Table 13.1  Householders in Family Households by Poverty Status in 1997, 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/                     |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total                               |70,884|  100.0| 6,961|  100.0|52,875|  100.0|11,048|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                 | 7,324|   10.3| 1,721|   24.7| 3,357|    6.3| 2,246|   20.3|

|  Above poverty level                 |63,561|   89.7| 5,239|   75.3|49,519|   93.7| 8,803|   79.7|

|Married couple 3/                     |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total                               |54,321|  100.0| 4,804|  100.0|43,427|  100.0| 6,091|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                 | 2,821|    5.2|   836|   17.4| 1,501|    3.5|   485|    8.0|

|  Above poverty level                 |51,500|   94.8| 3,968|   82.6|41,927|   96.5| 5,606|   92.0|

|Female householder, no spouse present |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total                               |12,652|  100.0| 1,612|  100.0| 6,826|  100.0| 4,215|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                 | 3,995|   31.6|   767|   47.6| 1,598|   23.4| 1,631|   38.7|

|  Above poverty level                 | 8,657|   68.4|   845|   52.4| 5,228|   76.6| 2,584|   61.3|

|Male householder, no spouse present   |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total                               | 3,911|  100.0|   545|  100.0| 2,622|  100.0|   743|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                 |   507|   13.0|   119|   21.7|   258|    9.9|   130|   17.5|

|  Above poverty level                 | 3,403|   87.0|   427|   78.3| 2,364|   90.1|   613|   82.5|

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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/ Data in this table includes 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