Table 1.2 Marital Status of the Population by Citizenship Status and Sex: March 1997

          (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                      |207,235|  100.0|183,377|  100.0|  8,817|  100.0| 15,041|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present    |109,331|   52.8| 96,024|   52.4|  5,454|   61.9|  7,853|   52.2|

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |  2,390|    1.2|  1,517|    0.8|    158|    1.8|    716|    4.8|

|  Widowed                    | 13,749|    6.6| 12,380|    6.8|    748|    8.5|    621|    4.1|

|  Divorced                   | 19,347|    9.3| 17,920|    9.8|    784|    8.9|    643|    4.3|

|  Separated                  |  5,029|    2.4|  4,284|    2.3|    230|    2.6|    516|    3.4|

|  Never married              | 57,388|   27.7| 51,253|   27.9|  1,443|   16.4|  4,692|   31.2|

|Male                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total                      |100,159|  100.0| 88,252|  100.0|  4,279|  100.0|  7,628|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present    | 54,666|   54.6| 48,167|   54.6|  2,835|   66.3|  3,664|   48.0|

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |  1,277|    1.3|    678|    0.8|     98|    2.3|    501|    6.6|

|  Widowed                    |  2,690|    2.7|  2,433|    2.8|    132|    3.1|    125|    1.6|

|  Divorced                   |  8,231|    8.2|  7,685|    8.7|    290|    6.8|    256|    3.4|

|  Separated                  |  1,980|    2.0|  1,683|    1.9|     82|    1.9|    215|    2.8|

|  Never married              | 31,315|   31.3| 27,606|   31.3|    842|   19.7|  2,866|   37.6|

|Female                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total                      |107,076|  100.0| 95,125|  100.0|  4,538|  100.0|  7,413|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present    | 54,666|   51.1| 47,857|   50.3|  2,619|   57.7|  4,189|   56.5|

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |  1,113|    1.0|    839|    0.9|     60|    1.3|    215|    2.9|

|  Widowed                    | 11,058|   10.3|  9,947|   10.5|    616|   13.6|    496|    6.7|

|  Divorced                   | 11,116|   10.4| 10,235|   10.8|    494|   10.9|    387|    5.2|

|  Separated                  |  3,049|    2.8|  2,600|    2.7|    148|    3.3|    301|    4.1|

|  Never married              | 26,073|   24.4| 23,647|   24.9|    601|   13.2|  1,825|   24.6|

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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 1997

Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000