Table 3.2  Marital Status of the Foreign-Born Population by World Region of Birth and Sex: March 1998 

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 3/)



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|                             |              |                                  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                      |24,475|  100.0| 4,103|  100.0| 6,576|  100.0| 8,122|  100.0| 2,683|  100.0| 1,527|  100.0| 1,465|  100.0| 

|  Married, spouse present    |13,913|   56.8| 2,550|   62.2| 4,016|   61.1| 4,375|   53.9| 1,228|   45.8|   842|   55.1|   901|   61.5| 

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |   867|    3.5|    59|    1.4|   239|    3.6|   385|    4.7|   100|    3.7|    49|    3.2|    36|    2.4| 

|  Widowed                    | 1,347|    5.5|   506|   12.3|   297|    4.5|   251|    3.1|   167|    6.2|    47|    3.1|    79|    5.4| 

|  Divorced                   | 1,423|    5.8|   338|    8.2|   253|    3.8|   314|    3.9|   300|   11.2|   142|    9.3|    76|    5.2| 

|  Separated                  |   772|    3.2|    62|    1.5|   108|    1.6|   383|    4.7|   129|    4.8|    53|    3.4|    36|    2.5| 

|  Never married              | 6,153|   25.1|   587|   14.3| 1,664|   25.3| 2,413|   29.7|   757|   28.2|   395|   25.9|   336|   23.0| 

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

|  Total                      |12,193|  100.0| 1,852|  100.0| 3,221|  100.0| 4,386|  100.0| 1,275|  100.0|   754|  100.0|   705|  100.0| 

|  Married, spouse present    | 6,842|   56.1| 1,244|   67.1| 1,914|   59.4| 2,199|   50.1|   636|   49.9|   414|   54.9|   437|   62.0| 

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |   579|    4.7|    36|    2.0|   134|    4.2|   305|    7.0|    55|    4.3|    27|    3.6|    21|    3.0| 

|  Widowed                    |   224|    1.8|    78|    4.2|    51|    1.6|    53|    1.2|    30|    2.3|     5|    0.7|     7|    1.0| 

|  Divorced                   |   550|    4.5|   112|    6.0|   110|    3.4|   108|    2.5|   125|    9.8|    59|    7.9|    37|    5.2| 

|  Separated                  |   312|    2.6|    23|    1.2|    41|    1.3|   165|    3.8|    46|    3.6|    20|    2.6|    16|    2.3| 

|  Never married              | 3,686|   30.2|   360|   19.5|   971|   30.1| 1,556|   35.5|   383|   30.0|   229|   30.3|   186|   26.5| 

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

|  Total                      |12,282|  100.0| 2,251|  100.0| 3,355|  100.0| 3,736|  100.0| 1,408|  100.0|   773|  100.0|   760|  100.0| 

|  Married, spouse present    | 7,071|   57.6| 1,307|   58.1| 2,103|   62.7| 2,177|   58.3|   592|   42.0|   428|   55.4|   464|   61.1| 

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |   288|    2.3|    22|    1.0|   105|    3.1|    80|    2.1|    45|    3.2|    21|    2.8|    14|    1.9| 

|  Widowed                    | 1,123|    9.1|   428|   19.0|   245|    7.3|   198|    5.3|   138|    9.8|    42|    5.5|    72|    9.5| 

|  Divorced                   |   873|    7.1|   227|   10.1|   143|    4.3|   206|    5.5|   175|   12.4|    82|   10.6|    39|    5.2| 

|  Separated                  |   460|    3.7|    40|    1.8|    66|    2.0|   218|    5.8|    83|    5.9|    33|    4.3|    20|    2.6| 

|  Never married              | 2,467|   20.1|   227|   10.1|   692|   20.6|   857|   22.9|   375|   26.6|   166|   21.5|   150|   19.7| 

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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 1998

Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000