Table 1.2 Marital Status of the Population by Sex and Citizenship Status: March 2000
          (Numbers in thousands. 1/)

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|SEX AND MARITAL STATUS       |               |              CITIZENSHIP STATUS               |
|                             |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                             |               |               |  Naturalized  |               |
|                             |     Total     |    Native     |    Citizen    | Not a Citizen |
|                             |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                             |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|-----------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total                        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                      |216,563|  100.0|188,670|  100.0| 10,800|  100.0| 17,093|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    |115,027|   53.1| 99,253|   52.6|  6,921|   64.1|  8,853|   51.8|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |  2,820|    1.3|  1,717|    0.9|    263|    2.4|    839|    4.9|
|  Widowed                    | 13,935|    6.4| 12,519|    6.6|    826|    7.6|    591|    3.5|
|  Divorced                   | 20,020|    9.2| 18,369|    9.7|    870|    8.1|    781|    4.6|
|  Separated                  |  4,518|    2.1|  3,733|    2.0|    268|    2.5|    516|    3.0|
|  Never married              | 60,243|   27.8| 53,079|   28.1|  1,652|   15.3|  5,512|   32.2|
|Male                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                      |104,290|  100.0| 90,256|  100.0|  5,130|  100.0|  8,904|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    | 57,513|   55.1| 49,729|   55.1|  3,533|   68.9|  4,251|   47.7|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |  1,422|    1.4|    717|    0.8|    158|    3.1|    546|    6.1|
|  Widowed                    |  2,515|    2.4|  2,283|    2.5|    131|    2.6|    100|    1.1|
|  Divorced                   |  8,587|    8.2|  7,908|    8.8|    313|    6.1|    365|    4.1|
|  Separated                  |  1,827|    1.8|  1,513|    1.7|    102|    2.0|    213|    2.4|
|  Never married              | 32,426|   31.1| 28,105|   31.1|    893|   17.4|  3,428|   38.5|
|Female                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                      |112,273|  100.0| 98,414|  100.0|  5,670|  100.0|  8,189|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    | 57,513|   51.2| 49,524|   50.3|  3,388|   59.8|  4,602|   56.2|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |  1,398|    1.2|  1,000|    1.0|    105|    1.8|    293|    3.6|
|  Widowed                    | 11,421|   10.2| 10,235|   10.4|    694|   12.2|    491|    6.0|
|  Divorced                   | 11,433|   10.2| 10,460|   10.6|    557|    9.8|    416|    5.1|
|  Separated                  |  2,690|    2.4|  2,220|    2.3|    166|    2.9|    303|    3.7|
|  Never married              | 27,817|   24.8| 24,974|   25.4|    759|   13.4|  2,084|   25.4|
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1/  Age 15 years and over.
2/ 'Married, spouse absent' excludes separated.

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000 (reweighted)
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division

                     (Table last updated 1/3/03)