Table 4.12  Poverty Status of Families by Type and Region of Birth of Foreign-Born Householders: March 2002
            (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/                           | 5,336|  100.0| 1,042|  100.0| 3,660|  100.0|   634|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                | 1,095|   20.5|   176|   16.9|   838|   22.9|    81|   12.8|
|  Above poverty level                | 4,241|   79.5|   866|   83.1| 2,822|   77.1|   553|   87.2|
|Married couple 2/                    |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total 4/                           | 3,689|  100.0|   612|  100.0| 2,612|  100.0|   465|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |   592|   16.0|    58|    9.4|   490|   18.8|    44|    9.4|
|  Above poverty level                | 3,098|   84.0|   554|   90.6| 2,121|   81.2|   422|   90.6|
|Male householder, no spouse present  |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total 4/                           |   545|  100.0|   102|  100.0|   398|  100.0|    45|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |    89|   16.4|    13|   13.0|    65|   16.4|    11|   24.2|
|  Above poverty level                |   456|   83.6|    89|   87.0|   333|   83.6|    34|   75.8|
|Female householder, no spouse present|      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total 4/                           | 1,102|  100.0|   327|  100.0|   651|  100.0|   124|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |   414|   37.6|   105|   32.0|   283|   43.5|    26|   21.2|
|  Above poverty level                |   688|   62.4|   223|   68.0|   368|   56.5|    97|   78.8|
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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 2002
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division

              (Last updated -- 9/24/02)