Table 3.12  Poverty Status of Families by Type and World Region of Birth of Foreign-Born Householders: March 2001
            (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/                           | 9,872|  100.0| 1,471|  100.0| 2,644|  100.0| 4,895|  100.0|   862|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                | 1,325|   13.4|    91|    6.2|   229|    8.7|   927|   18.9|    78|    9.1|
|  Above poverty level                | 8,547|   86.6| 1,380|   93.8| 2,415|   91.3| 3,968|   81.1|   784|   90.9|
|Married couple 2/                    |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total 4/                           | 7,559|  100.0| 1,264|  100.0| 2,219|  100.0| 3,389|  100.0|   688|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |   804|   10.6|    54|    4.3|   154|    6.9|   550|   16.2|    46|    6.6|
|  Above poverty level                | 6,756|   89.4| 1,210|   95.7| 2,065|   93.1| 2,839|   83.8|   642|   93.4|
|Male householder, no spouse present  |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total 4/                           |   753|  100.0|    54|  100.0|   141|  100.0|   495|  100.0|    64|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |    66|    8.7|     2|    3.6|     9|    6.5|    51|   10.3|     4|    5.6|
|  Above poverty level                |   688|   91.3|    52|   96.4|   131|   93.5|   444|   89.7|    61|   94.4|
|Female householder, no spouse present|      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total 4/                           | 1,560|  100.0|   154|  100.0|   285|  100.0| 1,011|  100.0|   110|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |   456|   29.2|    35|   22.9|    66|   23.1|   326|   32.2|    29|   26.6|
|  Above poverty level                | 1,104|   70.8|   119|   77.1|   219|   76.9|   686|   67.8|    81|   73.4|
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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 2001
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division