Table 1.12  Poverty Status of Families by Type and Citizenship Status of the Householder: March 2000
            (Numbers in thousands. 1/)
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|FAMILY TYPE AND POVERTY STATUS       |               |              CITIZENSHIP STATUS               |
|                                     |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                     |               |               |  Naturalized  |               |
|                                     |     Total     |    Native     |    Citizen    | Not a Citizen |
|                                     |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                     |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|-------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total Families                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                              | 72,031|  100.0| 62,999|  100.0|  4,145|  100.0|  4,887|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |  6,676|    9.3|  5,258|    8.3|    368|    8.9|  1,049|   21.5|
|  Above poverty level                | 65,355|   90.7| 57,740|   91.7|  3,776|   91.1|  3,838|   78.5|
|Married couple 2/                    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                              | 55,315|  100.0| 48,484|  100.0|  3,246|  100.0|  3,585|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |  2,673|    4.8|  1,824|    3.8|    205|    6.3|    643|   17.9|
|  Above poverty level                | 52,642|   95.2| 46,660|   96.2|  3,041|   93.7|  2,942|   82.1|
|Male householder, no spouse present  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                              |  4,028|  100.0|  3,303|  100.0|    246|  100.0|    479|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |    472|   11.7|    359|   10.9|     17|    6.7|     96|   20.0|
|  Above poverty level                |  3,557|   88.3|  2,944|   89.1|    230|   93.3|    383|   80.0|
|Female householder, no spouse present|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                              | 12,687|  100.0| 11,211|  100.0|    653|  100.0|    823|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |  3,531|   27.8|  3,075|   27.4|    147|   22.5|    310|   37.7|
|  Above poverty level                |  9,156|   72.2|  8,137|   72.6|    506|   77.5|    513|   62.3|
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1/ Poverty status based on income in previous calendar year.
2/ Citizenship status refers to the reference person.
 
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division

Internet release date:  January 3, 2001