Table 2.12  Poverty Status of Families by Type and Year of Entry of the Householder: March 2002
            (Numbers in thousands. 1/)

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|FAMILY TYPE AND POVERTY STATUS       |               |                         YEAR OF ENTRY                         |
|                                     |               |---------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                     |     Total     | 1990 or later |   1980-1989   |   1970-1979   |  Before 1970  |
|                                     |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                     |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|-------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total Families                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                              | 10,286|  100.0|  3,856|  100.0|  2,945|  100.0|  1,902|  100.0|  1,583|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |  1,516|   14.7|    728|   18.9|    450|   15.3|    216|   11.4|    121|    7.7|
|  Above poverty level                |  8,770|   85.3|  3,128|   81.1|  2,495|   84.7|  1,686|   88.6|  1,461|   92.3|
|Married couple 2/                    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                              |  7,729|  100.0|  2,777|  100.0|  2,192|  100.0|  1,507|  100.0|  1,253|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |    879|   11.4|    430|   15.5|    256|   11.7|    125|    8.3|     68|    5.4|
|  Above poverty level                |  6,851|   88.6|  2,347|   84.5|  1,936|   88.3|  1,382|   91.7|  1,185|   94.6|
|Male householder, no spouse present  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                              |    821|  100.0|    471|  100.0|    191|  100.0|     93|  100.0|     66|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |    115|   14.0|     63|   13.3|     28|   14.8|     13|   14.3|     11|   16.7|
|  Above poverty level                |    706|   86.0|    408|   86.7|    163|   85.2|     80|   85.7|     55|   83.3|
|Female householder, no spouse present|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                              |  1,735|  100.0|    608|  100.0|    562|  100.0|    302|  100.0|    263|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                |    522|   30.1|    236|   38.7|    166|   29.5|     78|   25.8|     42|   16.0|
|  Above poverty level                |  1,214|   69.9|    373|   61.3|    396|   70.5|    224|   74.2|    221|   84.0|
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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)