Table 4.12  Poverty Status of Families by Type and Region of Birth of Foreign-Born Householders: March 2001
            (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/                           | 4,895|  100.0|   958|  100.0| 3,359|  100.0|   579|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |   927|   18.9|   137|   14.3|   722|   21.5|    67|   11.6|
|  Above poverty level                | 3,968|   81.1|   821|   85.7| 2,636|   78.5|   512|   88.4|
|Married couple 2/                    |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total 4/                           | 3,389|  100.0|   558|  100.0| 2,405|  100.0|   426|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |   550|   16.2|    40|    7.2|   467|   19.4|    43|   10.1|
|  Above poverty level                | 2,839|   83.8|   518|   92.8| 1,938|   80.6|   383|   89.9|
|Male householder, no spouse present  |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total 4/                           |   495|  100.0|    91|  100.0|   356|  100.0|    47|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |    51|   10.3|    11|   12.6|    38|   10.8|     1|    2.3|
|  Above poverty level                |   444|   89.7|    79|   87.4|   318|   89.2|    46|   97.7|
|Female householder, no spouse present|      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total 4/                           | 1,011|  100.0|   309|  100.0|   597|  100.0|   105|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |   326|   32.2|    86|   27.7|   217|   36.3|    23|   22.1|
|  Above poverty level                |   686|   67.8|   224|   72.3|   380|   63.7|    82|   77.9|
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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 2001
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division

              (Last updated --1/2/03)