Table 15.1  Poverty Status of Families in 2002 by Family Type, and by Hispanic Origin and Race of Householder:  2003
            (Numbers in thousands)

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|Family type and poverty status        |              |        Hispanic origin and race 1/         |
|                                      |              |--------------------------------------------|
|                                      |              |              |Non-Hispanic, |Non-Hispanic, |
|                                      |    Total     |   Hispanic   | White alone  |  all Other   |
|                                      |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------|
|                                      |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|
|--------------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------|
|Total families 2/                     |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                               |75,617|  100.0| 9,094|  100.0|53,860|  100.0|12,664|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                 | 7,229|    9.6| 1,792|   19.7| 3,208|    6.0| 2,229|   17.6|
|  At or above poverty level           |68,388|   90.4| 7,301|   80.3|50,652|   94.0|10,435|   82.4|
|Married-couple families 3/            |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                               |57,327|  100.0| 6,189|  100.0|44,109|  100.0| 7,030|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                 | 3,052|    5.3|   927|   15.0| 1,628|    3.7|   498|    7.1|
|  At or above poverty level           |54,275|   94.7| 5,262|   85.0|42,481|   96.3| 6,532|   92.9|
|Male householder, no spouse present   |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                               | 4,663|  100.0|   872|  100.0| 2,679|  100.0| 1,112|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                 |   564|   12.1|   148|   17.0|   207|    7.7|   209|   18.8|
|  At or above poverty level           | 4,099|   87.9|   724|   83.0| 2,472|   92.3|   903|   81.2|
|Female householder, no spouse present |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                               |13,627|  100.0| 2,033|  100.0| 7,072|  100.0| 4,522|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                 | 3,613|   26.5|   717|   35.3| 1,373|   19.4| 1,522|   33.7|
|  At or above poverty level           |10,014|   73.5| 1,315|   64.7| 5,699|   80.6| 3,000|   66.3|
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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, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003, Ethnicity and Ancestry Statistics Branch, Populatio