Table 3.1  Householders in Family Households by Family Type, Hispanic Origin and Race:  March 1998

           (Numbers in thousands.)



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|Family Households                    |               |          Hispanic Origin and Race 1/          |

|                                     |               |-----------------------------------------------|

|                                     |               |               | Non-Hispanic, | Non-Hispanic, |

|                                     |     Total     |   Hispanic    |     White     |     Other     |

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

|                                     |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|

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

|Total Families 2/                    | 70,880|  100.0|  6,961|  100.0| 52,871|  100.0| 11,048|  100.0|

|-------------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|Married couple 3/                    | 54,317|   76.6|  4,804|   69.0| 43,423|   82.1|  6,091|   55.1|

|Female householder, no spouse present| 12,652|   17.9|  1,612|   23.2|  6,826|   12.9|  4,215|   38.1|

|Male householder, no spouse present  |  3,911|    5.5|    545|    7.8|  2,622|    5.0|    743|    6.7|

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1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, 

   or other Hispanic/Latino, regardless of race.

2/ The data in this table does not include families in group quarters.

3/ In married-couple families, Hispanic origin and race refer to the householder.



SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 1998, Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics 

        Branch, Population Division.

Internet Release Date: March 8, 2000