Table 4.4 Household Type by Size and Region of Birth of Foreign-Born Householders: March 2000
          (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)

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|HOUSEHOLD TYPE BY SIZE                |              |              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|
|  One person                          |   698|   12.1|   276|   20.9|   291|    8.0|   131|   16.8|
|  Two people                          |   992|   17.3|   330|   25.0|   489|   13.4|   173|   22.4|
|  Three people                        | 1,120|   19.5|   266|   20.1|   709|   19.4|   146|   18.8|
|  Four people                         | 1,219|   21.2|   249|   18.8|   789|   21.6|   181|   23.4|
|  Five people                         |   906|   15.8|   132|   10.0|   680|   18.6|    94|   12.1|
|  Six people                          |   412|    7.2|    35|    2.6|   347|    9.5|    30|    3.9|
|  Seven or more people                |   401|    7.0|    34|    2.6|   347|    9.5|    20|    2.6|
|Family Households 3/                  |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                               | 4,804|  100.0|   992|  100.0| 3,205|  100.0|   607|  100.0|
|  Two people                          |   855|   17.8|   292|   29.5|   409|   12.8|   153|   25.2|
|  Three people                        | 1,068|   22.2|   259|   26.1|   671|   20.9|   138|   22.7|
|  Four people                         | 1,192|   24.8|   245|   24.7|   774|   24.2|   173|   28.5|
|  Five people                         |   892|   18.6|   132|   13.3|   666|   20.8|    94|   15.5|
|  Six people                          |   402|    8.4|    30|    3.0|   342|   10.7|    30|    4.9|
|  Seven or more people                |   395|    8.2|    34|    3.4|   342|   10.7|    19|    3.2|
|Nonfamily Households                  |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                               |   944|  100.0|   329|  100.0|   447|  100.0|   168|  100.0|
|  One person                          |   698|   73.9|   276|   84.0|   291|   65.1|   131|   77.8|
|  Two people                          |   138|   14.6|    37|   11.4|    80|   17.9|    20|   12.0|
|  Three people                        |    52|    5.5|     6|    1.9|    38|    8.5|     8|    4.8|
|  Four people                         |    27|    2.9|     4|    1.2|    15|    3.4|     8|    4.7|
|  Five people                         |    13|    1.4|     -|      -|    13|    3.0|     -|      -|
|  Six people                          |    10|    1.0|     5|    1.5|     5|    1.1|     -|      -|
|  Seven or more people                |     6|    0.6|     -|      -|     5|    1.1|     1|    0.6|
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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).
- No cases in this cell.

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

              (Last updated 1/6/03)