Table 1.2 Marital Status of the Population by Citizenship Status and Sex: March 1999

          (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                      |211,676|  100.0|186,862|  100.0|  9,657|  100.0| 15,157|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present    |111,715|   52.8| 97,674|   52.3|  6,184|   64.0|  7,857|   51.8|

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |  2,541|    1.2|  1,606|    0.9|    190|    2.0|    744|    4.9|

|  Widowed                    | 13,486|    6.4| 12,091|    6.5|    818|    8.5|    577|    3.8|

|  Divorced                   | 19,718|    9.3| 18,244|    9.8|    741|    7.7|    733|    4.8|

|  Separated                  |  4,785|    2.3|  4,007|    2.1|    250|    2.6|    528|    3.5|

|  Never married              | 59,432|   28.1| 53,241|   28.5|  1,473|   15.3|  4,717|   31.1|

|Male                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total                      |102,048|  100.0| 89,783|  100.0|  4,556|  100.0|  7,709|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present    | 55,857|   54.7| 48,992|   54.6|  3,133|   68.8|  3,733|   48.4|

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |  1,320|    1.3|    694|    0.8|    117|    2.6|    508|    6.6|

|  Widowed                    |  2,542|    2.5|  2,281|    2.5|    172|    3.8|     89|    1.2|

|  Divorced                   |  8,556|    8.4|  7,992|    8.9|    276|    6.1|    288|    3.7|

|  Separated                  |  1,862|    1.8|  1,533|    1.7|     93|    2.0|    236|    3.1|

|  Never married              | 31,912|   31.3| 28,291|   31.5|    765|   16.8|  2,855|   37.0|

|Female                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total                      |109,628|  100.0| 97,079|  100.0|  5,101|  100.0|  7,448|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present    | 55,857|   51.0| 48,682|   50.1|  3,051|   59.8|  4,124|   55.4|

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |  1,221|    1.1|    912|    0.9|     73|    1.4|    236|    3.2|

|  Widowed                    | 10,944|   10.0|  9,809|   10.1|    646|   12.7|    488|    6.6|

|  Divorced                   | 11,162|   10.2| 10,252|   10.6|    465|    9.1|    445|    6.0|

|  Separated                  |  2,923|    2.7|  2,474|    2.5|    157|    3.1|    292|    3.9|

|  Never married              | 27,520|   25.1| 24,950|   25.7|    708|   13.9|  1,862|   25.0|

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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 1999

Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000