Table 2.2 Marital Status of the Population by Sex and Year of Entry: March 2000
          (Numbers in thousands. 1/)

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|SEX AND MARITAL STATUS       |               |                         YEAR OF ENTRY                         |
|                             |               |---------------------------------------------------------------|
|                             |     Total     | 1990 or later |   1980-1989   |   1970-1979   |  Before 1970  |
|                             |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                             |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|-----------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|TOTAL                        | 27,893|  100.0| 10,252|  100.0|  8,260|  100.0|  4,772|  100.0|  4,608|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    | 15,774|   56.6|  4,917|   48.0|  4,691|   56.8|  3,175|   66.5|  2,991|   64.9|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |  1,102|    4.0|    570|    5.6|    353|    4.3|    105|    2.2|     74|    1.6|
|  Widowed                    |  1,417|    5.1|    233|    2.3|    256|    3.1|    235|    4.9|    693|   15.0|
|  Divorced                   |  1,651|    5.9|    349|    3.4|    456|    5.5|    378|    7.9|    467|   10.1|
|  Separated                  |    784|    2.8|    249|    2.4|    273|    3.3|    153|    3.2|    109|    2.4|
|  Never married              |  7,164|   25.7|  3,934|   38.4|  2,232|   27.0|    725|   15.2|    273|    5.9|
|                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|MALE                         | 14,034|  100.0|  5,261|  100.0|  4,342|  100.0|  2,332|  100.0|  2,098|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    |  7,784|   55.5|  2,117|   40.2|  2,472|   56.9|  1,639|   70.3|  1,555|   74.1|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |    705|    5.0|    378|    7.2|    220|    5.1|     61|    2.6|     46|    2.2|
|  Widowed                    |    232|    1.6|     43|    0.8|     39|    0.9|     22|    0.9|    128|    6.1|
|  Divorced                   |    678|    4.8|    157|    3.0|    204|    4.7|    141|    6.0|    177|    8.4|
|  Separated                  |    314|    2.2|     99|    1.9|    115|    2.6|     53|    2.3|     48|    2.3|
|  Never married              |  4,321|   30.8|  2,468|   46.9|  1,293|   29.8|    417|   17.9|    143|    6.8|
|                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
| FEMALE                      | 13,859|  100.0|  4,991|  100.0|  3,917|  100.0|  2,440|  100.0|  2,510|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    |  7,990|   57.7|  2,799|   56.1|  2,218|   56.6|  1,536|   62.9|  1,436|   57.2|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |    398|    2.9|    193|    3.9|    133|    3.4|     45|    1.8|     27|    1.1|
|  Widowed                    |  1,185|    8.6|    190|    3.8|    217|    5.5|    213|    8.7|    565|   22.5|
|  Divorced                   |    973|    7.0|    192|    3.9|    252|    6.4|    238|    9.7|    290|   11.6|
|  Separated                  |    470|    3.4|    150|    3.0|    158|    4.0|    100|    4.1|     62|    2.5|
|  Never married              |  2,843|   20.5|  1,466|   29.4|    939|   24.0|    309|   12.6|    130|    5.2|
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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 1/6/03)