Table 3.12  Poverty Status of Families by Type and World Region of Birth of Foreign-Born Householders: March 2002
            (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/                           |10,286|  100.0| 1,528|  100.0| 2,578|  100.0| 5,336|  100.0|   845|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                | 1,516|   14.7|   102|    6.7|   231|    9.0| 1,095|   20.5|    87|   10.3|
|  Above poverty level                | 8,770|   85.3| 1,425|   93.3| 2,346|   91.0| 4,241|   79.5|   757|   89.7|
|Married couple 2/                    |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total 4/                           | 7,729|  100.0| 1,261|  100.0| 2,129|  100.0| 3,689|  100.0|   649|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |   879|   11.4|    64|    5.0|   169|    8.0|   592|   16.0|    54|    8.3|
|  Above poverty level                | 6,851|   88.6| 1,198|   95.0| 1,960|   92.0| 3,098|   84.0|   595|   91.7|
|Male householder, no spouse present  |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total 4/                           |   821|  100.0|    91|  100.0|   125|  100.0|   545|  100.0|    59|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |   115|   14.0|     7|    7.1|    16|   12.6|    89|   16.4|     4|    6.1|
|  Above poverty level                |   706|   86.0|    85|   92.9|   110|   87.4|   456|   83.6|    56|   93.9|
|Female householder, no spouse present|      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total 4/                           | 1,735|  100.0|   175|  100.0|   323|  100.0| 1,102|  100.0|   136|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |   522|   30.1|    32|   18.3|    46|   14.3|   414|   37.6|    30|   21.8|
|  Above poverty level                | 1,214|   69.9|   143|   81.7|   277|   85.7|   688|   62.4|   106|   78.2|
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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 2002
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division

              (Last updated (9/26/02))