Table 3.12  Poverty Status of Families by Type and World Region of Birth of Foreign-Born Householders: 
            March 2000
            (Numbers in thousands. 1/)

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|FAMILY TYPE AND POVERTY STATUS       |              |                   WORLD REGION OF BIRTH                   |
|                                     |              |-----------------------------------------------------------|
|                                     | FOREIGN BORN |    EUROPE    |     ASIA     |LATIN AMERICA | OTHER AREAS  |
|                                     |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------|
|                                     |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|
|-------------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------|
|Total Families 3/                    |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total 4/                           | 9,032|  100.0| 1,471|  100.0| 2,187|  100.0| 4,668|  100.0|   707|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                | 1,417|   15.7|   100|    6.8|   259|   11.8| 1,003|   21.5|    56|    8.0|
|  Above poverty level                | 7,614|   84.3| 1,371|   93.2| 1,928|   88.2| 3,665|   78.5|   650|   92.0|
|Married couple 2/                    |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total 4/                           | 6,831|  100.0| 1,228|  100.0| 1,785|  100.0| 3,244|  100.0|   575|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |   848|   12.4|    62|    5.0|   192|   10.7|   557|   17.2|    38|    6.6|
|  Above poverty level                | 5,983|   87.6| 1,166|   95.0| 1,593|   89.3| 2,686|   82.8|   537|   93.4|
|Male householder, no spouse present  |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total 4/                           |   725|  100.0|    76|  100.0|   163|  100.0|   427|  100.0|    59|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |   112|   15.5|     7|    9.0|    18|   11.3|    81|   19.0|     6|   10.0|
|  Above poverty level                |   613|   84.5|    69|   91.0|   144|   88.7|   346|   81.0|    53|   90.0|
|Female householder, no spouse present|      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total 4/                           | 1,476|  100.0|   167|  100.0|   239|  100.0|   997|  100.0|    72|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |   457|   31.0|    31|   18.7|    49|   20.3|   364|   36.5|    12|   17.2|
|  Above poverty level                | 1,019|   69.0|   136|   81.3|   191|   79.7|   632|   63.5|    60|   82.8|
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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/ Foreign-born status refers to the reference person.
3/ Data may include some families in group quarters.
4/ Poverty status based on income in previous calendar year.
 
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division

Internet release date:  January 3, 2001