Table 1.2 Marital Status of the Population by Citizenship Status and Sex: March 1996

          (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                      |204,625|  100.0|182,044|  100.0|  7,689|  100.0| 14,891|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present    |109,335|   53.4| 96,439|   53.0|  4,938|   64.2|  7,957|   53.4|

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |  2,070|    1.0|  1,352|    0.7|    101|    1.3|    617|    4.1|

|  Widowed                    | 13,555|    6.6| 12,215|    6.7|    725|    9.4|    615|    4.1|

|  Divorced                   | 18,288|    8.9| 17,060|    9.4|    579|    7.5|    649|    4.4|

|  Separated                  |  5,158|    2.5|  4,481|    2.5|    172|    2.2|    505|    3.4|

|  Never married              | 56,219|   27.5| 50,497|   27.7|  1,173|   15.3|  4,548|   30.5|

|Male                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total                      | 98,593|  100.0| 87,618|  100.0|  3,637|  100.0|  7,338|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present    | 54,667|   55.4| 48,436|   55.3|  2,509|   69.0|  3,722|   50.7|

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |  1,034|    1.0|    554|    0.6|     55|    1.5|    425|    5.8|

|  Widowed                    |  2,478|    2.5|  2,239|    2.6|    130|    3.6|    109|    1.5|

|  Divorced                   |  7,768|    7.9|  7,317|    8.4|    202|    5.5|    249|    3.4|

|  Separated                  |  1,955|    2.0|  1,728|    2.0|     51|    1.4|    176|    2.4|

|  Never married              | 30,691|   31.1| 27,343|   31.2|    690|   19.0|  2,658|   36.2|

|Female                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total                      |106,031|  100.0| 94,427|  100.0|  4,052|  100.0|  7,552|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present    | 54,667|   51.6| 48,003|   50.8|  2,430|   60.0|  4,235|   56.1|

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |  1,035|    1.0|    797|    0.8|     46|    1.1|    192|    2.5|

|  Widowed                    | 11,078|   10.4|  9,976|   10.6|    595|   14.7|    507|    6.7|

|  Divorced                   | 10,521|    9.9|  9,743|   10.3|    378|    9.3|    400|    5.3|

|  Separated                  |  3,203|    3.0|  2,754|    2.9|    121|    3.0|    328|    4.3|

|  Never married              | 25,528|   24.1| 23,154|   24.5|    483|   11.9|  1,891|   25.0|

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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 1996

Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000