Table 15.2  Poverty Status of Families in 2001 by Family Type, and by Hispanic Origin Type of Householder:  March 2002
            (Numbers in thousands)

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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                              |74,340|  100.0| 5,441|  100.0|   834|  100.0|   358|  100.0| 1,275|  100.0|   608|  100.0|65,824|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                | 6,813|    9.2| 1,110|   20.4|   202|   24.2|    47|   13.1|   191|   15.0|    99|   16.3| 5,164|    7.8|
|  Above poverty level                |67,527|   90.8| 4,331|   79.6|   632|   75.8|   311|   86.9| 1,084|   85.0|   509|   83.7|60,660|   92.2|
|Married-couple families 3/           |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                              |56,755|  100.0| 3,818|  100.0|   436|  100.0|   268|  100.0|   854|  100.0|   401|  100.0|50,977|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                | 2,760|    4.9|   605|   15.9|    47|   10.9|    22|    8.2|    91|   10.6|    33|    8.3| 1,962|    3.8|
|  Above poverty level                |53,994|   95.1| 3,213|   84.1|   389|   89.1|   246|   91.8|   763|   89.4|   368|   91.7|49,015|   96.2|
|Male householder, no spouse present  |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                              | 4,440|  100.0|   544|  100.0|    79|  100.0|    28|  100.0|   119|  100.0|    46|  100.0| 3,623|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |   583|   13.1|    91|   16.7|    16|   19.7|     1|    3.6|    23|   19.2|     9|   19.1|   444|   12.3|
|  Above poverty level                | 3,857|   86.9|   453|   83.3|    64|   80.3|    27|   96.4|    96|   80.8|    37|   80.9| 3,179|   87.7|
|Female householder, no spouse present|      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                              |13,146|  100.0| 1,078|  100.0|   319|  100.0|    62|  100.0|   301|  100.0|   161|  100.0|11,224|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                | 3,470|   26.4|   414|   38.4|   139|   43.6|    24|   38.8|    77|   25.7|    57|   35.5| 2,758|   24.6|
|  Above poverty level                | 9,676|   73.6|   665|   61.6|   180|   56.4|    38|   61.2|   224|   74.3|   104|   64.5| 8,466|   75.4|
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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 2002, Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division.