Table 17.  Poverty Status of Families in March 2001 by Type, and Race and Hispanic Origin of the Householder:  
           March 2002
           (Numbers in thousands)
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|Family type and poverty status        |               |          Race and Hispanic Origin 1/          |
|                                      |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                      |               |               | White, not of |               |
|                                      |     Total     |     Black     |Hispanic origin|     Other     |
|                                      |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                      |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|--------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total families 2/                     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                               | 74,340|  100.0|  8,847|  100.0| 53,628|  100.0| 11,865|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                 |  6,813|    9.2|  1,829|   20.7|  3,051|    5.7|  1,933|   16.3|
|  Above poverty level                 | 67,527|   90.8|  7,018|   79.3| 50,577|   94.3|  9,933|   83.7|
|Married-couple families               |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                               | 56,755|  100.0|  4,234|  100.0| 44,124|  100.0|  8,397|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                 |  2,760|    4.9|    328|    7.8|  1,477|    3.3|    956|   11.4|
|  Above poverty level                 | 53,994|   95.1|  3,905|   92.2| 42,648|   96.7|  7,441|   88.6|
|Male householder, no spouse present   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                               |  4,440|  100.0|    775|  100.0|  2,618|  100.0|  1,047|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                 |    583|   13.1|    150|   19.4|    270|   10.3|    164|   15.6|
|  Above poverty level                 |  3,857|   86.9|    625|   80.6|  2,348|   89.7|    884|   84.4|
|Female householder, no spouse present |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                               | 13,146|  100.0|  3,838|  100.0|  6,886|  100.0|  2,422|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                 |  3,470|   26.4|  1,351|   35.2|  1,305|   19.0|    814|   33.6|
|  Above poverty level                 |  9,676|   73.6|  2,487|   64.8|  5,581|   81.0|  1,608|   66.4|
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1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, 
or other Spanish origin regardless of race.
2/ Data in this table include families in group quarters.

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002, Racial Statistics Branch, 
Population Division.