Table 3.2 Marital Status of the Foreign-Born Population by Sex and World Region of Birth: March 2002
          (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                      |30,337|  100.0| 4,341|  100.0| 7,840|  100.0|15,684|  100.0| 2,473|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    |17,013|   56.1| 2,689|   61.9| 4,841|   61.7| 8,157|   52.0| 1,326|   53.6|
|  Married, spouse absent 3/  | 1,277|    4.2|    85|    2.0|   285|    3.6|   794|    5.1|   113|    4.6|
|  Widowed                    | 1,467|    4.8|   425|    9.8|   386|    4.9|   536|    3.4|   120|    4.9|
|  Divorced                   | 1,806|    6.0|   399|    9.2|   363|    4.6|   854|    5.4|   189|    7.7|
|  Separated                  |   857|    2.8|    83|    1.9|   105|    1.3|   592|    3.8|    77|    3.1|
|  Never married              | 7,917|   26.1|   661|   15.2| 1,860|   23.7| 4,749|   30.3|   647|   26.1|
|Male                         |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                      |15,231|  100.0| 1,996|  100.0| 3,747|  100.0| 8,245|  100.0| 1,243|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    | 8,298|   54.5| 1,261|   63.2| 2,261|   60.3| 4,121|   50.0|   656|   52.8|
|  Married, spouse absent 3/  |   817|    5.4|    48|    2.4|   161|    4.3|   538|    6.5|    70|    5.6|
|  Widowed                    |   261|    1.7|    83|    4.2|    64|    1.7|    97|    1.2|    18|    1.4|
|  Divorced                   |   735|    4.8|   181|    9.0|   115|    3.1|   351|    4.3|    88|    7.1|
|  Separated                  |   279|    1.8|    28|    1.4|    28|    0.7|   194|    2.4|    29|    2.4|
|  Never married              | 4,841|   31.8|   396|   19.8| 1,119|   29.9| 2,944|   35.7|   382|   30.7|
|Female                       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                      |15,106|  100.0| 2,345|  100.0| 4,093|  100.0| 7,438|  100.0| 1,230|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    | 8,715|   57.7| 1,428|   60.9| 2,581|   63.0| 4,037|   54.3|   670|   54.5|
|  Married, spouse absent 3/  |   460|    3.0|    37|    1.6|   124|    3.0|   256|    3.4|    43|    3.5|
|  Widowed                    | 1,206|    8.0|   342|   14.6|   322|    7.9|   439|    5.9|   103|    8.4|
|  Divorced                   | 1,071|    7.1|   218|    9.3|   248|    6.1|   503|    6.8|   101|    8.2|
|  Separated                  |   578|    3.8|    55|    2.4|    77|    1.9|   398|    5.3|    48|    3.9|
|  Never married              | 3,076|   20.4|   265|   11.3|   741|   18.1| 1,805|   24.3|   265|   21.5|
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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 2002
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division

              (Last updated (9/26/02))