Table 3.2 Marital Status of the Foreign-Born Population by Sex and World Region of Birth: March 2001
          (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                      |29,659|  100.0| 4,239|  100.0| 8,041|  100.0|14,793|  100.0| 2,586|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    |16,621|   56.0| 2,638|   62.2| 5,054|   62.8| 7,521|   50.8| 1,409|   54.5|
|  Married, spouse absent 3/  | 1,412|    4.8|    67|    1.6|   313|    3.9|   881|    6.0|   152|    5.9|
|  Widowed                    | 1,525|    5.1|   476|   11.2|   354|    4.4|   603|    4.1|    92|    3.6|
|  Divorced                   | 1,656|    5.6|   311|    7.3|   359|    4.5|   803|    5.4|   183|    7.1|
|  Separated                  |   822|    2.8|    76|    1.8|   120|    1.5|   569|    3.8|    57|    2.2|
|  Never married              | 7,622|   25.7|   671|   15.8| 1,842|   22.9| 4,415|   29.8|   693|   26.8|
|Male                         |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                      |14,948|  100.0| 1,925|  100.0| 3,821|  100.0| 7,821|  100.0| 1,380|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    | 8,154|   54.6| 1,270|   66.0| 2,369|   62.0| 3,803|   48.6|   711|   51.5|
|  Married, spouse absent 3/  |   982|    6.6|    35|    1.8|   192|    5.0|   642|    8.2|   112|    8.1|
|  Widowed                    |   257|    1.7|    94|    4.9|    37|    1.0|   109|    1.4|    18|    1.3|
|  Divorced                   |   641|    4.3|   105|    5.4|   132|    3.5|   320|    4.1|    85|    6.1|
|  Separated                  |   305|    2.0|    24|    1.2|    40|    1.0|   220|    2.8|    22|    1.6|
|  Never married              | 4,609|   30.8|   398|   20.7| 1,051|   27.5| 2,727|   34.9|   433|   31.3|
|Female                       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                      |14,711|  100.0| 2,314|  100.0| 4,220|  100.0| 6,972|  100.0| 1,205|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    | 8,467|   57.6| 1,367|   59.1| 2,684|   63.6| 3,718|   53.3|   698|   57.9|
|  Married, spouse absent 3/  |   431|    2.9|    32|    1.4|   121|    2.9|   238|    3.4|    40|    3.3|
|  Widowed                    | 1,268|    8.6|   382|   16.5|   317|    7.5|   495|    7.1|    74|    6.2|
|  Divorced                   | 1,014|    6.9|   206|    8.9|   227|    5.4|   483|    6.9|    98|    8.1|
|  Separated                  |   517|    3.5|    53|    2.3|    80|    1.9|   349|    5.0|    35|    2.9|
|  Never married              | 3,013|   20.5|   273|   11.8|   790|   18.7| 1,688|   24.2|   261|   21.6|
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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 2001
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division