Table 1.12  Poverty Status of Families by Type and Citizenship Status of the Householder: March 2002
            (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                              | 74,340|  100.0| 64,054|  100.0|  4,555|  100.0|  5,731|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |  6,813|    9.2|  5,297|    8.3|    406|    8.9|  1,110|   19.4|
|  Above poverty level                | 67,527|   90.8| 58,757|   91.7|  4,149|   91.1|  4,621|   80.6|
|Married couple 2/                    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                              | 56,755|  100.0| 49,025|  100.0|  3,571|  100.0|  4,158|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |  2,760|    4.9|  1,881|    3.8|    240|    6.7|    638|   15.4|
|  Above poverty level                | 53,994|   95.1| 47,144|   96.2|  3,331|   93.3|  3,520|   84.6|
|Male householder, no spouse present  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                              |  4,440|  100.0|  3,619|  100.0|    227|  100.0|    594|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |    583|   13.1|    468|   12.9|     27|   11.9|     88|   14.9|
|  Above poverty level                |  3,857|   86.9|  3,151|   87.1|    200|   88.1|    505|   85.1|
|Female householder, no spouse present|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                              | 13,146|  100.0| 11,410|  100.0|    756|  100.0|    979|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |  3,470|   26.4|  2,948|   25.8|    139|   18.3|    383|   39.1|
|  Above poverty level                |  9,676|   73.6|  8,462|   74.2|    618|   81.7|    596|   60.9|
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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 2002
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division

                     (Table last updated --9/26/02)