Table 2.2 Population Age 15 Years and Over by Marital Status, sex, Hispanic Origin and Race: March 1999 (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 |211,676| 100.0| 13,869| 100.0| 2,162| 100.0| 1,148| 100.0| 3,349| 100.0| 1,467| 100.0|189,681| 100.0| | Married, spouse present |111,715| 52.8| 6,881| 49.6| 870| 40.3| 660| 57.5| 1,563| 46.7| 631| 43.0|101,109| 53.3| | Married, spouse absent 2/ | 2,541| 1.2| 463| 3.3| 47| 2.2| 10| 0.8| 129| 3.9| 28| 1.9| 1,864| 1.0| | Widowed | 13,486| 6.4| 479| 3.5| 78| 3.6| 72| 6.3| 111| 3.3| 76| 5.2| 12,669| 6.7| | Divorced | 19,718| 9.3| 809| 5.8| 213| 9.9| 121| 10.5| 231| 6.9| 178| 12.1| 18,166| 9.6| | Separated | 4,785| 2.3| 518| 3.7| 114| 5.3| 44| 3.8| 149| 4.4| 61| 4.2| 3,899| 2.1| | Never married | 59,432| 28.1| 4,720| 34.0| 838| 38.8| 241| 21.0| 1,166| 34.8| 493| 33.6| 51,974| 27.4| |Male | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total |102,048| 100.0| 7,144| 100.0| 981| 100.0| 553| 100.0| 1,574| 100.0| 685| 100.0| 91,111| 100.0| | Married, spouse present | 55,857| 54.7| 3,452| 48.3| 446| 45.5| 339| 61.3| 719| 45.7| 308| 45.0| 50,593| 55.5| | Married, spouse absent 2/ | 1,320| 1.3| 330| 4.6| 16| 1.6| 7| 1.3| 88| 5.6| 13| 1.9| 866| 1.0| | Widowed | 2,542| 2.5| 103| 1.4| 8| 0.8| 8| 1.5| 17| 1.1| 11| 1.6| 2,396| 2.6| | Divorced | 8,556| 8.4| 352| 4.9| 84| 8.5| 58| 10.4| 72| 4.6| 73| 10.7| 7,917| 8.7| | Separated | 1,862| 1.8| 168| 2.4| 37| 3.8| 21| 3.7| 54| 3.4| 17| 2.6| 1,564| 1.7| | Never married | 31,912| 31.3| 2,740| 38.4| 390| 39.8| 120| 21.7| 624| 39.6| 263| 38.3| 27,775| 30.5| |Female | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total |109,628| 100.0| 6,725| 100.0| 1,181| 100.0| 594| 100.0| 1,776| 100.0| 782| 100.0| 98,569| 100.0| | Married, spouse present | 55,857| 51.0| 3,430| 51.0| 424| 35.9| 321| 54.0| 844| 47.6| 323| 41.2| 50,516| 51.2| | Married, spouse absent 2/ | 1,221| 1.1| 133| 2.0| 31| 2.7| 2| 0.4| 41| 2.3| 15| 2.0| 997| 1.0| | Widowed | 10,944| 10.0| 376| 5.6| 70| 6.0| 64| 10.8| 95| 5.3| 65| 8.4| 10,273| 10.4| | Divorced | 11,162| 10.2| 457| 6.8| 130| 11.0| 63| 10.6| 158| 8.9| 104| 13.3| 10,249| 10.4| | Separated | 2,923| 2.7| 349| 5.2| 77| 6.5| 24| 4.0| 95| 5.3| 44| 5.6| 2,335| 2.4| | Never married | 27,520| 25.1| 1,980| 29.4| 448| 38.0| 121| 20.3| 543| 30.6| 231| 29.5| 24,198| 24.5| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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