Table 2.2 Marital Status of the Population by Sex and Year of Entry: March 2001
          (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                        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                      | 29,659|  100.0| 12,546|  100.0|  8,333|  100.0|  4,514|  100.0|  4,266|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    | 16,621|   56.0|  5,983|   47.7|  4,841|   58.1|  3,092|   68.5|  2,705|   63.4|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |  1,412|    4.8|    923|    7.4|    301|    3.6|    118|    2.6|     70|    1.6|
|  Widowed                    |  1,525|    5.1|    313|    2.5|    263|    3.2|    256|    5.7|    694|   16.3|
|  Divorced                   |  1,656|    5.6|    416|    3.3|    471|    5.7|    320|    7.1|    448|   10.5|
|  Separated                  |    822|    2.8|    309|    2.5|    271|    3.2|    147|    3.3|     95|    2.2|
|  Never married              |  7,622|   25.7|  4,602|   36.7|  2,186|   26.2|    580|   12.9|    253|    5.9|
|Male                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                      | 14,948|  100.0|  6,606|  100.0|  4,199|  100.0|  2,229|  100.0|  1,914|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    |  8,154|   54.6|  2,643|   40.0|  2,509|   59.7|  1,617|   72.6|  1,386|   72.4|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |    982|    6.6|    692|   10.5|    176|    4.2|     74|    3.3|     39|    2.0|
|  Widowed                    |    257|    1.7|     54|    0.8|     43|    1.0|     29|    1.3|    131|    6.9|
|  Divorced                   |    641|    4.3|    155|    2.3|    173|    4.1|    129|    5.8|    185|    9.6|
|  Separated                  |    305|    2.0|    104|    1.6|     85|    2.0|     67|    3.0|     50|    2.6|
|  Never married              |  4,609|   30.8|  2,958|   44.8|  1,214|   28.9|    313|   14.1|    124|    6.5|
|Female                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                      | 14,711|  100.0|  5,939|  100.0|  4,134|  100.0|  2,285|  100.0|  2,352|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    |  8,467|   57.6|  3,339|   56.2|  2,333|   56.4|  1,476|   64.6|  1,320|   56.1|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |    431|    2.9|    231|    3.9|    125|    3.0|     44|    1.9|     31|    1.3|
|  Widowed                    |  1,268|    8.6|    259|    4.4|    220|    5.3|    227|    9.9|    562|   23.9|
|  Divorced                   |  1,014|    6.9|    261|    4.4|    299|    7.2|    191|    8.3|    264|   11.2|
|  Separated                  |    517|    3.5|    205|    3.4|    186|    4.5|     80|    3.5|     46|    2.0|
|  Never married              |  3,013|   20.5|  1,644|   27.7|    972|   23.5|    267|   11.7|    129|    5.5|
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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 --1/2/03)