Table 15.1  Poverty Status of Families in 2001 by Family Type, and by Hispanic Origin and Race of Householder: March 2002
            (Numbers in thousands)

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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                               |74,340|  100.0| 8,516|  100.0|53,628|  100.0|12,196|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                 | 6,813|    9.2| 1,649|   19.4| 3,051|    5.7| 2,113|   17.3|
|  Above poverty level                 |67,527|   90.8| 6,867|   80.6|50,577|   94.3|10,083|   82.7|
|Married-couple families 3/            |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                               |56,755|  100.0| 5,778|  100.0|44,124|  100.0| 6,853|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                 | 2,760|    4.9|   799|   13.8| 1,477|    3.3|   485|    7.1|
|  Above poverty level                 |53,994|   95.1| 4,979|   86.2|42,648|   96.7| 6,368|   92.9|
|Male householder, no spouse present   |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                               | 4,440|  100.0|   817|  100.0| 2,618|  100.0| 1,005|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                 |   583|   13.1|   139|   17.0|   270|   10.3|   175|   17.4|
|  Above poverty level                 | 3,857|   86.9|   678|   83.0| 2,348|   89.7|   830|   82.6|
|Female householder, no spouse present |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                               |13,146|  100.0| 1,922|  100.0| 6,886|  100.0| 4,338|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                 | 3,470|   26.4|   711|   37.0| 1,305|   19.0| 1,453|   33.5|
|  Above poverty level                 | 9,676|   73.6| 1,210|   63.0| 5,581|   81.0| 2,885|   66.5|
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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 2002, Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division.