Table 2.2 Marital Status of the Foreign-Born Population by Year of Entry and Sex: March 1996

          (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                      | 22,580|  100.0|  5,239|  100.0|  7,784|  100.0|  4,752|  100.0|  4,806|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present    | 12,896|   57.1|  2,448|   46.7|  4,340|   55.8|  2,973|   62.6|  3,135|   65.2|

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |    718|    3.2|    278|    5.3|    252|    3.2|    119|    2.5|     69|    1.4|

|  Widowed                    |  1,340|    5.9|    140|    2.7|    218|    2.8|    214|    4.5|    768|   16.0|

|  Divorced                   |  1,228|    5.4|    116|    2.2|    368|    4.7|    323|    6.8|    421|    8.8|

|  Separated                  |    677|    3.0|    139|    2.7|    246|    3.2|    173|    3.6|    119|    2.5|

|  Never married              |  5,722|   25.3|  2,117|   40.4|  2,360|   30.3|    950|   20.0|    295|    6.1|

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

|  Total                      | 10,975|  100.0|  2,570|  100.0|  4,042|  100.0|  2,293|  100.0|  2,070|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present    |  6,231|   56.8|  1,009|   39.3|  2,159|   53.4|  1,504|   65.6|  1,559|   75.3|

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |    480|    4.4|    182|    7.1|    184|    4.5|     78|    3.4|     37|    1.8|

|  Widowed                    |    239|    2.2|     22|    0.8|     28|    0.7|     41|    1.8|    148|    7.2|

|  Divorced                   |    450|    4.1|     48|    1.9|    156|    3.9|    108|    4.7|    138|    6.7|

|  Separated                  |    227|    2.1|     44|    1.7|     84|    2.1|     62|    2.7|     38|    1.8|

|  Never married              |  3,348|   30.5|  1,266|   49.3|  1,432|   35.4|    499|   21.8|    151|    7.3|

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

|  Total                      | 11,605|  100.0|  2,669|  100.0|  3,741|  100.0|  2,459|  100.0|  2,736|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present    |  6,665|   57.4|  1,439|   53.9|  2,181|   58.3|  1,469|   59.8|  1,575|   57.6|

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |    238|    2.0|     97|    3.6|     69|    1.8|     40|    1.6|     32|    1.2|

|  Widowed                    |  1,101|    9.5|    119|    4.4|    190|    5.1|    173|    7.0|    620|   22.7|

|  Divorced                   |    778|    6.7|     68|    2.6|    212|    5.7|    214|    8.7|    283|   10.4|

|  Separated                  |    449|    3.9|     96|    3.6|    162|    4.3|    111|    4.5|     81|    3.0|

|  Never married              |  2,374|   20.5|    851|   31.9|    927|   24.8|    451|   18.3|    144|    5.3|

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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