Table 15.2 Poverty Status of Families in 2002 by Family Type, and by Hispanic Origin Type of Householder: 2003 (Numbers in thousands) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Family type and poverty status | | Hispanic origin type 1/ | | | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | Central | South | Other | | |Total Hispanic| Mexican | Puerto Rican | Cuban | American | American | Hispanic 2/ | | |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------| | |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent| |-------------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------| |Total families 3/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 9,094| 100.0| 5,832| 100.0| 964| 100.0| 416| 100.0| 676| 100.0| 522| 100.0| 684| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 1,792| 19.7| 1,221| 20.9| 220| 22.8| 54| 12.9| 122| 18.1| 52| 9.9| 124| 18.1| | At or above poverty level | 7,301| 80.3| 4,611| 79.1| 744| 77.2| 362| 87.1| 554| 81.9| 470| 90.1| 560| 81.9| |Married-couple families 4/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 6,189| 100.0| 4,126| 100.0| 538| 100.0| 309| 100.0| 429| 100.0| 367| 100.0| 420| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 927| 15.0| 701| 17.0| 68| 12.6| 34| 11.0| 63| 14.8| 22| 6.0| 39| 9.3| | At or above poverty level | 5,262| 85.0| 3,426| 83.0| 470| 87.4| 275| 89.0| 366| 85.2| 345| 94.0| 381| 90.7| |Male householder, no spouse present | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 872| 100.0| 567| 100.0| 70| 100.0| 36| 100.0| 83| 100.0| 63| 100.0| 52| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 148| 17.0| 100| 17.6| 12| 17.1| 9| 24.8| 11| 12.8| 10| 15.8| 7| 12.9| | At or above poverty level | 724| 83.0| 467| 82.4| 58| 82.9| 27| 75.2| 73| 87.2| 53| 84.2| 45| 87.1| |Female householder, no spouse present| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 2,033| 100.0| 1,139| 100.0| 356| 100.0| 71| 100.0| 163| 100.0| 92| 100.0| 212| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 717| 35.3| 421| 36.9| 140| 39.3| 11| 15.6| 48| 29.5| 20| 21.6| 78| 36.7| | At or above poverty level | 1,315| 64.7| 719| 63.1| 216| 60.7| 60| 84.4| 115| 70.5| 72| 78.4| 134| 63.3| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Hispanic/Latino, regardless of race. 2/ This category includes Dominicans. 3/ Data in this table include families in group quarters. 4/ 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