Table 3.4 Household Type by Size and World Region of Birth of Foreign-Born Householders: March 2000
          (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)

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|HOUSEHOLD TYPE BY SIZE                |              |                   WORLD REGION OF BIRTH                   |
|                                      |              |-----------------------------------------------------------|
|                                      | FOREIGN BORN |    EUROPE    |     ASIA     |LATIN AMERICA | OTHER AREAS  |
|                                      |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------|
|                                      |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|
|--------------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------|
|Total                                 |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                               |11,643|  100.0| 2,220|  100.0| 2,811|  100.0| 5,591|  100.0| 1,022|  100.0|
|  One person                          | 2,060|   17.7|   630|   28.4|   495|   17.6|   690|   12.3|   245|   24.0|
|  Two people                          | 2,865|   24.6|   863|   38.9|   722|   25.7|   978|   17.5|   302|   29.5|
|  Three people                        | 2,106|   18.1|   324|   14.6|   527|   18.7| 1,087|   19.4|   169|   16.6|
|  Four people                         | 2,171|   18.6|   256|   11.5|   578|   20.6| 1,171|   20.9|   166|   16.2|
|  Five people                         | 1,313|   11.3|   112|    5.0|   258|    9.2|   873|   15.6|    71|    6.9|
|  Six people                          |   599|    5.1|    20|    0.9|   138|    4.9|   401|    7.2|    41|    4.0|
|  Seven or more people                |   529|    4.5|    15|    0.7|    93|    3.3|   392|    7.0|    29|    2.8|
|Family Households 3/                  |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                               | 9,032|  100.0| 1,471|  100.0| 2,187|  100.0| 4,668|  100.0|   707|  100.0|
|  Two people                          | 2,471|   27.4|   759|   51.6|   619|   28.3|   847|   18.1|   246|   34.8|
|  Three people                        | 2,017|   22.3|   315|   21.4|   505|   23.1| 1,037|   22.2|   160|   22.6|
|  Four people                         | 2,138|   23.7|   252|   17.1|   576|   26.4| 1,145|   24.5|   163|   23.1|
|  Five people                         | 1,294|   14.3|   110|    7.5|   256|   11.7|   860|   18.4|    69|    9.8|
|  Six people                          |   590|    6.5|    20|    1.3|   138|    6.3|   392|    8.4|    41|    5.7|
|  Seven or more people                |   522|    5.8|    15|    1.0|    93|    4.2|   387|    8.3|    28|    3.9|
|Nonfamily Households                  |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                               | 2,612|  100.0|   749|  100.0|   624|  100.0|   923|  100.0|   315|  100.0|
|  One person                          | 2,060|   78.9|   630|   84.0|   495|   79.4|   690|   74.7|   245|   77.7|
|  Two people                          |   394|   15.1|   104|   13.9|   103|   16.5|   131|   14.2|    56|   17.7|
|  Three people                        |    89|    3.4|     9|    1.2|    21|    3.4|    49|    5.3|    10|    3.0|
|  Four people                         |    33|    1.3|     4|    0.6|     2|    0.3|    25|    2.7|     2|    0.7|
|  Five people                         |    19|    0.7|     2|    0.3|     2|    0.3|    13|    1.4|     1|    0.4|
|  Six people                          |     9|    0.4|     -|      -|     -|      -|     9|    1.0|     -|      -|
|  Seven or more people                |     7|    0.3|     -|      -|     -|      -|     6|    0.6|     1|    0.4|
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1/ The majority of those born in 'Latin America' are from Mexico. Those
   born in 'Other Areas' are from Africa, Oceania, Bermuda and Canada.
2/ The data in this table do not include the population living in group quaters.
3/ Households in which at least one member is related to the person who owns or rents the house (householder).
 
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division

Internet release date:  January 3, 2001