Table 2.12  Poverty Status of Families by Type and Year of Entry of the Householder: March 2001
            (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                              |  9,872|  100.0|  3,328|  100.0|  3,003|  100.0|  1,925|  100.0|  1,616|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |  1,325|   13.4|    612|   18.4|    421|   14.0|    195|   10.1|     96|    6.0|
|  Above poverty level                |  8,547|   86.6|  2,716|   81.6|  2,581|   86.0|  1,730|   89.9|  1,519|   94.0|
|Married couple 2/                    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                              |  7,559|  100.0|  2,443|  100.0|  2,253|  100.0|  1,533|  100.0|  1,330|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |    804|   10.6|    365|   14.9|    251|   11.1|    123|    8.0|     65|    4.9|
|  Above poverty level                |  6,756|   89.4|  2,079|   85.1|  2,002|   88.9|  1,410|   92.0|  1,265|   95.1|
|Male householder, no spouse present  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                              |    753|  100.0|    353|  100.0|    218|  100.0|    100|  100.0|     82|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |     66|    8.7|     37|   10.4|     20|    9.3|      5|    5.0|      4|    4.4|
|  Above poverty level                |    688|   91.3|    316|   89.6|    198|   90.7|     95|   95.0|     79|   95.6|
|Female householder, no spouse present|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                              |  1,560|  100.0|    533|  100.0|    531|  100.0|    292|  100.0|    204|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |    456|   29.2|    211|   39.6|    150|   28.2|     67|   23.0|     28|   13.6|
|  Above poverty level                |  1,104|   70.8|    321|   60.4|    382|   71.8|    225|   77.0|    176|   86.4|
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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 2001
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division

                     (Table last updated --1/2/03)