Table 3.2 Marital Status of the Foreign-Born Population by World Region of Birth and Sex: March 1997 (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 |23,857| 100.0| 4,079| 100.0| 6,321| 100.0| 7,961| 100.0| 2,608| 100.0| 1,410| 100.0| 1,479| 100.0| | Married, spouse present |13,307| 55.8| 2,449| 60.0| 3,836| 60.7| 4,225| 53.1| 1,184| 45.4| 747| 52.9| 866| 58.6| | Married, spouse absent 2/ | 874| 3.7| 54| 1.3| 222| 3.5| 425| 5.3| 78| 3.0| 51| 3.6| 44| 3.0| | Widowed | 1,369| 5.7| 514| 12.6| 313| 4.9| 243| 3.0| 151| 5.8| 68| 4.8| 80| 5.4| | Divorced | 1,427| 6.0| 368| 9.0| 271| 4.3| 264| 3.3| 282| 10.8| 119| 8.5| 121| 8.2| | Separated | 746| 3.1| 77| 1.9| 111| 1.8| 292| 3.7| 160| 6.1| 64| 4.6| 42| 2.8| | Never married | 6,135| 25.7| 615| 15.1| 1,568| 24.8| 2,512| 31.6| 753| 28.9| 361| 25.6| 326| 22.0| |Male | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total |11,906| 100.0| 1,778| 100.0| 3,116| 100.0| 4,359| 100.0| 1,248| 100.0| 674| 100.0| 731| 100.0| | Married, spouse present | 6,499| 54.6| 1,182| 66.5| 1,821| 58.4| 2,132| 48.9| 605| 48.5| 358| 53.0| 401| 54.9| | Married, spouse absent 2/ | 599| 5.0| 26| 1.5| 131| 4.2| 336| 7.7| 38| 3.0| 35| 5.2| 33| 4.6| | Widowed | 257| 2.2| 87| 4.9| 63| 2.0| 58| 1.3| 29| 2.3| 11| 1.6| 10| 1.3| | Divorced | 546| 4.6| 94| 5.3| 145| 4.6| 92| 2.1| 103| 8.3| 50| 7.4| 62| 8.5| | Separated | 297| 2.5| 34| 1.9| 46| 1.5| 122| 2.8| 58| 4.6| 23| 3.3| 15| 2.0| | Never married | 3,709| 31.1| 355| 20.0| 911| 29.2| 1,620| 37.2| 415| 33.2| 198| 29.4| 210| 28.7| |Female | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total |11,951| 100.0| 2,301| 100.0| 3,204| 100.0| 3,602| 100.0| 1,360| 100.0| 736| 100.0| 748| 100.0| | Married, spouse present | 6,808| 57.0| 1,267| 55.1| 2,015| 62.9| 2,093| 58.1| 579| 42.5| 389| 52.8| 465| 62.2| | Married, spouse absent 2/ | 275| 2.3| 28| 1.2| 91| 2.8| 89| 2.5| 40| 3.0| 16| 2.2| 10| 1.4| | Widowed | 1,112| 9.3| 427| 18.6| 250| 7.8| 185| 5.1| 122| 9.0| 57| 7.7| 71| 9.4| | Divorced | 881| 7.4| 274| 11.9| 127| 4.0| 172| 4.8| 179| 13.2| 70| 9.5| 59| 7.9| | Separated | 449| 3.8| 44| 1.9| 65| 2.0| 170| 4.7| 102| 7.5| 42| 5.7| 27| 3.6| | Never married | 2,426| 20.3| 261| 11.3| 657| 20.5| 892| 24.8| 338| 24.9| 163| 22.1| 116| 15.5| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1997 Internet Release date: September 12, 2000