Table 4.3 Family and Nonfamily Household Type by Region of Birth of Foreign-Born Householders: March 2002
          (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)

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|FAMILY AND NONFAMILY HOUSEHOLD TYPE             |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |
|                                                |              |--------------------------------------------|
|                                                |              |              |   CENTRAL    |              |
|                                                |LATIN AMERICA |  CARIBBEAN   |   AMERICA    |SOUTH AMERICA |
|                                                |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------|
|                                                |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|
|------------------------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------|
|Total                                           |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                                         | 6,436|  100.0| 1,425|  100.0| 4,216|  100.0|   796|  100.0|
|  Married couple                                | 3,689|   57.3|   612|   43.0| 2,612|   61.9|   465|   58.5|
|  Male family householder                       |   545|    8.5|   102|    7.2|   398|    9.4|    45|    5.7|
|  Female family householder                     | 1,102|   17.1|   327|   23.0|   651|   15.4|   124|   15.5|
|  Male nonfamily householder                    |   621|    9.6|   160|   11.2|   384|    9.1|    77|    9.7|
|  Female nonfamily householder                  |   479|    7.4|   223|   15.7|   172|    4.1|    85|   10.6|
|Family Households 3/                            |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                                         | 5,336|  100.0| 1,042|  100.0| 3,660|  100.0|   634|  100.0|
|  Married couple                                | 3,689|   69.1|   612|   58.8| 2,612|   71.4|   465|   73.4|
|  Male family householder                       |   545|   10.2|   102|    9.8|   398|   10.9|    45|    7.1|
|  Female family householder                     | 1,102|   20.6|   327|   31.4|   651|   17.8|   124|   19.5|
|Nonfamily Households                            |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                                         | 1,100|  100.0|   383|  100.0|   556|  100.0|   162|  100.0|
|  Male nonfamily householder                    |   621|   56.4|   160|   41.7|   384|   69.1|    77|   47.7|
|  Female nonfamily householder                  |   479|   43.6|   223|   58.3|   172|   30.9|    85|   52.3|
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1/ The majority of those born in 'Central America' are from Mexico.
2/ The data in this table do not include the population living in group quaters.
3/ Households in which at least one member is related to the person who owns or rents the house (householder).
   In married couple households, foreign-born status refers to the householder.

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division

              (Last updated -- 9/24/02)