Table 3.2  Householders in Family Households by Family Type, Hispanic Origin and Race:  March 1998

           (Numbers in thousands.)



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|Family Households                    |               |                                      Hispanic Origin 1/                                       |

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

|                                     |               |               |               |               |  Central and  |               |               |

|                                     |     Total     |    Mexican    | Puerto Rican  |     Cuban     |South American |Other Hispanic | Non-Hispanic  |

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

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

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

|Total Families 2/                    | 70,880|  100.0|  4,292|  100.0|    770|  100.0|    383|  100.0|  1,018|  100.0|    498|  100.0| 63,919|  100.0|

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

|Married couple 3/                    | 54,317|   76.6|  3,093|   72.1|    415|   53.9|    309|   80.8|    688|   67.6|    298|   59.8| 49,513|   77.5|

|Female householder, no spouse present| 12,652|   17.9|    858|   20.0|    290|   37.7|     58|   15.1|    236|   23.2|    169|   34.0| 11,041|   17.3|

|Male householder, no spouse present  |  3,911|    5.5|    341|    7.9|     65|    8.4|     16|    4.1|     93|    9.2|     31|    6.2|  3,365|    5.3|

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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