Table 3.2 Marital Status of the Foreign-Born Population by World Region of Birth and Sex: March 1995 (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 3/) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | WORLD REGION OF BIRTH | | | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | CENTRAL | | | | | | Total | EUROPE | ASIA | AMERICA | CARIBBEAN |SOUTH AMERICA | OTHER AREAS | | |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------| | |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent| |-----------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------| |Total | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total |22,498| 100.0| 3,767| 100.0| 5,561| 100.0| 7,382| 100.0| 2,199| 100.0| 1,141| 100.0| 2,449| 100.0| | Married, spouse present |12,882| 57.3| 2,369| 62.9| 3,440| 61.9| 3,916| 53.0| 1,049| 47.7| 595| 52.1| 1,513| 61.8| | Married, spouse absent 2/ | 762| 3.4| 35| 0.9| 164| 3.0| 393| 5.3| 87| 4.0| 27| 2.4| 55| 2.3| | Widowed | 1,382| 6.1| 503| 13.4| 273| 4.9| 258| 3.5| 150| 6.8| 42| 3.6| 157| 6.4| | Divorced | 1,241| 5.5| 277| 7.4| 201| 3.6| 304| 4.1| 208| 9.4| 97| 8.5| 154| 6.3| | Separated | 622| 2.8| 67| 1.8| 49| 0.9| 311| 4.2| 92| 4.2| 64| 5.6| 39| 1.6| | Never married | 5,608| 24.9| 515| 13.7| 1,433| 25.8| 2,200| 29.8| 613| 27.9| 316| 27.7| 529| 21.6| |Male | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total |11,022| 100.0| 1,622| 100.0| 2,653| 100.0| 4,039| 100.0| 973| 100.0| 523| 100.0| 1,212| 100.0| | Married, spouse present | 6,236| 56.6| 1,123| 69.2| 1,585| 59.8| 1,964| 48.6| 523| 53.8| 279| 53.3| 761| 62.8| | Married, spouse absent 2/ | 500| 4.5| 22| 1.3| 62| 2.3| 322| 8.0| 45| 4.6| 14| 2.6| 36| 2.9| | Widowed | 234| 2.1| 76| 4.7| 39| 1.5| 63| 1.5| 31| 3.2| 5| 1.0| 20| 1.6| | Divorced | 468| 4.2| 95| 5.9| 70| 2.6| 136| 3.4| 70| 7.2| 33| 6.4| 64| 5.3| | Separated | 209| 1.9| 22| 1.3| 21| 0.8| 112| 2.8| 21| 2.2| 24| 4.6| 9| 0.7| | Never married | 3,376| 30.6| 284| 17.5| 876| 33.0| 1,443| 35.7| 282| 29.0| 168| 32.0| 323| 26.7| |Female | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total |11,476| 100.0| 2,145| 100.0| 2,908| 100.0| 3,343| 100.0| 1,226| 100.0| 618| 100.0| 1,237| 100.0| | Married, spouse present | 6,647| 57.9| 1,246| 58.1| 1,855| 63.8| 1,952| 58.4| 526| 42.9| 316| 51.1| 752| 60.8| | Married, spouse absent 2/ | 262| 2.3| 13| 0.6| 103| 3.5| 70| 2.1| 42| 3.5| 13| 2.2| 20| 1.6| | Widowed | 1,149| 10.0| 427| 19.9| 234| 8.0| 195| 5.8| 118| 9.6| 37| 5.9| 138| 11.1| | Divorced | 773| 6.7| 182| 8.5| 131| 4.5| 169| 5.0| 138| 11.2| 63| 10.3| 91| 7.3| | Separated | 413| 3.6| 45| 2.1| 29| 1.0| 199| 6.0| 71| 5.8| 40| 6.4| 30| 2.4| | Never married | 2,232| 19.4| 231| 10.8| 557| 19.2| 758| 22.7| 331| 27.0| 149| 24.1| 206| 16.7| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ The majority of those born in 'Central America' are from Mexico. Those born in 'Other Areas' are from Africa, Oceania, Bermuda and Canada. 2/ 'Married, spouse absent' excludes separated. 3/ Age 15 years and over. 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