Table 2.1  Marital Status of the Population 15 Years and Over by Sex, Hispanic Origin, and Race:  March 2001
           (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                          |219,192|  100.0| 25,316|  100.0|157,220|  100.0| 36,655|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        |115,689|   52.8| 11,771|   46.5| 89,381|   56.9| 14,537|   39.7|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  3,058|    1.4|    969|    3.8|  1,272|    0.8|    817|    2.2|
|  Widowed                        | 14,092|    6.4|    901|    3.6| 10,999|    7.0|  2,192|    6.0|
|  Divorced                       | 20,751|    9.5|  1,739|    6.9| 15,575|    9.9|  3,437|    9.4|
|  Separated                      |  4,371|    2.0|    833|    3.3|  2,211|    1.4|  1,328|    3.6|
|  Never married                  | 61,231|   27.9|  9,102|   36.0| 37,784|   24.0| 14,345|   39.1|
|Male                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |105,681|  100.0| 12,920|  100.0| 75,955|  100.0| 16,806|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        | 57,844|   54.7|  5,805|   44.9| 44,881|   59.1|  7,159|   42.6|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  1,724|    1.6|    701|    5.4|    607|    0.8|    415|    2.5|
|  Widowed                        |  2,549|    2.4|    168|    1.3|  1,961|    2.6|    420|    2.5|
|  Divorced                       |  8,765|    8.3|    722|    5.6|  6,713|    8.8|  1,331|    7.9|
|  Separated                      |  1,651|    1.6|    281|    2.2|    923|    1.2|    447|    2.7|
|  Never married                  | 33,149|   31.4|  5,243|   40.6| 20,871|   27.5|  7,035|   41.9|
|Female                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |113,510|  100.0| 12,396|  100.0| 81,265|  100.0| 19,849|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        | 57,845|   51.0|  5,967|   48.1| 44,500|   54.8|  7,378|   37.2|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  1,334|    1.2|    268|    2.2|    664|    0.8|    402|    2.0|
|  Widowed                        | 11,544|   10.2|    733|    5.9|  9,038|   11.1|  1,773|    8.9|
|  Divorced                       | 11,986|   10.6|  1,018|    8.2|  8,862|   10.9|  2,106|   10.6|
|  Separated                      |  2,720|    2.4|    552|    4.4|  1,288|    1.6|    881|    4.4|
|  Never married                  | 28,082|   24.7|  3,859|   31.1| 16,912|   20.8|  7,310|   36.8|
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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 2001, Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division.