Table 1.2 Marital Status of the Population by Citizenship Status and Sex: March 1995

          (Numbers in thousands. 1/)



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|                             |               |              CITIZENSHIP STATUS               |

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

|                             |               |               |  Naturalized  |               |

|                             |     Total     |    Native     |    Citizen    | Not a Citizen |

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

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

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

|Total                        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total                      |202,733|  100.0|180,235|  100.0|  7,439|  100.0| 15,059|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present    |110,069|   54.3| 97,187|   53.9|  4,816|   64.7|  8,066|   53.6|

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |  2,021|    1.0|  1,259|    0.7|    101|    1.4|    661|    4.4|

|  Widowed                    | 13,391|    6.6| 12,008|    6.7|    741|   10.0|    642|    4.3|

|  Divorced                   | 17,577|    8.7| 16,336|    9.1|    578|    7.8|    663|    4.4|

|  Separated                  |  4,839|    2.4|  4,217|    2.3|    118|    1.6|    504|    3.3|

|  Never married              | 54,836|   27.0| 49,228|   27.3|  1,085|   14.6|  4,523|   30.0|

|Male                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total                      | 97,715|  100.0| 86,693|  100.0|  3,516|  100.0|  7,506|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present    | 55,035|   56.3| 48,799|   56.3|  2,440|   69.4|  3,796|   50.6|

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |  1,028|    1.1|    528|    0.6|     49|    1.4|    451|    6.0|

|  Widowed                    |  2,287|    2.3|  2,053|    2.4|    122|    3.5|    112|    1.5|

|  Divorced                   |  7,353|    7.5|  6,886|    7.9|    211|    6.0|    257|    3.4|

|  Separated                  |  1,780|    1.8|  1,572|    1.8|     48|    1.4|    160|    2.1|

|  Never married              | 30,232|   30.9| 26,856|   31.0|    647|   18.4|  2,729|   36.4|

|Female                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total                      |105,018|  100.0| 93,542|  100.0|  3,924|  100.0|  7,553|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present    | 55,035|   52.4| 48,388|   51.7|  2,376|   60.6|  4,270|   56.5|

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |    993|    0.9|    732|    0.8|     52|    1.3|    210|    2.8|

|  Widowed                    | 11,104|   10.6|  9,955|   10.6|    619|   15.8|    530|    7.0|

|  Divorced                   | 10,223|    9.7|  9,450|   10.1|    367|    9.4|    406|    5.4|

|  Separated                  |  3,059|    2.9|  2,645|    2.8|     70|    1.8|    343|    4.5|

|  Never married              | 24,604|   23.4| 22,372|   23.9|    438|   11.2|  1,794|   23.7|

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1/  Age 15 years and over.

2/ 'Married, spouse absent' excludes separated.

 

SOURCE: Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division, U.S. Bureau of the Census

        Current Population Survey, March 1995

Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000