Table 4.2  Marital Status of the Latin American Foreign-Born Population by World Region of 
            Birth and Sex: March 1999

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 3/)



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|                             |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

|                             |              |--------------------------------------------|

|                             |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

|                             |LATIN AMERICA |   AMERICA    |  CARIBBEAN   |SOUTH AMERICA |

|                             |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------|

|                             |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|

|-----------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------|

|Total                        |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total                      |12,486|  100.0| 8,336|  100.0| 2,644|  100.0| 1,505|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present    | 6,647|   53.2| 4,573|   54.9| 1,247|   47.2|   827|   54.9|

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |   577|    4.6|   436|    5.2|    84|    3.2|    57|    3.8|

|  Widowed                    |   517|    4.1|   287|    3.4|   166|    6.3|    64|    4.3|

|  Divorced                   |   781|    6.3|   338|    4.1|   307|   11.6|   136|    9.0|

|  Separated                  |   563|    4.5|   343|    4.1|   157|    5.9|    64|    4.3|

|  Never married              | 3,400|   27.2| 2,360|   28.3|   684|   25.9|   357|   23.7|

|Male                         |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total                      | 6,352|  100.0| 4,446|  100.0| 1,183|  100.0|   724|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present    | 3,337|   52.5| 2,330|   52.4|   619|   52.3|   389|   53.7|

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |   418|    6.6|   339|    7.6|    45|    3.8|    34|    4.7|

|  Widowed                    |    87|    1.4|    47|    1.1|    24|    2.0|    15|    2.1|

|  Divorced                   |   313|    4.9|   136|    3.1|   133|   11.3|    45|    6.2|

|  Separated                  |   210|    3.3|   120|    2.7|    65|    5.5|    25|    3.5|

|  Never married              | 1,987|   31.3| 1,475|   33.2|   297|   25.1|   216|   29.9|

|Female                       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total                      | 6,134|  100.0| 3,891|  100.0| 1,462|  100.0|   781|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present    | 3,310|   54.0| 2,243|   57.7|   628|   43.0|   439|   56.1|

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |   160|    2.6|    97|    2.5|    39|    2.7|    23|    3.0|

|  Widowed                    |   430|    7.0|   240|    6.2|   142|    9.7|    49|    6.3|

|  Divorced                   |   467|    7.6|   202|    5.2|   174|   11.9|    92|   11.7|

|  Separated                  |   353|    5.8|   222|    5.7|    92|    6.3|    39|    4.9|

|  Never married              | 1,413|   23.0|   886|   22.8|   387|   26.5|   140|   18.0|

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1/ The majority of those born in 'Central America' are from Mexico.

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 1999

Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000