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Median Household Income by Nativity of Householder

(2003 Dollars)

Change, 2002-03

2002

2003

Dollars

Percent

All Households

$43,381

$43,318

($63)

-0.1%

Native Householder

$44,212

$44,347

$135

0.3%

Foreign born householder

$38,849

$37,499

($1,350)

-3.5%

Naturalized citizen

$46,471

$46,049

($422)

-0.9%

Not a citizen (a)

$34,758

$32,806

($1,952)

-5.6%

Poverty Population by Nativity

(Numbers in thousands)

Change, 2000-03

2000

2003

Number

Percent

Total

31,581

35,861

4,280

13.6%

Native born

26,680

29,965

3,285

12.3%

Foreign born

4,901

5,897

996

20.3%

Naturalized citizen

1,060

1,309

249

23.5%

Not a citizen (a)

3,841

4,588

747

19.4%

Poverty Rate by Nativity

(Percent of population in poverty)

Change, 2000-03

2000

2003

% point

Percent

Total

11.3%

12.5%

1.2%

10.6%

Native born

10.8%

11.8%

1.0%

9.3%

Foreign born

15.4%

17.2%

1.8%

11.7%

Naturalized citizen

9.0%

10.0%

1.0%

11.1%

Not a citizen (a)

19.2%

21.7%

2.5%

13.0%

People Without Health Insurance by Nativity

(Numbers in thousands)

Change, 2002-03

2002

2003

Number

Percent

Total

43,574

44,961

1,387

3.2%

Native born

32,388

33,146

758

2.3%

Foreign born

11,186

11,815

629

5.6%

Naturalized citizen

2,251

2,243

-8

-0.4%

Not a citizen (a)

8,935

9,571

636

7.1%

Percent of People Without Health Insurance by Nativity

Change, 2002-03

2002

2003

% point

Percent

Total

15.2%

15.6%

0.4%

2.6%

Native born

12.8%

13.0%

0.2%

1.6%

Foreign born

33.4%

34.5%

1.1%

3.3%

Naturalized citizen

17.5%

17.1%

-0.4%

-2.3%

Not a citizen (a)

43.3%

45.3%

2.0%

4.6%

a. Includes illegal immigrants.

Source: Census Bureau, Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in

the United States: 2003, August 2004. Tables 1, 3, and 5.

https://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/p60-226.pdf