Table 1.2 Marital Status of the Population by Sex and Citizenship Status: March 2001
          (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                      |219,192|  100.0|189,533|  100.0| 11,502|  100.0| 18,156|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    |115,689|   52.8| 99,067|   52.3|  7,399|   64.3|  9,222|   50.8|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |  3,058|    1.4|  1,645|    0.9|    254|    2.2|  1,158|    6.4|
|  Widowed                    | 14,092|    6.4| 12,567|    6.6|    912|    7.9|    613|    3.4|
|  Divorced                   | 20,751|    9.5| 19,095|   10.1|    849|    7.4|    806|    4.4|
|  Separated                  |  4,371|    2.0|  3,549|    1.9|    281|    2.4|    541|    3.0|
|  Never married              | 61,231|   27.9| 53,609|   28.3|  1,806|   15.7|  5,816|   32.0|
|Male                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                      |105,681|  100.0| 90,733|  100.0|  5,417|  100.0|  9,531|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    | 57,844|   54.7| 49,690|   54.8|  3,735|   69.0|  4,419|   46.4|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |  1,724|    1.6|    742|    0.8|    139|    2.6|    843|    8.8|
|  Widowed                    |  2,549|    2.4|  2,292|    2.5|    169|    3.1|     88|    0.9|
|  Divorced                   |  8,765|    8.3|  8,124|    9.0|    311|    5.7|    330|    3.5|
|  Separated                  |  1,651|    1.6|  1,346|    1.5|    114|    2.1|    191|    2.0|
|  Never married              | 33,149|   31.4| 28,540|   31.5|    948|   17.5|  3,661|   38.4|
|Female                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                      |113,510|  100.0| 98,800|  100.0|  6,085|  100.0|  8,625|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    | 57,845|   51.0| 49,378|   50.0|  3,664|   60.2|  4,803|   55.7|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |  1,334|    1.2|    903|    0.9|    116|    1.9|    315|    3.7|
|  Widowed                    | 11,544|   10.2| 10,275|   10.4|    743|   12.2|    525|    6.1|
|  Divorced                   | 11,986|   10.6| 10,971|   11.1|    538|    8.8|    476|    5.5|
|  Separated                  |  2,720|    2.4|  2,203|    2.2|    167|    2.7|    350|    4.1|
|  Never married              | 28,082|   24.7| 25,069|   25.4|    858|   14.1|  2,155|   25.0|
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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 2001
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division

                     (Table last updated --12/31/02)