Table 3.2 Marital Status of the Foreign-Born Population by World Region of Birth and Sex: March 1996 (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 |22,580| 100.0| 3,923| 100.0| 5,987| 100.0| 7,565| 100.0| 2,344| 100.0| 1,188| 100.0| 1,573| 100.0| | Married, spouse present |12,896| 57.1| 2,451| 62.5| 3,630| 60.6| 4,147| 54.8| 1,097| 46.8| 651| 54.8| 920| 58.5| | Married, spouse absent 2/ | 718| 3.2| 69| 1.8| 156| 2.6| 335| 4.4| 93| 4.0| 32| 2.7| 33| 2.1| | Widowed | 1,340| 5.9| 542| 13.8| 286| 4.8| 228| 3.0| 126| 5.4| 56| 4.7| 102| 6.5| | Divorced | 1,228| 5.4| 268| 6.8| 221| 3.7| 326| 4.3| 219| 9.3| 88| 7.4| 106| 6.8| | Separated | 677| 3.0| 72| 1.8| 73| 1.2| 301| 4.0| 133| 5.7| 57| 4.8| 41| 2.6| | Never married | 5,722| 25.3| 521| 13.3| 1,622| 27.1| 2,227| 29.4| 677| 28.9| 304| 25.6| 370| 23.5| |Male | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total |10,975| 100.0| 1,684| 100.0| 2,952| 100.0| 4,022| 100.0| 1,048| 100.0| 527| 100.0| 742| 100.0| | Married, spouse present | 6,231| 56.8| 1,139| 67.6| 1,733| 58.7| 2,069| 51.4| 548| 52.3| 298| 56.5| 445| 60.0| | Married, spouse absent 2/ | 480| 4.4| 38| 2.2| 96| 3.3| 268| 6.7| 44| 4.2| 12| 2.3| 22| 3.0| | Widowed | 239| 2.2| 106| 6.3| 49| 1.7| 49| 1.2| 12| 1.1| 8| 1.6| 14| 1.9| | Divorced | 450| 4.1| 90| 5.3| 91| 3.1| 128| 3.2| 84| 8.1| 25| 4.8| 32| 4.4| | Separated | 227| 2.1| 33| 1.9| 29| 1.0| 98| 2.4| 26| 2.4| 21| 4.0| 20| 2.7| | Never married | 3,348| 30.5| 279| 16.5| 954| 32.3| 1,411| 35.1| 335| 31.9| 163| 30.8| 208| 28.0| |Female | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total |11,605| 100.0| 2,238| 100.0| 3,035| 100.0| 3,543| 100.0| 1,296| 100.0| 661| 100.0| 832| 100.0| | Married, spouse present | 6,665| 57.4| 1,312| 58.6| 1,897| 62.5| 2,079| 58.7| 549| 42.3| 353| 53.4| 476| 57.2| | Married, spouse absent 2/ | 238| 2.0| 32| 1.4| 60| 2.0| 67| 1.9| 49| 3.8| 20| 3.0| 10| 1.3| | Widowed | 1,101| 9.5| 435| 19.5| 236| 7.8| 179| 5.1| 114| 8.8| 48| 7.3| 88| 10.6| | Divorced | 778| 6.7| 178| 7.9| 130| 4.3| 199| 5.6| 134| 10.4| 62| 9.5| 74| 8.9| | Separated | 449| 3.9| 39| 1.7| 44| 1.4| 203| 5.7| 108| 8.3| 36| 5.5| 21| 2.5| | Never married | 2,374| 20.5| 243| 10.8| 668| 22.0| 817| 23.1| 342| 26.4| 141| 21.4| 163| 19.6| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1996 Internet Release date: September 12, 2000