Table 2.1  Population Age 15 Years and Over by Marital Status, sex, Hispanic Origin and Race:  March 1999
           (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                          |211,676|  100.0| 21,995|  100.0|155,223|  100.0| 34,458|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        |111,715|   52.8| 10,606|   48.2| 88,133|   56.8| 12,976|   37.7|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  2,541|    1.2|    677|    3.1|  1,239|    0.8|    624|    1.8|
|  Widowed                        | 13,486|    6.4|    816|    3.7| 10,533|    6.8|  2,136|    6.2|
|  Divorced                       | 19,718|    9.3|  1,551|    7.1| 14,886|    9.6|  3,280|    9.5|
|  Separated                      |  4,785|    2.3|    886|    4.0|  2,532|    1.6|  1,368|    4.0|
|  Never married                  | 59,432|   28.1|  7,458|   33.9| 37,900|   24.4| 14,073|   40.8|
|Male                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |102,048|  100.0| 10,937|  100.0| 75,286|  100.0| 15,826|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        | 55,857|   54.7|  5,264|   48.1| 44,156|   58.7|  6,437|   40.7|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  1,320|    1.3|    454|    4.1|    576|    0.8|    290|    1.8|
|  Widowed                        |  2,542|    2.5|    146|    1.3|  1,940|    2.6|    456|    2.9|
|  Divorced                       |  8,556|    8.4|    639|    5.8|  6,597|    8.8|  1,320|    8.3|
|  Separated                      |  1,862|    1.8|    298|    2.7|  1,092|    1.5|    472|    3.0|
|  Never married                  | 31,912|   31.3|  4,136|   37.8| 20,924|   27.8|  6,851|   43.3|
|Female                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |109,628|  100.0| 11,058|  100.0| 79,937|  100.0| 18,632|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        | 55,857|   51.0|  5,341|   48.3| 43,977|   55.0|  6,539|   35.1|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  1,221|    1.1|    223|    2.0|    664|    0.8|    334|    1.8|
|  Widowed                        | 10,944|   10.0|    671|    6.1|  8,593|   10.7|  1,681|    9.0|
|  Divorced                       | 11,162|   10.2|    913|    8.3|  8,289|   10.4|  1,960|   10.5|
|  Separated                      |  2,923|    2.7|    588|    5.3|  1,439|    1.8|    896|    4.8|
|  Never married                  | 27,520|   25.1|  3,322|   30.0| 16,976|   21.2|  7,222|   38.8|
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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 1999, Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, 
        Population Division.
Internet Release Date: March 8, 2000