Table 15.2  Poverty Status of Families in 1999 by Family Type, and by Hispanic Origin Type 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 type 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                              |73,206|  100.0| 4,911|  100.0|   810|  100.0|   397|  100.0| 1,149|  100.0|   520|  100.0|65,419|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                | 6,792|    9.3| 1,063|   21.6|   188|   23.2|    59|   15.0|   188|   16.3|    95|   18.3| 5,199|    7.9|
|  Above poverty level                |66,415|   90.7| 3,849|   78.4|   622|   76.8|   338|   85.0|   961|   83.7|   425|   81.7|60,220|   92.1|
|Married-couple families 3/           |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                              |56,290|  100.0| 3,428|  100.0|   457|  100.0|   307|  100.0|   746|  100.0|   334|  100.0|51,017|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                | 2,748|    4.9|   586|   17.1|    37|    8.0|    31|   10.3|    75|   10.0|    30|    8.8| 1,990|    3.9|
|  Above poverty level                |53,542|   95.1| 2,842|   82.9|   421|   92.0|   275|   89.7|   672|   90.0|   305|   91.2|49,027|   96.1|
|Male householder, no spouse present  |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                              | 4,099|  100.0|   446|  100.0|    60|  100.0|    18|  100.0|   122|  100.0|    42|  100.0| 3,411|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |   485|   11.8|    71|   16.0|    12|   19.1|     4|   19.6|    23|   19.0|     8|   18.2|   367|   10.8|
|  Above poverty level                | 3,614|   88.2|   374|   84.0|    49|   80.9|    15|   80.4|    99|   81.0|    34|   81.8| 3,043|   89.2|
|Female householder, no spouse present|      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                              |12,818|  100.0| 1,038|  100.0|   293|  100.0|    72|  100.0|   281|  100.0|   144|  100.0|10,991|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                | 3,559|   27.8|   405|   39.0|   140|   47.7|    24|   33.9|    90|   32.1|    58|   40.2| 2,842|   25.9|
|  Above poverty level                | 9,259|   72.2|   633|   61.0|   153|   52.3|    48|   66.1|   191|   67.9|    86|   59.8| 8,149|   74.1|
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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.