Table 4.2 Marital Status of the Foreign-Born Population by Sex and Region of Birth: March 2002
          (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                      |15,684|  100.0| 2,957|  100.0|10,849|  100.0| 1,878|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    | 8,157|   52.0| 1,343|   45.4| 5,744|   52.9| 1,070|   57.0|
|  Married, spouse absent 3/  |   794|    5.1|   147|    5.0|   575|    5.3|    73|    3.9|
|  Widowed                    |   536|    3.4|   186|    6.3|   288|    2.7|    61|    3.3|
|  Divorced                   |   854|    5.4|   283|    9.6|   441|    4.1|   130|    6.9|
|  Separated                  |   592|    3.8|   177|    6.0|   353|    3.3|    63|    3.3|
|  Never married              | 4,749|   30.3|   821|   27.8| 3,448|   31.8|   481|   25.6|
|Male                         |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                      | 8,245|  100.0| 1,370|  100.0| 5,974|  100.0|   901|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    | 4,121|   50.0|   671|   48.9| 2,929|   49.0|   521|   57.9|
|  Married, spouse absent 3/  |   538|    6.5|    64|    4.7|   438|    7.3|    36|    4.0|
|  Widowed                    |    97|    1.2|    33|    2.4|    59|    1.0|     5|    0.6|
|  Divorced                   |   351|    4.3|   103|    7.5|   190|    3.2|    59|    6.5|
|  Separated                  |   194|    2.4|    63|    4.6|   113|    1.9|    18|    2.0|
|  Never married              | 2,944|   35.7|   437|   31.9| 2,245|   37.6|   262|   29.1|
|Female                       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                      | 7,438|  100.0| 1,586|  100.0| 4,875|  100.0|   977|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    | 4,037|   54.3|   673|   42.4| 2,816|   57.8|   549|   56.2|
|  Married, spouse absent 3/  |   256|    3.4|    83|    5.2|   136|    2.8|    37|    3.8|
|  Widowed                    |   439|    5.9|   153|    9.6|   230|    4.7|    56|    5.8|
|  Divorced                   |   503|    6.8|   180|   11.4|   251|    5.2|    72|    7.3|
|  Separated                  |   398|    5.3|   114|    7.2|   240|    4.9|    45|    4.6|
|  Never married              | 1,805|   24.3|   384|   24.2| 1,202|   24.7|   219|   22.4|
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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 2002
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division

              (Last updated -- 9/24/02)