Table 4.2 Marital Status of the Foreign-Born Population by Sex and Region of Birth: March 2001
          (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                      |14,793|  100.0| 2,746|  100.0|10,191|  100.0| 1,856|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    | 7,521|   50.8| 1,211|   44.1| 5,317|   52.2|   992|   53.5|
|  Married, spouse absent 3/  |   881|    6.0|   109|    4.0|   686|    6.7|    86|    4.6|
|  Widowed                    |   603|    4.1|   228|    8.3|   304|    3.0|    71|    3.8|
|  Divorced                   |   803|    5.4|   295|   10.7|   387|    3.8|   121|    6.5|
|  Separated                  |   569|    3.8|   143|    5.2|   355|    3.5|    72|    3.9|
|  Never married              | 4,415|   29.8|   760|   27.7| 3,142|   30.8|   513|   27.7|
|Male                         |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                      | 7,821|  100.0| 1,275|  100.0| 5,630|  100.0|   916|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    | 3,803|   48.6|   624|   48.9| 2,717|   48.3|   462|   50.4|
|  Married, spouse absent 3/  |   642|    8.2|    51|    4.0|   537|    9.5|    54|    5.9|
|  Widowed                    |   109|    1.4|    47|    3.7|    45|    0.8|    17|    1.8|
|  Divorced                   |   320|    4.1|   103|    8.1|   170|    3.0|    47|    5.1|
|  Separated                  |   220|    2.8|    52|    4.1|   140|    2.5|    28|    3.0|
|  Never married              | 2,727|   34.9|   398|   31.2| 2,020|   35.9|   309|   33.7|
|Female                       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                      | 6,972|  100.0| 1,471|  100.0| 4,561|  100.0|   940|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    | 3,718|   53.3|   587|   39.9| 2,600|   57.0|   531|   56.5|
|  Married, spouse absent 3/  |   238|    3.4|    58|    3.9|   148|    3.2|    32|    3.4|
|  Widowed                    |   495|    7.1|   181|   12.3|   259|    5.7|    54|    5.8|
|  Divorced                   |   483|    6.9|   192|   13.0|   217|    4.8|    74|    7.9|
|  Separated                  |   349|    5.0|    91|    6.2|   215|    4.7|    44|    4.7|
|  Never married              | 1,688|   24.2|   362|   24.6| 1,122|   24.6|   204|   21.7|
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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 2001
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division

              (Last updated --1/2/03)