"Distribution of families in poverty by race/ethnicity, 1998"			

	In poverty	Not in poverty	Total
NH white	" 3,264,000 "	" 49,843,000 "	" 53,107,000 "
%	45.4	77.4	74.2
NH black	" 1,915,300 "	" 6,331,200 "	" 8,246,500 "
%	26.7	9.8	11.5
NH Asian	" 259,220 "	" 2,152,600 "	" 2,411,800 "
%	3.6	3.3	3.4
NH-Other	" 99,140 "	" 413,270 "	" 512,410 "
%	1.4	0.6	0.7
Hispanic	" 1,648,200 "	" 5,625,000 "	" 7,273,300 "
%	22.9	8.7	10.2
U.S.	" 7,185,890 "	" 64,365,100 "	" 71,551,000 "
%	100.0	100.0	100.0

Source:March 1999 Current Population Survey