Table 17.  Poverty Status of Families in 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/          |
|                                      |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                      |               |   Asian or    |               |               |
|                                      |               |    Pacific    |  non-Hispanic |               |
|                                      |     Total     |   Islander    |     White     |     Other     |
|                                      |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                      |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|--------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total families 2/                     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                               | 74,340|  100.0|  2,980|  100.0| 53,628|  100.0| 17,732|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                 |  6,813|    9.2|    234|    7.8|  3,051|    5.7|  3,528|   19.9|
|  Above poverty level                 | 67,527|   90.8|  2,747|   92.2| 50,577|   94.3| 14,204|   80.1|
|Married-couple families               |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                               | 56,755|  100.0|  2,378|  100.0| 44,124|  100.0| 10,253|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                 |  2,760|    4.9|    156|    6.6|  1,477|    3.3|  1,128|   11.0|
|  Above poverty level                 | 53,994|   95.1|  2,222|   93.4| 42,648|   96.7|  9,125|   89.0|
|Male householder, no spouse present   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                               |  4,440|  100.0|    187|  100.0|  2,618|  100.0|  1,635|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                 |    583|   13.1|     17|    9.1|    270|   10.3|    297|   18.2|
|  Above poverty level                 |  3,857|   86.9|    170|   90.9|  2,348|   89.7|  1,338|   81.8|
|Female householder, no spouse present |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                               | 13,146|  100.0|    415|  100.0|  6,886|  100.0|  5,844|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                 |  3,470|   26.4|     61|   14.6|  1,305|   19.0|  2,104|   36.0|
|  Above poverty level                 |  9,676|   73.6|    355|   85.4|  5,581|   81.0|  3,741|   64.0|
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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.