Table 2.1  Population Age 15 Years and Over by Marital Status, sex, Hispanic Origin and Race:  March 1998

           (Numbers in thousands.)



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|Population Age 15 Years and Over |               |          Hispanic Origin and Race 1/          |

|                                 |               |-----------------------------------------------|

|                                 |               |               | Non-Hispanic, | Non-Hispanic, |

|                                 |     Total     |   Hispanic    |     White     |     Other     |

|                                 |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|

|                                 |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|

|---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|

|Total                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total                          |209,291|  100.0| 21,430|  100.0|154,205|  100.0| 33,656|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present        |110,619|   52.9| 10,221|   47.7| 87,524|   56.8| 12,874|   38.3|

|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  2,424|    1.2|    603|    2.8|  1,193|    0.8|    628|    1.9|

|  Widowed                        | 13,599|    6.5|    749|    3.5| 10,733|    7.0|  2,117|    6.3|

|  Divorced                       | 19,424|    9.3|  1,533|    7.2| 14,714|    9.5|  3,178|    9.4|

|  Separated                      |  4,922|    2.4|    883|    4.1|  2,693|    1.7|  1,347|    4.0|

|  Never married                  | 58,303|   27.9|  7,442|   34.7| 37,348|   24.2| 13,513|   40.2|

|Male                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total                          |101,123|  100.0| 10,944|  100.0| 74,703|  100.0| 15,476|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present        | 55,310|   54.7|  5,051|   46.1| 43,877|   58.7|  6,382|   41.2|

|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  1,305|    1.3|    413|    3.8|    585|    0.8|    307|    2.0|

|  Widowed                        |  2,569|    2.5|    131|    1.2|  1,977|    2.6|    461|    3.0|

|  Divorced                       |  8,331|    8.2|    647|    5.9|  6,437|    8.6|  1,247|    8.1|

|  Separated                      |  2,018|    2.0|    333|    3.0|  1,222|    1.6|    463|    3.0|

|  Never married                  | 31,591|   31.2|  4,370|   39.9| 20,606|   27.6|  6,615|   42.7|

|Female                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total                          |108,168|  100.0| 10,485|  100.0| 79,502|  100.0| 18,181|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present        | 55,310|   51.1|  5,171|   49.3| 43,647|   54.9|  6,492|   35.7|

|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  1,119|    1.0|    190|    1.8|    608|    0.8|    321|    1.8|

|  Widowed                        | 11,029|   10.2|    617|    5.9|  8,756|   11.0|  1,655|    9.1|

|  Divorced                       | 11,093|   10.3|    885|    8.4|  8,277|   10.4|  1,931|   10.6|

|  Separated                      |  2,904|    2.7|    550|    5.2|  1,471|    1.9|    883|    4.9|

|  Never married                  | 26,713|   24.7|  3,072|   29.3| 16,743|   21.1|  6,898|   37.9|

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1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central 

   American, or other Hispanic/Latino, regardless of race.

2/ Excludes separated.



SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 1998, Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics 

        Branch, Population Division.

Internet Release Date: March 8, 2000