Table 3.2 Marital Status of the Foreign-Born Population by Sex and World Region of Birth: March 2000
          (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)

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|SEX AND MARITAL STATUS       |              |                   WORLD REGION OF BIRTH                   |
|                             |              |-----------------------------------------------------------|
|                             | FOREIGN BORN |    EUROPE    |     ASIA     |LATIN AMERICA | OTHER AREAS  |
|                             |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------|
|                             |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|
|-----------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------|
|Total                        |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                      |27,893|  100.0| 4,210|  100.0| 7,435|  100.0|14,085|  100.0| 2,163|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    |15,774|   56.6| 2,611|   62.0| 4,502|   60.6| 7,415|   52.6| 1,246|   57.6|
|  Married, spouse absent 3/  | 1,102|    4.0|    77|    1.8|   276|    3.7|   651|    4.6|    99|    4.6|
|  Widowed                    | 1,417|    5.1|   479|   11.4|   323|    4.3|   519|    3.7|    96|    4.4|
|  Divorced                   | 1,651|    5.9|   301|    7.2|   335|    4.5|   858|    6.1|   157|    7.3|
|  Separated                  |   784|    2.8|    82|    1.9|   107|    1.4|   549|    3.9|    47|    2.2|
|  Never married              | 7,164|   25.7|   660|   15.7| 1,893|   25.5| 4,094|   29.1|   518|   24.0|
|Male                         |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                      |14,034|  100.0| 2,017|  100.0| 3,508|  100.0| 7,329|  100.0| 1,180|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    | 7,784|   55.5| 1,332|   66.0| 2,087|   59.5| 3,719|   50.8|   646|   54.8|
|  Married, spouse absent 3/  |   705|    5.0|    35|    1.7|   159|    4.5|   439|    6.0|    71|    6.0|
|  Widowed                    |   232|    1.6|   102|    5.0|    27|    0.8|    84|    1.1|    18|    1.6|
|  Divorced                   |   678|    4.8|    99|    4.9|   145|    4.1|   355|    4.8|    80|    6.8|
|  Separated                  |   314|    2.2|    36|    1.8|    38|    1.1|   216|    3.0|    24|    2.0|
|  Never married              | 4,321|   30.8|   414|   20.5| 1,052|   30.0| 2,515|   34.3|   341|   28.9|
|Female                       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                      |13,859|  100.0| 2,192|  100.0| 3,927|  100.0| 6,757|  100.0|   983|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    | 7,990|   57.7| 1,279|   58.3| 2,415|   61.5| 3,696|   54.7|   600|   61.0|
|  Married, spouse absent 3/  |   398|    2.9|    42|    1.9|   117|    3.0|   211|    3.1|    28|    2.8|
|  Widowed                    | 1,185|    8.6|   377|   17.2|   296|    7.5|   435|    6.4|    77|    7.9|
|  Divorced                   |   973|    7.0|   203|    9.2|   190|    4.8|   503|    7.4|    77|    7.9|
|  Separated                  |   470|    3.4|    46|    2.1|    68|    1.7|   332|    4.9|    23|    2.4|
|  Never married              | 2,843|   20.5|   246|   11.2|   841|   21.4| 1,579|   23.4|   177|   18.0|
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1/ The majority of those born in 'Latin America' are from Mexico. Those
   born in 'Other Areas' are from Africa, Oceania, Bermuda and Canada.
2/  Age 15 years and over.
3/ 'Married, spouse absent' excludes separated.

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

              (Last updated 12/18/02)