Table 13.2  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 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/                    |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total                              |70,884|  100.0| 4,292|  100.0|   770|  100.0|   383|  100.0| 1,018|  100.0|   498|  100.0|63,924|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                | 7,324|   10.3| 1,106|   25.8|   243|   31.5|    60|   15.6|   188|   18.4|   124|   25.0| 5,602|    8.8|

|  Above poverty level                |63,561|   89.7| 3,186|   74.2|   527|   68.5|   323|   84.4|   830|   81.6|   373|   75.0|58,321|   91.2|

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

|  Total                              |54,321|  100.0| 3,093|  100.0|   415|  100.0|   309|  100.0|   688|  100.0|   298|  100.0|49,518|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                | 2,821|    5.2|   604|   19.5|    60|   14.5|    37|   11.8|    90|   13.1|    45|   15.0| 1,985|    4.0|

|  Above poverty level                |51,500|   94.8| 2,489|   80.5|   355|   85.5|   273|   88.2|   598|   86.9|   253|   85.0|47,533|   96.0|

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

|  Total                              |12,652|  100.0|   858|  100.0|   290|  100.0|    58|  100.0|   236|  100.0|   169|  100.0|11,041|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                | 3,995|   31.6|   420|   49.0|   163|   56.2|    22|   37.9|    87|   36.8|    75|   44.3| 3,228|   29.2|

|  Above poverty level                | 8,657|   68.4|   438|   51.0|   127|   43.8|    36|   62.1|   149|   63.2|    94|   55.7| 7,812|   70.8|

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

|  Total                              | 3,911|  100.0|   341|  100.0|    65|  100.0|    16|  100.0|    93|  100.0|    31|  100.0| 3,365|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                |   507|   13.0|    82|   24.1|    19|   30.1|     1|    8.2|    11|   11.7|     5|   15.4|   389|   11.6|

|  Above poverty level                | 3,403|   87.0|   259|   75.9|    45|   69.9|    14|   91.8|    82|   88.3|    26|   84.6| 2,977|   88.4|

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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