Table 2.1  Marital Status of the Population 15 Years and Over by Sex, Hispanic Origin, and Race:  March 2000
           (Numbers in thousands.  Numbers reweighted to population controls consistent with Census 2000)

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|Sex and marital status           |               |          Hispanic origin and race 1/          |
|                                 |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                 |               |               | Non-Hispanic, | Non-Hispanic, |
|                                 |     Total     |   Hispanic    |     White     |     Other     |
|                                 |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                 |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |216,563|  100.0| 24,270|  100.0|155,973|  100.0| 36,319|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        |115,027|   53.1| 11,546|   47.6| 89,592|   57.4| 13,890|   38.2|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  2,820|    1.3|    737|    3.0|  1,336|    0.9|    747|    2.1|
|  Widowed                        | 13,935|    6.4|    845|    3.5| 10,937|    7.0|  2,153|    5.9|
|  Divorced                       | 20,020|    9.2|  1,665|    6.9| 14,996|    9.6|  3,359|    9.2|
|  Separated                      |  4,518|    2.1|    892|    3.7|  2,165|    1.4|  1,461|    4.0|
|  Never married                  | 60,243|   27.8|  8,585|   35.4| 36,948|   23.7| 14,710|   40.5|
|Male                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |104,290|  100.0| 12,390|  100.0| 75,099|  100.0| 16,801|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        | 57,513|   55.1|  5,694|   46.0| 44,961|   59.9|  6,859|   40.8|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  1,422|    1.4|    465|    3.8|    577|    0.8|    380|    2.3|
|  Widowed                        |  2,515|    2.4|    164|    1.3|  1,960|    2.6|    391|    2.3|
|  Divorced                       |  8,587|    8.2|    706|    5.7|  6,522|    8.7|  1,359|    8.1|
|  Separated                      |  1,827|    1.8|    318|    2.6|    948|    1.3|    561|    3.3|
|  Never married                  | 32,426|   31.1|  5,042|   40.7| 20,132|   26.8|  7,252|   43.2|
|Female                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |112,273|  100.0| 11,881|  100.0| 80,874|  100.0| 19,518|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        | 57,513|   51.2|  5,852|   49.3| 44,631|   55.2|  7,031|   36.0|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  1,398|    1.2|    273|    2.3|    759|    0.9|    366|    1.9|
|  Widowed                        | 11,421|   10.2|    682|    5.7|  8,976|   11.1|  1,763|    9.0|
|  Divorced                       | 11,433|   10.2|    959|    8.1|  8,474|   10.5|  2,000|   10.2|
|  Separated                      |  2,690|    2.4|    574|    4.8|  1,217|    1.5|    900|    4.6|
|  Never married                  | 27,817|   24.8|  3,542|   29.8| 16,817|   20.8|  7,458|   38.2|
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1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other
   Hispanic/Latino, regardless of race.
2/ Excludes separated.

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000, Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division.