Table 2.2  Marital Status of the Population 15 Years and Over by Sex and Hispanic Origin Type:  March 2000
           (Numbers in thousands.  Numbers reweighted to population controls consistent with Census 2000)

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|Sex and marital status           |               |                                    Hispanic origin type 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                          |216,563|  100.0| 15,431|  100.0|  2,278|  100.0|  1,160|  100.0|  3,825|  100.0|  1,576|  100.0|192,292|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        |115,027|   53.1|  7,539|   48.9|    925|   40.6|    639|   55.1|  1,738|   45.4|    705|   44.7|103,481|   53.8|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  2,820|    1.3|    456|    3.0|     48|    2.1|     19|    1.6|    165|    4.3|     49|    3.1|  2,082|    1.1|
|  Widowed                        | 13,935|    6.4|    507|    3.3|     72|    3.1|     94|    8.1|    115|    3.0|     58|    3.7| 13,090|    6.8|
|  Divorced                       | 20,020|    9.2|    916|    5.9|    211|    9.3|    127|   10.9|    256|    6.7|    156|    9.9| 18,355|    9.5|
|  Separated                      |  4,518|    2.1|    518|    3.4|    110|    4.8|     26|    2.2|    167|    4.4|     71|    4.5|  3,625|    1.9|
|  Never married                  | 60,243|   27.8|  5,496|   35.6|    912|   40.1|    255|   22.0|  1,383|   36.2|    538|   34.1| 51,658|   26.9|
|Male                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |104,290|  100.0|  8,077|  100.0|  1,114|  100.0|    574|  100.0|  1,862|  100.0|    762|  100.0| 91,900|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        | 57,513|   55.1|  3,740|   46.3|    469|   42.1|    350|   60.9|    805|   43.2|    331|   43.4| 51,819|   56.4|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  1,422|    1.4|    343|    4.2|     18|    1.6|      3|    0.6|     81|    4.3|     20|    2.6|    957|    1.0|
|  Widowed                        |  2,515|    2.4|    110|    1.4|      9|    0.8|     17|    2.9|     17|    0.9|     11|    1.4|  2,351|    2.6|
|  Divorced                       |  8,587|    8.2|    401|    5.0|     97|    8.7|     62|   10.8|     88|    4.7|     59|    7.7|  7,880|    8.6|
|  Separated                      |  1,827|    1.8|    183|    2.3|     25|    2.2|      8|    1.3|     80|    4.3|     23|    3.0|  1,509|    1.6|
|  Never married                  | 32,426|   31.1|  3,300|   40.9|    497|   44.6|    135|   23.4|    792|   42.5|    320|   42.0| 27,383|   29.8|
|Female                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |112,273|  100.0|  7,354|  100.0|  1,164|  100.0|    586|  100.0|  1,963|  100.0|    814|  100.0|100,392|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        | 57,513|   51.2|  3,799|   51.7|    456|   39.2|    290|   49.4|    934|   47.6|    374|   45.9| 51,662|   51.5|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  1,398|    1.2|    112|    1.5|     31|    2.6|     15|    2.6|     84|    4.3|     30|    3.6|  1,125|    1.1|
|  Widowed                        | 11,421|   10.2|    397|    5.4|     63|    5.4|     77|   13.2|     98|    5.0|     47|    5.8| 10,739|   10.7|
|  Divorced                       | 11,433|   10.2|    514|    7.0|    114|    9.8|     65|   11.0|    168|    8.6|     97|   12.0| 10,475|   10.4|
|  Separated                      |  2,690|    2.4|    335|    4.6|     85|    7.3|     18|    3.1|     87|    4.4|     48|    5.9|  2,116|    2.1|
|  Never married                  | 27,817|   24.8|  2,197|   29.9|    416|   35.7|    121|   20.6|    592|   30.1|    218|   26.8| 24,275|   24.2|
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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.