TABLE 4.5. MARCH 1997 CPS:  FAMILY POVERTY BY RACE-ETHNICITY, FAMILY HOUSEHOLDER AGE 65 AND OVER

            - VALUES/PERCENTS



Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census

Internet Release date:  August 7, 1998



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|                  |         |  Hispanic Origin  |                                Race-Ethnicity                                 |

|                  |         |-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|                  |         |         |   Not   |         | Puerto  |         |Central &|  Other  |White Not|Black Not|Other Not|

|                  |  Total  |Hispanic |Hispanic | Mexican |  Rican  |  Cuban  |South Am.|Hispanic |Hispanic |Hispanic |Hispanic |

|------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------|

|Total             |   11,133|      519|   10,614|      277|       55|       92|       57|       39|    9,476|      896|      242|

|Poverty Level in  |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |

|1996              |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |

|Poor              |      664|       87|      577|       49|       13|       13|        7|        4|      391|      154|       32|

|Not poor          |   10,470|      433|   10,037|      228|       42|       79|       49|       34|    9,085|      741|      210|

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|                  |         |  Hispanic Origin  |                                Race-Ethnicity                                 |

|                  |         |-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|                  |         |         |   Not   |         | Puerto  |         |Central &|  Other  |White Not|Black Not|Other Not|

|                  |  Total  |Hispanic |Hispanic | Mexican |  Rican  |  Cuban  |South Am.|Hispanic |Hispanic |Hispanic |Hispanic |

|------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------|

|Total             |    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|

|Poverty Level in  |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |

|1996              |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |

|Poor              |      6.0|     16.7|      5.4|     17.8|     23.3|     14.1|     13.2|     11.2|      4.1|     17.2|     13.1|

|Not poor          |     94.0|     83.3|     94.6|     82.2|     76.7|     85.9|     86.8|     88.8|     95.9|     82.8|     86.9|

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NOTE:    1990 BASED FINAL MARCH SUPPLEMENT WEIGHT

SOURCE:  CPS March 1997

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