Table 2.2 Marital Status of the Foreign-Born Population by Year of Entry and Sex: March 1997

          (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                      | 23,857|  100.0|  6,088|  100.0|  8,085|  100.0|  4,935|  100.0|  4,749|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present    | 13,307|   55.8|  2,856|   46.9|  4,372|   54.1|  3,062|   62.1|  3,017|   63.5|

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |    874|    3.7|    375|    6.2|    332|    4.1|     96|    1.9|     70|    1.5|

|  Widowed                    |  1,369|    5.7|    156|    2.6|    283|    3.5|    210|    4.3|    719|   15.1|

|  Divorced                   |  1,427|    6.0|    183|    3.0|    395|    4.9|    358|    7.3|    491|   10.3|

|  Separated                  |    746|    3.1|    149|    2.4|    279|    3.4|    195|    4.0|    123|    2.6|

|  Never married              |  6,135|   25.7|  2,369|   38.9|  2,424|   30.0|  1,013|   20.5|    329|    6.9|

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

|  Total                      | 11,906|  100.0|  3,128|  100.0|  4,245|  100.0|  2,453|  100.0|  2,081|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present    |  6,499|   54.6|  1,185|   37.9|  2,193|   51.7|  1,582|   64.5|  1,539|   74.0|

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |    599|    5.0|    272|    8.7|    221|    5.2|     61|    2.5|     45|    2.2|

|  Widowed                    |    257|    2.2|     36|    1.2|     59|    1.4|     35|    1.4|    127|    6.1|

|  Divorced                   |    546|    4.6|     81|    2.6|    198|    4.7|    115|    4.7|    151|    7.3|

|  Separated                  |    297|    2.5|     71|    2.3|     94|    2.2|     95|    3.9|     37|    1.8|

|  Never married              |  3,709|   31.1|  1,484|   47.5|  1,479|   34.8|    563|   23.0|    182|    8.8|

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

|  Total                      | 11,951|  100.0|  2,961|  100.0|  3,840|  100.0|  2,482|  100.0|  2,669|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present    |  6,808|   57.0|  1,671|   56.4|  2,179|   56.8|  1,480|   59.6|  1,478|   55.4|

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |    275|    2.3|    103|    3.5|    111|    2.9|     35|    1.4|     25|    1.0|

|  Widowed                    |  1,112|    9.3|    120|    4.1|    224|    5.8|    175|    7.0|    593|   22.2|

|  Divorced                   |    881|    7.4|    102|    3.5|    196|    5.1|    243|    9.8|    340|   12.7|

|  Separated                  |    449|    3.8|     78|    2.6|    184|    4.8|    100|    4.0|     86|    3.2|

|  Never married              |  2,426|   20.3|    885|   29.9|    945|   24.6|    450|   18.1|    147|    5.5|

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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