Table 15.1  Poverty Status of Families in 1999 by Family Type, and by Hispanic Origin and Race of Householder: March 2000
            (Numbers in thousands.  Numbers reweighted to population controls consistent with Census 2000)

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|Family type and poverty status        |              |        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                               |73,206|  100.0| 7,788|  100.0|53,695|  100.0|11,724|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                 | 6,792|    9.3| 1,593|   20.5| 2,953|    5.5| 2,246|   19.2|
|  Above poverty level                 |66,415|   90.7| 6,195|   79.5|50,742|   94.5| 9,478|   80.8|
|Married-couple families 3/            |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                               |56,290|  100.0| 5,273|  100.0|44,443|  100.0| 6,574|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                 | 2,748|    4.9|   758|   14.4| 1,474|    3.3|   516|    7.8|
|  Above poverty level                 |53,542|   95.1| 4,514|   85.6|42,970|   96.7| 6,058|   92.2|
|Male householder, no spouse present   |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                               | 4,099|  100.0|   688|  100.0| 2,481|  100.0|   929|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                 |   485|   11.8|   117|   17.0|   231|    9.3|   136|   14.6|
|  Above poverty level                 | 3,614|   88.2|   571|   83.0| 2,250|   90.7|   793|   85.4|
|Female householder, no spouse present |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                               |12,818|  100.0| 1,827|  100.0| 6,770|  100.0| 4,221|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                 | 3,559|   27.8|   717|   39.3| 1,248|   18.4| 1,594|   37.8|
|  Above poverty level                 | 9,259|   72.2| 1,110|   60.7| 5,522|   81.6| 2,626|   62.2|
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1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other
   Hispanic/Latino, regardless of race.
2/ Data in this table 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 2000, Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division.