Table 4.2 Marital Status of the Foreign-Born Population by Sex and Region of Birth: March 2000
          (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)

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|SEX AND MARITAL STATUS       |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |
|                             |              |--------------------------------------------|
|                             |              |              |   CENTRAL    |              |
|                             |LATIN AMERICA |  CARIBBEAN   |   AMERICA    |SOUTH AMERICA |
|                             |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------|
|                             |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|
|-----------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------|
|Total                        |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                      |14,085|  100.0| 2,726|  100.0| 9,554|  100.0| 1,805|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    | 7,415|   52.6| 1,291|   47.4| 5,138|   53.8|   986|   54.6|
|  Married, spouse absent 3/  |   651|    4.6|   118|    4.3|   460|    4.8|    73|    4.1|
|  Widowed                    |   519|    3.7|   170|    6.2|   287|    3.0|    63|    3.5|
|  Divorced                   |   858|    6.1|   300|   11.0|   407|    4.3|   151|    8.4|
|  Separated                  |   549|    3.9|   154|    5.6|   322|    3.4|    73|    4.0|
|  Never married              | 4,094|   29.1|   694|   25.4| 2,941|   30.8|   459|   25.4|
|Male                         |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                      | 7,329|  100.0| 1,263|  100.0| 5,203|  100.0|   863|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    | 3,719|   50.8|   651|   51.6| 2,605|   50.1|   463|   53.6|
|  Married, spouse absent 3/  |   439|    6.0|    53|    4.2|   343|    6.6|    43|    5.0|
|  Widowed                    |    84|    1.1|    29|    2.3|    49|    1.0|     5|    0.6|
|  Divorced                   |   355|    4.8|   122|    9.7|   179|    3.4|    54|    6.2|
|  Separated                  |   216|    3.0|    57|    4.5|   125|    2.4|    34|    4.0|
|  Never married              | 2,515|   34.3|   349|   27.7| 1,901|   36.5|   264|   30.6|
|Female                       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                      | 6,757|  100.0| 1,463|  100.0| 4,351|  100.0|   942|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    | 3,696|   54.7|   640|   43.7| 2,533|   58.2|   523|   55.5|
|  Married, spouse absent 3/  |   211|    3.1|    65|    4.4|   117|    2.7|    30|    3.2|
|  Widowed                    |   435|    6.4|   140|    9.6|   237|    5.5|    57|    6.1|
|  Divorced                   |   503|    7.4|   178|   12.1|   228|    5.2|    97|   10.3|
|  Separated                  |   332|    4.9|    96|    6.6|   197|    4.5|    39|    4.1|
|  Never married              | 1,579|   23.4|   344|   23.5| 1,040|   23.9|   196|   20.8|
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1/ The majority of those born in 'Central America' are from Mexico.
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 1/6/03)