Table 3.12  Poverty Status of Families by Type and World Region of Birth of Foreign-Born Householders: March 2000
            (Numbers in thousands. 1/)

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|FAMILY TYPE AND POVERTY STATUS       |              |                   WORLD REGION OF BIRTH                   |
|                                     |              |-----------------------------------------------------------|
|                                     | FOREIGN BORN |    EUROPE    |     ASIA     |LATIN AMERICA | OTHER AREAS  |
|                                     |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------|
|                                     |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|
|-------------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------|
|Total Families 3/                    |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total 4/                           | 9,439|  100.0| 1,494|  100.0| 2,415|  100.0| 4,804|  100.0|   726|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                | 1,486|   15.7|   100|    6.7|   286|   11.8| 1,041|   21.7|    59|    8.1|
|  Above poverty level                | 7,953|   84.3| 1,394|   93.3| 2,129|   88.2| 3,763|   78.3|   667|   91.9|
|Married couple 2/                    |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total 4/                           | 7,151|  100.0| 1,248|  100.0| 1,972|  100.0| 3,337|  100.0|   594|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |   895|   12.5|    62|    5.0|   211|   10.7|   581|   17.4|    40|    6.8|
|  Above poverty level                | 6,256|   87.5| 1,186|   95.0| 1,761|   89.3| 2,756|   82.6|   554|   93.2|
|Male householder, no spouse present  |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total 4/                           |   765|  100.0|    76|  100.0|   180|  100.0|   449|  100.0|    61|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |   119|   15.6|     7|    8.9|    21|   11.5|    85|   19.0|     6|   10.4|
|  Above poverty level                |   646|   84.4|    69|   91.1|   159|   88.5|   363|   81.0|    54|   89.6|
|Female householder, no spouse present|      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total 4/                           | 1,523|  100.0|   170|  100.0|   263|  100.0| 1,019|  100.0|    71|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |   472|   31.0|    31|   18.5|    54|   20.5|   375|   36.8|    12|   17.1|
|  Above poverty level                | 1,051|   69.0|   138|   81.5|   209|   79.5|   644|   63.2|    59|   82.9|
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1/ The majority of those born in 'Latin America' are from Mexico. Those
   born in 'Other Areas' are from Africa, Oceania, Bermuda and Canada.
2/ Foreign-born status refers to the reference person.
3/ Data may include some families in group quarters.
4/ Poverty status based on income in previous calendar year.

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

              (Last updated 12/18/02)