Table 2.  Marital Status of the Population 55 Years and Over by Age and Sex:  March 2002                                                                                           7
           (Numbers in thousands)

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|Martial status and sex           |               |                                      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                          | 59,644|  100.0| 14,667|  100.0| 11,208|  100.0| 18,123|  100.0| 12,191|  100.0|  3,456|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        | 36,169|   60.6| 10,172|   69.4|  7,624|   68.0| 11,536|   63.7|  5,929|   48.6|    908|   26.3|
|  Married, spouse absent 1/      |    817|    1.4|    194|    1.3|    149|    1.3|    260|    1.4|    166|    1.4|     49|    1.4|
|  Widowed                        | 12,601|   21.1|    718|    4.9|  1,008|    9.0|  3,724|   20.6|  4,913|   40.3|  2,237|   64.7|
|  Divorced                       |  6,429|   10.8|  2,307|   15.7|  1,615|   14.4|  1,726|    9.5|    685|    5.6|     98|    2.8|
|  Separated                      |    857|    1.4|    305|    2.1|    239|    2.1|    226|    1.2|     72|    0.6|     14|    0.4|
|  Never married                  |  2,771|    4.6|    971|    6.6|    573|    5.1|    650|    3.6|    426|    3.5|    150|    4.3|
|Male                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          | 26,608|  100.0|  7,091|  100.0|  5,282|  100.0|  8,245|  100.0|  4,898|  100.0|  1,093|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        | 19,672|   73.9|  5,273|   74.4|  3,993|   75.6|  6,322|   76.7|  3,455|   70.5|    629|   57.6|
|  Married, spouse absent 1/      |    411|    1.5|    104|    1.5|     82|    1.6|    129|    1.6|     73|    1.5|     22|    2.0|
|  Widowed                        |  2,298|    8.6|    134|    1.9|    184|    3.5|    706|    8.6|    903|   18.4|    370|   33.9|
|  Divorced                       |  2,486|    9.3|    905|   12.8|    633|   12.0|    672|    8.1|    243|    5.0|     33|    3.0|
|  Separated                      |    385|    1.4|    138|    1.9|    101|    1.9|    112|    1.4|     28|    0.6|      5|    0.5|
|  Never married                  |  1,357|    5.1|    536|    7.6|    289|    5.5|    304|    3.7|    195|    4.0|     33|    3.1|
|Female                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          | 33,035|  100.0|  7,575|  100.0|  5,926|  100.0|  9,878|  100.0|  7,293|  100.0|  2,363|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        | 16,497|   49.9|  4,899|   64.7|  3,631|   61.3|  5,214|   52.8|  2,474|   33.9|    278|   11.8|
|  Married, spouse absent 1/      |    407|    1.2|     89|    1.2|     67|    1.1|    131|    1.3|     92|    1.3|     27|    1.1|
|  Widowed                        | 10,303|   31.2|    584|    7.7|    824|   13.9|  3,018|   30.6|  4,010|   55.0|  1,867|   79.0|
|  Divorced                       |  3,944|   11.9|  1,402|   18.5|    982|   16.6|  1,054|   10.7|    441|    6.1|     65|    2.7|
|  Separated                      |    472|    1.4|    167|    2.2|    138|    2.3|    114|    1.2|     44|    0.6|      9|    0.4|
|  Never married                  |  1,413|    4.3|    435|    5.7|    284|    4.8|    347|    3.5|    231|    3.2|    117|    4.9|
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1/ Excludes separated.

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002, Special Populations Branch, Population Division.