Table 3.  Householders in Family Households by Family Type and Race and Hispanic Origin:  March 1999
          (Numbers in thousands.)

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|Family Households                    |               |          Race and Hispanic Origin 1/          |
|                                     |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                     |               |   Asian or    |               |               |
|                                     |               |    Pacific    | Non-Hispanic, |               |
|                                     |     Total     |   Islander    |     White     |Other Groups 2/|
|                                     |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                     |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|-------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total Families 3/                    | 71,535|  100.0|  2,459|  100.0| 53,101|  100.0| 15,975|  100.0|
|-------------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Married couple 4/                    | 54,770|   76.6|  1,966|   79.9| 43,664|   82.2|  9,140|   57.2|
|Female householder, no spouse present| 12,789|   17.9|    318|   12.9|  6,909|   13.0|  5,563|   34.8|
|Male householder, no spouse present  |  3,976|    5.6|    176|    7.2|  2,529|    4.8|  1,271|    8.0|
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1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, 
   or other Spanish, regardless of race.
2/ This category includes people who are American Indian or Alaska Native, African American, or 
   Hispanic (except for those Hispanics that are Asian or Pacific Islander).
3/ The data in this table does not include families in group quarters.
4/ In married-couple families, race and Hispanic origin refer to the householder.
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 1999, Racial Statistics Branch, Population 
        Division.
Internet Release date:  May 5, 2000