Table 15.2  Poverty Status of Families in 2000 by Family Type, and by Hispanic Origin Type 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 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                              |73,778|  100.0| 5,075|  100.0|   806|  100.0|   364|  100.0| 1,197|  100.0|   575|  100.0|65,761|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                | 6,400|    8.7| 1,046|   20.6|   200|   24.9|    28|    7.7|   165|   13.8|   100|   17.4| 4,860|    7.4|
|  Above poverty level                |67,378|   91.3| 4,029|   79.4|   605|   75.1|   336|   92.3| 1,031|   86.2|   475|   82.6|60,901|   92.6|
|Married-couple families 3/           |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                              |56,598|  100.0| 3,543|  100.0|   446|  100.0|   276|  100.0|   789|  100.0|   371|  100.0|51,173|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                | 2,637|    4.7|   596|   16.8|    45|   10.2|    18|    6.5|    78|    9.9|    35|    9.4| 1,864|    3.6|
|  Above poverty level                |53,962|   95.3| 2,947|   83.2|   401|   89.8|   258|   93.5|   711|   90.1|   336|   90.6|49,308|   96.4|
|Male householder, no spouse present  |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                              | 4,277|  100.0|   481|  100.0|    74|  100.0|    23|  100.0|   134|  100.0|    53|  100.0| 3,512|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |   485|   11.3|    60|   12.5|    21|   27.8|     1|    5.8|    12|    9.3|     9|   17.2|   381|   10.9|
|  Above poverty level                | 3,792|   88.7|   421|   87.5|    53|   72.2|    22|   94.2|   121|   90.7|    44|   82.8| 3,131|   89.1|
|Female householder, no spouse present|      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                              |12,903|  100.0| 1,051|  100.0|   286|  100.0|    65|  100.0|   273|  100.0|   151|  100.0|11,076|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                | 3,278|   25.4|   390|   37.1|   135|   47.0|     9|   13.5|    75|   27.3|    56|   37.0| 2,614|   23.6|
|  Above poverty level                | 9,624|   74.6|   661|   62.9|   152|   53.0|    56|   86.5|   199|   72.7|    95|   63.0| 8,462|   76.4|
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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.