TABLE 5.5. MARCH 1997 CPS:  POVERTY BY RACE-ETHNICITY EXCLUDING UNRELATED PERSONS UNDER AGE 15

                             - VALUES/PERCENTS



Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census

Internet Release date:  August 7, 1998



---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

|                  |         |  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             |  266,218|   29,614|  236,604|   18,740|    3,130|    1,258|    4,285|    2,201|  191,459|   33,192|   11,953|

|Poverty Status    |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |

|Poor              |   36,529|    8,697|   27,832|    5,815|    1,116|      217|      892|      657|   16,462|    9,338|    2,033|

|Not Poor          |  229,689|   20,917|  208,772|   12,925|    2,014|    1,041|    3,393|    1,544|  174,997|   23,854|    9,921|

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



(CONTINUED)



----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|                  |         |  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 Status    |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |

|Poor              |     13.7|     29.4|     11.8|     31.0|     35.7|     17.3|     20.8|     29.9|      8.6|     28.1|     17.0|

|Not Poor          |     86.3|     70.6|     88.2|     69.0|     64.3|     82.7|     79.2|     70.1|     91.4|     71.9|     83.0|

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



NOTE:    1990 BASED FINAL MARCH SUPPLEMENT WEIGHT

SOURCE:  CPS MARCH 1997

BRANCH:  ETHNIC AND HISPANIC STATISTICS BRANCH