Table 15.1 Poverty Status of Families in 1999 by Family Type, and by Hispanic Origin and Race of Householder: March 2000 (Numbers in thousands) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Family type and poverty status | | Hispanic origin and race 1/ | | | |--------------------------------------------| | | | |Non-Hispanic, |Non-Hispanic, | | | Total | Hispanic | White | Other | | |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------| | |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent| |--------------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------| |Total families 2/ | | | | | | | | | | Total |72,031| 100.0| 7,561| 100.0|53,071| 100.0|11,398| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 6,676| 9.3| 1,525| 20.2| 2,942| 5.5| 2,209| 19.4| | Above poverty level |65,355| 90.7| 6,036| 79.8|50,130| 94.5| 9,189| 80.6| |Married-couple families 3/ | | | | | | | | | | Total |55,315| 100.0| 5,133| 100.0|43,870| 100.0| 6,312| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 2,673| 4.8| 728| 14.2| 1,457| 3.3| 488| 7.7| | Above poverty level |52,642| 95.2| 4,405| 85.8|42,413| 96.7| 5,824| 92.3| |Male householder, no spouse present | | | | | | | | | | Total | 4,028| 100.0| 658| 100.0| 2,469| 100.0| 901| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 472| 11.7| 111| 16.8| 230| 9.3| 131| 14.5| | Above poverty level | 3,557| 88.3| 548| 83.2| 2,239| 90.7| 770| 85.5| |Female householder, no spouse present | | | | | | | | | | Total |12,687| 100.0| 1,769| 100.0| 6,733| 100.0| 4,185| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 3,531| 27.8| 686| 38.8| 1,255| 18.6| 1,590| 38.0| | Above poverty level | 9,156| 72.2| 1,083| 61.2| 5,478| 81.4| 2,594| 62.0| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Continued ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Family type and poverty status | | Hispanic origin type 1/ | | | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | Central and | | | | | Total | Mexican | Puerto Rican | Cuban |South American|Other Hispanic| Non-Hispanic | | |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------| | |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent| |-------------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------| |Total families 2/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total |72,031| 100.0| 4,794| 100.0| 770| 100.0| 385| 100.0| 1,109| 100.0| 504| 100.0|64,470| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 6,676| 9.3| 1,018| 21.2| 177| 23.0| 58| 15.0| 181| 16.3| 91| 18.1| 5,151| 8.0| | Above poverty level |65,355| 90.7| 3,776| 78.8| 593| 77.0| 327| 85.0| 928| 83.7| 413| 81.9|59,318| 92.0| |Married-couple families 3/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total |55,315| 100.0| 3,352| 100.0| 437| 100.0| 296| 100.0| 721| 100.0| 326| 100.0|50,182| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 2,673| 4.8| 561| 16.7| 35| 8.1| 31| 10.3| 72| 9.9| 29| 8.9| 1,945| 3.9| | Above poverty level |52,642| 95.2| 2,791| 83.3| 402| 91.9| 266| 89.7| 649| 90.1| 297| 91.1|48,237| 96.1| |Male householder, no spouse present | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 4,028| 100.0| 428| 100.0| 57| 100.0| 18| 100.0| 115| 100.0| 40| 100.0| 3,370| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 472| 11.7| 68| 15.8| 11| 19.0| 4| 19.8| 22| 19.0| 7| 17.5| 361| 10.7| | Above poverty level | 3,557| 88.3| 361| 84.2| 46| 81.0| 14| 80.2| 93| 81.0| 33| 82.5| 3,009| 89.3| |Female householder, no spouse present| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total |12,687| 100.0| 1,013| 100.0| 275| 100.0| 70| 100.0| 272| 100.0| 138| 100.0|10,918| 100.0| | Below poverty level | 3,531| 27.8| 389| 38.4| 131| 47.4| 24| 33.8| 87| 32.0| 55| 40.0| 2,845| 26.1| | Above poverty level | 9,156| 72.2| 624| 61.6| 145| 52.6| 47| 66.2| 185| 68.0| 83| 60.0| 8,072| 73.9| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Hispanic/Latino, regardless of race. 2/ Data in this table include families in group quarters. 3/ In married-couple families, Hispanic origin and race refer to the householder. SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000, Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division. Internet Release Date: March 6, 2001