Table 2.2 Marital Status of the Foreign-Born Population by Year of Entry and Sex: March 1999

          (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                      | 24,814|  100.0|  7,910|  100.0|  7,674|  100.0|  4,600|  100.0|  4,629|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present    | 14,041|   56.6|  3,720|   47.0|  4,376|   57.0|  3,017|   65.6|  2,929|   63.3|

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |    934|    3.8|    527|    6.7|    254|    3.3|    102|    2.2|     52|    1.1|

|  Widowed                    |  1,395|    5.6|    175|    2.2|    272|    3.6|    201|    4.4|    746|   16.1|

|  Divorced                   |  1,474|    5.9|    278|    3.5|    429|    5.6|    329|    7.1|    439|    9.5|

|  Separated                  |    778|    3.1|    204|    2.6|    257|    3.4|    207|    4.5|    110|    2.4|

|  Never married              |  6,191|   24.9|  3,006|   38.0|  2,086|   27.2|    745|   16.2|    353|    7.6|

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

|  Total                      | 12,265|  100.0|  4,052|  100.0|  3,870|  100.0|  2,272|  100.0|  2,071|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present    |  6,866|   56.0|  1,601|   39.5|  2,202|   56.9|  1,568|   69.0|  1,495|   72.2|

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |    625|    5.1|    356|    8.8|    183|    4.7|     60|    2.6|     27|    1.3|

|  Widowed                    |    261|    2.1|     26|    0.6|     47|    1.2|     32|    1.4|    155|    7.5|

|  Divorced                   |    564|    4.6|    119|    2.9|    164|    4.2|    132|    5.8|    150|    7.2|

|  Separated                  |    329|    2.7|    106|    2.6|     93|    2.4|     79|    3.5|     51|    2.5|

|  Never married              |  3,621|   29.5|  1,844|   45.5|  1,181|   30.5|    402|   17.7|    193|    9.3|

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

|  Total                      | 12,548|  100.0|  3,858|  100.0|  3,804|  100.0|  2,328|  100.0|  2,558|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present    |  7,175|   57.2|  2,119|   54.9|  2,174|   57.1|  1,449|   62.2|  1,433|   56.0|

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |    309|    2.5|    171|    4.4|     71|    1.9|     42|    1.8|     25|    1.0|

|  Widowed                    |  1,135|    9.0|    149|    3.9|    225|    5.9|    169|    7.3|    591|   23.1|

|  Divorced                   |    910|    7.3|    159|    4.1|    265|    7.0|    197|    8.5|    289|   11.3|

|  Separated                  |    449|    3.6|     98|    2.6|    164|    4.3|    128|    5.5|     59|    2.3|

|  Never married              |  2,570|   20.5|  1,162|   30.1|    905|   23.8|    343|   14.7|    160|    6.3|

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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