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FIgURE 6-1 Average education (in years) of first and second generation men. NOTE: The first generation samples include foreign-born men ages 50-59, exclud- ing those born abroad of an American parent. The second generation samples include U.S.-born men ages 25-34 who have at least one foreign-born parent. Sam- pling weights were used in the calculations. SOURCE: AData from 2003-2013 Current Population Survey outgoing rotation group data.

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Mexico

Cuba

Dominican Republic Central America

South America

China

India

Japan

Korea

Philippines Vietnam

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Africa

Canada

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r-squared = 0.58

The dashed horizontal and vertical lines represent the average educational attainment for all non-Hispanic third generation and higher white Americans in the younger (25-34 years of age) cohort: 13.7 years of education for men

TABLE 3 Percentage in Poverty (using federal poverty level), 2013, by Immigrant Generation, Race, and Hispanic Origin

Poverty Status Total Native-Born Foreign-Born

Total Poverty 14.5 13.8 18.4

Deep poverty 6.3 6.2 7.2

Hispanic Poverty 23.5 23.5 23.5

Deep poverty 9.4 9.9 8.6

Non-Hispanic Poverty 14.5 12.6 23.5

Deep poverty 12.6 12.4 14.1

White Poverty 9.6 9.4 14.8

Deep poverty 4.3 4.2 6.6

Black poverty 27.2 27.7 22.0

Deep poverty 12.3 12.9 7.4

Asian Poverty 10.4 9.5 10.9

Deep poverty 5.2 4.9 5.3

Other, Two or More Poverty 19.2 19.6 10.4

Deep poverty 9.2 9.5 4.1

SOURCE: Data from 2014 March Current Population Survey.

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TABLE 4 Total Fertility Rates for Immigrants and U.S.-Born Natives

Immigrants U.S.-Born

Hispanic 2.54 2.01

Black 2.48 1.83

White 2.05 1.84

Asian 2.10 1.69

All 2.31 1.86

SOURCE: Data from the 2012 American Community Survey.

TABLE 5 Living Arrangements of Children by Race and Generation Status (children between ages 0 and 17)

Two parent Single parent No resident Parent

Hispanic

First generation 70.0 23.0 7.0

Second generation 67.5 28.9 3.6

Third+ generation 54.1 40.1 5.8

Asian

First generation 82.1 13.7 4.2

Second generation 84.9 13.5 1.7

Third+ generation 75.3 21.4 3.3

Black

First generation 60.2 32.5 7.3

Second generation 58.7 37.8 3.6

Third+ generation 30.9 60.5 8.6

Non-Hispanic White

First generation 83.1 13.7 3.2

Second generation 82.2 16.6 1.3

Third+ generation 75.1 22.3 2.6

SOURCE: Data from 2005-2014 March Community Population Survey.