Table 15.1  Poverty Status of Families in 2000 by Family Type, and by Hispanic Origin and Race of Householder: March 2001
            (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                               |73,778|  100.0| 8,017|  100.0|53,729|  100.0|12,032|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                 | 6,400|    8.7| 1,540|   19.2| 2,896|    5.4| 1,964|   16.3|
|  Above poverty level                 |67,378|   91.3| 6,477|   80.8|50,833|   94.6|10,069|   83.7|
|Married-couple families 3/            |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                               |56,598|  100.0| 5,426|  100.0|44,278|  100.0| 6,895|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                 | 2,637|    4.7|   772|   14.2| 1,435|    3.2|   430|    6.2|
|  Above poverty level                 |53,962|   95.3| 4,654|   85.8|42,843|   96.8| 6,465|   93.8|
|Male householder, no spouse present   |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                               | 4,277|  100.0|   765|  100.0| 2,559|  100.0|   953|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                 |   485|   11.3|   104|   13.6|   236|    9.2|   146|   15.3|
|  Above poverty level                 | 3,792|   88.7|   661|   86.4| 2,323|   90.8|   807|   84.7|
|Female householder, no spouse present |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                               |12,903|  100.0| 1,826|  100.0| 6,891|  100.0| 4,185|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                 | 3,278|   25.4|   664|   36.4| 1,226|   17.8| 1,388|   33.2|
|  Above poverty level                 | 9,624|   74.6| 1,162|   63.6| 5,666|   82.2| 2,797|   66.8|
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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 2001, Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division.