Table 17.  Poverty Status of Families in 1999 by Type, and Race and Hispanic Origin of the Householder: 
           March 2000
           (Numbers in thousands)
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| Poverty status and family type       |               |          Race and Hispanic Origin 1/          |
|                                      |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                      |               |               | White, not of |               |
|                                      |     Total     |     Black     |Hispanic origin|     Other     |
|                                      |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                      |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|--------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total families 2/                     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                               | 72,031|  100.0|  8,664|  100.0| 53,071|  100.0| 10,295|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                 |  6,676|    9.3|  1,898|   21.9|  2,942|    5.5|  1,837|   17.8|
|  Above poverty level                 | 65,355|   90.7|  6,767|   78.1| 50,130|   94.5|  8,459|   82.2|
|Married-couple families               |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                               | 55,315|  100.0|  4,144|  100.0| 43,870|  100.0|  7,302|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                 |  2,673|    4.8|    294|    7.1|  1,457|    3.3|    921|   12.6|
|  Above poverty level                 | 52,642|   95.2|  3,849|   92.9| 42,413|   96.7|  6,380|   87.4|
|Male householder, no spouse present   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                               |  4,028|  100.0|    706|  100.0|  2,469|  100.0|    853|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                 |    472|   11.7|    104|   14.7|    230|    9.3|    138|   16.1|
|  Above poverty level                 |  3,557|   88.3|    602|   85.3|  2,239|   90.7|    716|   83.9|
|Female householder, no spouse present |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                               | 12,687|  100.0|  3,814|  100.0|  6,733|  100.0|  2,140|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                 |  3,531|   27.8|  1,499|   39.3|  1,255|   18.6|    778|   36.3|
|  Above poverty level                 |  9,156|   72.2|  2,315|   60.7|  5,478|   81.4|  1,363|   63.7|
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1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, 
or other Spanish origin regardless of race.
2/ Data in this table include families in group quarters.

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000, Racial Statistics Branch, 
Population Division.
Internet Release date:  February 22, 2001