Table 4.3 Family and Nonfamily Household Type by Region of Birth of Foreign-Born Householders: March 2000
          (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)

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|FAMILY AND NONFAMILY HOUSEHOLD TYPE             |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |
|                                                |              |--------------------------------------------|
|                                                |              |              |   CENTRAL    |              |
|                                                |LATIN AMERICA |  CARIBBEAN   |   AMERICA    |SOUTH AMERICA |
|                                                |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------|
|                                                |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|
|------------------------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------|
|Total                                           |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                                         | 5,748|  100.0| 1,321|  100.0| 3,652|  100.0|   775|  100.0|
|  Married couple                                | 3,337|   58.0|   597|   45.2| 2,307|   63.2|   432|   55.8|
|  Male family householder                       |   449|    7.8|    78|    5.9|   320|    8.8|    51|    6.6|
|  Female family householder                     | 1,019|   17.7|   317|   24.0|   578|   15.8|   124|   16.0|
|  Male nonfamily householder                    |   554|    9.6|   160|   12.1|   300|    8.2|    95|   12.2|
|  Female nonfamily householder                  |   390|    6.8|   169|   12.8|   148|    4.0|    73|    9.4|
|Family Households 3/                            |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                                         | 4,804|  100.0|   992|  100.0| 3,205|  100.0|   607|  100.0|
|  Married couple                                | 3,337|   69.5|   597|   60.2| 2,307|   72.0|   432|   71.2|
|  Male family householder                       |   449|    9.3|    78|    7.8|   320|   10.0|    51|    8.4|
|  Female family householder                     | 1,019|   21.2|   317|   32.0|   578|   18.0|   124|   20.4|
|Nonfamily Households                            |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                                         |   944|  100.0|   329|  100.0|   447|  100.0|   168|  100.0|
|  Male nonfamily householder                    |   554|   58.7|   160|   48.6|   300|   67.0|    95|   56.4|
|  Female nonfamily householder                  |   390|   41.3|   169|   51.4|   148|   33.0|    73|   43.6|
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1/ The majority of those born in 'Central America' are from Mexico.
2/ The data in this table do not include the population living in group quaters.
3/ Households in which at least one member is related to the person who owns or rents the house (householder).
   In married couple households, foreign-born status refers to the householder.

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

              (Last updated 1/6/03)