Table 2.2 Marital Status of the Foreign-Born Population by Year of Entry and Sex: March 1995

          (Numbers in thousands. 1/)



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|                             |               |                         Year of Entry                         |

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

|                             |     Total     |     1990+     |   1980-1989   |   1970-1979   |  Before 1970  |

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

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

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

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

|  Total                      | 22,498|  100.0|  4,618|  100.0|  7,887|  100.0|  4,940|  100.0|  5,054|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present    | 12,882|   57.3|  2,182|   47.3|  4,376|   55.5|  3,055|   61.9|  3,269|   64.7|

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |    762|    3.4|    294|    6.4|    297|    3.8|    116|    2.3|     55|    1.1|

|  Widowed                    |  1,382|    6.1|    117|    2.5|    219|    2.8|    216|    4.4|    830|   16.4|

|  Divorced                   |  1,241|    5.5|    110|    2.4|    320|    4.1|    350|    7.1|    461|    9.1|

|  Separated                  |    622|    2.8|    113|    2.5|    258|    3.3|    144|    2.9|    107|    2.1|

|  Never married              |  5,608|   24.9|  1,801|   39.0|  2,417|   30.6|  1,059|   21.4|    331|    6.5|

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

|  Total                      | 11,022|  100.0|  2,317|  100.0|  4,087|  100.0|  2,417|  100.0|  2,200|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present    |  6,236|   56.6|    890|   38.4|  2,189|   53.6|  1,510|   62.5|  1,646|   74.8|

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |    500|    4.5|    207|    8.9|    191|    4.7|     69|    2.9|     33|    1.5|

|  Widowed                    |    234|    2.1|     12|    0.5|     39|    1.0|     32|    1.3|    150|    6.8|

|  Divorced                   |    468|    4.2|     39|    1.7|    124|    3.0|    147|    6.1|    158|    7.2|

|  Separated                  |    209|    1.9|     33|    1.4|     95|    2.3|     41|    1.7|     39|    1.8|

|  Never married              |  3,376|   30.6|  1,135|   49.0|  1,449|   35.4|    618|   25.6|    174|    7.9|

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

|  Total                      | 11,476|  100.0|  2,300|  100.0|  3,799|  100.0|  2,522|  100.0|  2,854|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present    |  6,647|   57.9|  1,292|   56.2|  2,187|   57.6|  1,545|   61.3|  1,623|   56.9|

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |    262|    2.3|     86|    3.8|    106|    2.8|     47|    1.9|     22|    0.8|

|  Widowed                    |  1,149|   10.0|    105|    4.5|    179|    4.7|    184|    7.3|    680|   23.8|

|  Divorced                   |    773|    6.7|     71|    3.1|    196|    5.2|    203|    8.0|    304|   10.6|

|  Separated                  |    413|    3.6|     80|    3.5|    163|    4.3|    103|    4.1|     68|    2.4|

|  Never married              |  2,232|   19.4|    666|   29.0|    968|   25.5|    441|   17.5|    157|    5.5|

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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