Table 4.2  Marital Status of the Latin American Foreign-Born Population by World Region of 
		Birth and Sex: March 1995

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 3/)



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|                             |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

|                             |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

|                             |LATIN AMERICA |   AMERICA    |  CARIBBEAN   |SOUTH AMERICA |

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

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

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

|Total                        |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total                      |10,722|  100.0| 7,382|  100.0| 2,199|  100.0| 1,141|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present    | 5,560|   51.9| 3,916|   53.0| 1,049|   47.7|   595|   52.1|

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |   507|    4.7|   393|    5.3|    87|    4.0|    27|    2.4|

|  Widowed                    |   449|    4.2|   258|    3.5|   150|    6.8|    42|    3.6|

|  Divorced                   |   609|    5.7|   304|    4.1|   208|    9.4|    97|    8.5|

|  Separated                  |   467|    4.4|   311|    4.2|    92|    4.2|    64|    5.6|

|  Never married              | 3,130|   29.2| 2,200|   29.8|   613|   27.9|   316|   27.7|

|Male                         |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total                      | 5,534|  100.0| 4,039|  100.0|   973|  100.0|   523|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present    | 2,766|   50.0| 1,964|   48.6|   523|   53.8|   279|   53.3|

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |   381|    6.9|   322|    8.0|    45|    4.6|    14|    2.6|

|  Widowed                    |    99|    1.8|    63|    1.5|    31|    3.2|     5|    1.0|

|  Divorced                   |   239|    4.3|   136|    3.4|    70|    7.2|    33|    6.4|

|  Separated                  |   157|    2.8|   112|    2.8|    21|    2.2|    24|    4.6|

|  Never married              | 1,893|   34.2| 1,443|   35.7|   282|   29.0|   168|   32.0|

|Female                       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total                      | 5,187|  100.0| 3,343|  100.0| 1,226|  100.0|   618|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present    | 2,794|   53.9| 1,952|   58.4|   526|   42.9|   316|   51.1|

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |   126|    2.4|    70|    2.1|    42|    3.5|    13|    2.2|

|  Widowed                    |   350|    6.7|   195|    5.8|   118|    9.6|    37|    5.9|

|  Divorced                   |   370|    7.1|   169|    5.0|   138|   11.2|    63|   10.3|

|  Separated                  |   309|    6.0|   199|    6.0|    71|    5.8|    40|    6.4|

|  Never married              | 1,238|   23.9|   758|   22.7|   331|   27.0|   149|   24.1|

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1/ The majority of those born in 'Central America' are from Mexico.

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