Table 2.12  Poverty Status of Families by Type and Year of Entry of the Foreign-Born Householder: March 2000
            (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 3/)

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|FAMILY TYPE AND POVERTY STATUS       |               |                         YEAR OF ENTRY                         |
|                                     |               |---------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                     |     Total     |   1990-2000   |   1980-1989   |   1970-1979   |  Before 1970  |
|                                     |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                     |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|-------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total Families                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                              |  9,032|  100.0|  2,488|  100.0|  2,808|  100.0|  1,935|  100.0|  1,800|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |  1,417|   15.7|    565|   22.7|    470|   16.7|    246|   12.7|    137|    7.6|
|  Above poverty level                |  7,614|   84.3|  1,923|   77.3|  2,338|   83.3|  1,690|   87.3|  1,664|   92.4|
|Married couple 2/                    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                              |  6,831|  100.0|  1,819|  100.0|  2,096|  100.0|  1,494|  100.0|  1,422|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |    848|   12.4|    369|   20.3|    269|   12.8|    138|    9.2|     73|    5.1|
|  Above poverty level                |  5,983|   87.6|  1,450|   79.7|  1,827|   87.2|  1,357|   90.8|  1,349|   94.9|
|Male householder, no spouse present  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                              |    725|  100.0|    290|  100.0|    250|  100.0|     96|  100.0|     90|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |    112|   15.5|     54|   18.5|     41|   16.3|      9|    9.6|      8|    9.5|
|  Above poverty level                |    613|   84.5|    236|   81.5|    209|   83.7|     87|   90.4|     81|   90.5|
|Female householder, no spouse present|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                              |  1,476|  100.0|    379|  100.0|    462|  100.0|    345|  100.0|    289|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |    457|   31.0|    142|   37.5|    161|   34.7|     99|   28.6|     55|   19.2|
|  Above poverty level                |  1,019|   69.0|    237|   62.5|    302|   65.3|    246|   71.4|    233|   80.8|
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1/ Poverty status based on income in previous calendar year.
2/ Foreign-born status refers to the reference person.
3/ Data may include some families in group quarters.
 
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division

Internet release date:  January 3, 2001