Table 4.12  Poverty Status of Families by Type and Region of Birth of Foreign-Born Householders: March 2000
            (Numbers in thousands. 1/)

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|FAMILY TYPE AND POVERTY STATUS       |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |
|                                     |              |--------------------------------------------|
|                                     |              |              |   CENTRAL    |              |
|                                     |LATIN AMERICA |  CARIBBEAN   |   AMERICA    |SOUTH AMERICA |
|                                     |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------|
|                                     |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|
|-------------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------|
|Total Families 3/                    |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total 4/                           | 4,804|  100.0|   992|  100.0| 3,205|  100.0|   607|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                | 1,041|   21.7|   216|   21.7|   762|   23.8|    63|   10.5|
|  Above poverty level                | 3,763|   78.3|   776|   78.3| 2,443|   76.2|   544|   89.5|
|Married couple 2/                    |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total 4/                           | 3,337|  100.0|   597|  100.0| 2,307|  100.0|   432|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |   581|   17.4|    79|   13.2|   474|   20.5|    28|    6.6|
|  Above poverty level                | 2,756|   82.6|   518|   86.8| 1,834|   79.5|   404|   93.4|
|Male householder, no spouse present  |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total 4/                           |   449|  100.0|    78|  100.0|   320|  100.0|    51|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |    85|   19.0|    25|   32.1|    54|   16.8|     7|   13.1|
|  Above poverty level                |   363|   81.0|    53|   67.9|   266|   83.2|    44|   86.9|
|Female householder, no spouse present|      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total 4/                           | 1,019|  100.0|   317|  100.0|   578|  100.0|   124|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |   375|   36.8|   112|   35.3|   235|   40.6|    28|   22.9|
|  Above poverty level                |   644|   63.2|   205|   64.7|   343|   59.4|    95|   77.1|
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1/ The majority of those born in 'Central America' are from Mexico.
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 1/6/03)