Table 2.2 Population Age 15 Years and Over by Marital Status, sex, Hispanic Origin and Race: March 1998 (Numbers in thousands.) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Population Age 15 Years and Over | | Hispanic Origin 1/ | | | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | Central and | | | | | Total | Mexican | Puerto Rican | Cuban |South American |Other Hispanic | Non-Hispanic | | |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------| | |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| |---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------| |Total | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total |209,291| 100.0| 13,264| 100.0| 2,202| 100.0| 1,073| 100.0| 3,390| 100.0| 1,501| 100.0|187,861| 100.0| | Married, spouse present |110,619| 52.9| 6,615| 49.9| 823| 37.4| 618| 57.5| 1,547| 45.6| 619| 41.3|100,398| 53.4| | Married, spouse absent 2/ | 2,424| 1.2| 389| 2.9| 35| 1.6| 14| 1.3| 119| 3.5| 45| 3.0| 1,821| 1.0| | Widowed | 13,599| 6.5| 391| 2.9| 102| 4.6| 84| 7.8| 92| 2.7| 80| 5.3| 12,850| 6.8| | Divorced | 19,424| 9.3| 803| 6.1| 215| 9.8| 114| 10.7| 209| 6.2| 191| 12.7| 17,891| 9.5| | Separated | 4,922| 2.4| 488| 3.7| 141| 6.4| 35| 3.3| 153| 4.5| 64| 4.3| 4,039| 2.2| | Never married | 58,303| 27.9| 4,578| 34.5| 887| 40.3| 207| 19.3| 1,269| 37.4| 501| 33.4| 50,862| 27.1| |Male | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total |101,123| 100.0| 6,971| 100.0| 1,033| 100.0| 524| 100.0| 1,696| 100.0| 721| 100.0| 90,179| 100.0| | Married, spouse present | 55,310| 54.7| 3,285| 47.1| 392| 37.9| 317| 60.5| 750| 44.2| 307| 42.6| 50,259| 55.7| | Married, spouse absent 2/ | 1,305| 1.3| 282| 4.0| 23| 2.2| 9| 1.8| 76| 4.5| 23| 3.2| 892| 1.0| | Widowed | 2,569| 2.5| 82| 1.2| 19| 1.9| 11| 2.0| 10| 0.6| 10| 1.3| 2,438| 2.7| | Divorced | 8,331| 8.2| 345| 5.0| 97| 9.4| 51| 9.8| 68| 4.0| 85| 11.8| 7,684| 8.5| | Separated | 2,018| 2.0| 186| 2.7| 55| 5.3| 14| 2.8| 55| 3.3| 22| 3.1| 1,685| 1.9| | Never married | 31,591| 31.2| 2,791| 40.0| 448| 43.3| 121| 23.2| 737| 43.4| 273| 37.9| 27,221| 30.2| |Female | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total |108,168| 100.0| 6,294| 100.0| 1,168| 100.0| 550| 100.0| 1,694| 100.0| 780| 100.0| 97,683| 100.0| | Married, spouse present | 55,310| 51.1| 3,330| 52.9| 431| 36.9| 301| 54.7| 797| 47.0| 313| 40.1| 50,139| 51.3| | Married, spouse absent 2/ | 1,119| 1.0| 107| 1.7| 12| 1.1| 5| 1.0| 43| 2.6| 22| 2.8| 929| 1.0| | Widowed | 11,029| 10.2| 309| 4.9| 82| 7.0| 73| 13.4| 82| 4.8| 70| 9.0| 10,412| 10.7| | Divorced | 11,093| 10.3| 458| 7.3| 117| 10.0| 63| 11.5| 142| 8.4| 105| 13.5| 10,207| 10.4| | Separated | 2,904| 2.7| 302| 4.8| 86| 7.4| 21| 3.8| 98| 5.8| 42| 5.4| 2,355| 2.4| | Never married | 26,713| 24.7| 1,787| 28.4| 439| 37.6| 86| 15.7| 532| 31.4| 228| 29.2| 23,641| 24.2| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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