Table 2.  Population Age 55 Years and Over by Marital Status, Sex, and Age: March 1999

          (Numbers in thousands.)



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|Population Age 55 Years and Over                     |               |                                      Age                                      |

|                                                     |               |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|                                                     |               |               |               |               |               | 85 years and  |

|                                                     |     Total     |55 to 59 years |60 to 64 years |65 to 74 years |75 to 84 years |     over      |

|                                                     |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|

|                                                     |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|

|-----------------------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|

|Total                                                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total                                              | 55,304|  100.0| 12,601|  100.0| 10,308|  100.0| 17,843|  100.0| 11,497|  100.0|  3,054|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present                            | 33,956|   61.4|  8,776|   69.6|  7,271|   70.5| 11,428|   64.0|  5,752|   50.0|    727|   23.8|

|  Married, spouse absent 1/                          |    738|    1.3|    160|    1.3|     97|    0.9|    248|    1.4|    159|    1.4|     74|    2.4|

|  Widowed                                            | 12,110|   21.9|    767|    6.1|  1,031|   10.0|  3,779|   21.2|  4,546|   39.5|  1,988|   65.1|

|  Divorced                                           |  5,264|    9.5|  1,875|   14.9|  1,233|   12.0|  1,512|    8.5|    529|    4.6|    115|    3.8|

|  Separated                                          |    808|    1.5|    314|    2.5|    195|    1.9|    215|    1.2|     61|    0.5|     23|    0.8|

|  Never married                                      |  2,429|    4.4|    709|    5.6|    481|    4.7|    662|    3.7|    450|    3.9|    128|    4.2|

|Male                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total                                              | 24,694|  100.0|  6,040|  100.0|  4,927|  100.0|  8,027|  100.0|  4,699|  100.0|  1,001|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present                            | 18,508|   75.0|  4,568|   75.6|  3,836|   77.9|  6,202|   77.3|  3,416|   72.7|    486|   48.6|

|  Married, spouse absent 1/                          |    334|    1.4|     93|    1.5|     57|    1.2|     89|    1.1|     68|    1.4|     27|    2.7|

|  Widowed                                            |  2,237|    9.1|    143|    2.4|    167|    3.4|    705|    8.8|    815|   17.4|    407|   40.7|

|  Divorced                                           |  2,182|    8.8|    768|   12.7|    521|   10.6|    656|    8.2|    195|    4.1|     42|    4.2|

|  Separated                                          |    346|    1.4|    123|    2.0|     93|    1.9|     98|    1.2|     17|    0.4|     15|    1.5|

|  Never married                                      |  1,086|    4.4|    344|    5.7|    252|    5.1|    277|    3.5|    188|    4.0|     24|    2.4|

|Female                                               |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total                                              | 30,610|  100.0|  6,561|  100.0|  5,381|  100.0|  9,816|  100.0|  6,798|  100.0|  2,053|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present                            | 15,447|   50.5|  4,208|   64.1|  3,436|   63.8|  5,226|   53.2|  2,336|   34.4|    241|   11.7|

|  Married, spouse absent 1/                          |    403|    1.3|     67|    1.0|     39|    0.7|    159|    1.6|     92|    1.3|     46|    2.3|

|  Widowed                                            |  9,872|   32.3|    624|    9.5|    864|   16.0|  3,074|   31.3|  3,731|   54.9|  1,581|   77.0|

|  Divorced                                           |  3,082|   10.1|  1,107|   16.9|    712|   13.2|    856|    8.7|    334|    4.9|     73|    3.5|

|  Separated                                          |    462|    1.5|    191|    2.9|    102|    1.9|    117|    1.2|     44|    0.6|      8|    0.4|

|  Never married                                      |  1,343|    4.4|    365|    5.6|    228|    4.2|    385|    3.9|    262|    3.9|    104|    5.1|

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1/ Excludes separated.

SOURCE:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 1999, Special Populations Branch, Population Division.

Internet Release date:  November 1, 2000