100.0|  1,990|  100.0|  1,827|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |  1,486|   15.7|    607|   22.9|    492|   16.6|    250|   12.5|    138|    7.5|
|  Above poverty level                |  7,953|   84.3|  2,046|   77.1|  2,476|   83.4|  1,740|   87.5|  1,690|   92.5|
|Married couple 2/                    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                              |  7,151|  100.0|  1,942|  100.0|  2,221|  100.0|  1,540|  100.0|  1,448|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |    895|   12.5|    398|   20.5|    283|   12.7|    140|    9.1|     74|    5.1|
|  Above poverty level                |  6,256|   87.5|  1,544|   79.5|  1,938|   87.3|  1,400|   90.9|  1,375|   94.9|
|Male householder, no spouse present  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                              |    765|  100.0|    311|  100.0|    266|  100.0|     98|  100.0|     90|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |    119|   15.6|     58|   18.8|     43|   16.1|     10|    9.7|      8|    9.3|
|  Above poverty level                |    646|   84.4|    252|   81.2|    223|   83.9|     89|   90.3|     81|   90.7|
|Female householder, no spouse present|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                              |  1,523|  100.0|    401|  100.0|    481|  100.0|    352|  100.0|    290|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |    472|   31.0|    151|   37.6|    166|   34.5|    100|   28.5|     55|   19.2|
|  Above poverty level                |  1,051|   69.0|    250|   62.4|    315|   65.5|    252|   71.5|    234|   80.8|
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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 1/6/03)