Table 1.2 Marital Status of the Population by Citizenship Status and Sex: March 1998 

          (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                      |209,291|  100.0|184,816|  100.0|  9,515|  100.0| 14,960|  100.0| 

|  Married, spouse present    |110,619|   52.9| 96,706|   52.3|  6,079|   63.9|  7,835|   52.4| 

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |  2,424|    1.2|  1,557|    0.8|    207|    2.2|    660|    4.4| 

|  Widowed                    | 13,599|    6.5| 12,252|    6.6|    770|    8.1|    576|    3.9| 

|  Divorced                   | 19,424|    9.3| 18,000|    9.7|    695|    7.3|    728|    4.9| 

|  Separated                  |  4,922|    2.4|  4,150|    2.2|    234|    2.5|    538|    3.6| 

|  Never married              | 58,303|   27.9| 52,151|   28.2|  1,530|   16.1|  4,623|   30.9| 

|Male                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 

|  Total                      |101,123|  100.0| 88,930|  100.0|  4,574|  100.0|  7,619|  100.0| 

|  Married, spouse present    | 55,310|   54.7| 48,467|   54.5|  3,145|   68.8|  3,698|   48.5| 

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |  1,305|    1.3|    726|    0.8|    110|    2.4|    469|    6.2| 

|  Widowed                    |  2,569|    2.5|  2,346|    2.6|    132|    2.9|     92|    1.2| 

|  Divorced                   |  8,331|    8.2|  7,780|    8.7|    263|    5.8|    287|    3.8| 

|  Separated                  |  2,018|    2.0|  1,706|    1.9|     97|    2.1|    214|    2.8| 

|  Never married              | 31,591|   31.2| 27,905|   31.4|    826|   18.1|  2,859|   37.5| 

|Female                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 

|  Total                      |108,168|  100.0| 95,885|  100.0|  4,942|  100.0|  7,341|  100.0| 

|  Married, spouse present    | 55,310|   51.1| 48,239|   50.3|  2,934|   59.4|  4,137|   56.4| 

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |  1,119|    1.0|    831|    0.9|     98|    2.0|    191|    2.6| 

|  Widowed                    | 11,029|   10.2|  9,906|   10.3|    638|   12.9|    485|    6.6| 

|  Divorced                   | 11,093|   10.3| 10,220|   10.7|    432|    8.7|    441|    6.0| 

|  Separated                  |  2,904|    2.7|  2,444|    2.5|    136|    2.8|    324|    4.4| 

|  Never married              | 26,713|   24.7| 24,246|   25.3|    703|   14.2|  1,764|   24.0| 

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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 1998

Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000