Table 2.2  Marital Status of the Population 15 Years and Over by Sex and Hispanic Origin Type:  March 2001
           (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                          |219,192|  100.0| 16,260|  100.0|  2,266|  100.0|  1,138|  100.0|  4,033|  100.0|  1,619|  100.0|193,875|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        |115,689|   52.8|  7,774|   47.8|    907|   40.0|    564|   49.5|  1,806|   44.8|    720|   44.5|103,917|   53.6|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  3,058|    1.4|    680|    4.2|     43|    1.9|     17|    1.5|    186|    4.6|     43|    2.6|  2,089|    1.1|
|  Widowed                        | 14,092|    6.4|    509|    3.1|     97|    4.3|    111|    9.7|    120|    3.0|     66|    4.1| 13,191|    6.8|
|  Divorced                       | 20,751|    9.5|    960|    5.9|    250|   11.0|     94|    8.3|    261|    6.5|    173|   10.7| 19,012|    9.8|
|  Separated                      |  4,371|    2.0|    464|    2.9|    118|    5.2|     18|    1.5|    160|    4.0|     74|    4.6|  3,538|    1.8|
|  Never married                  | 61,231|   27.9|  5,873|   36.1|    850|   37.5|    335|   29.4|  1,502|   37.2|    542|   33.5| 52,129|   26.9|
|Male                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |105,681|  100.0|  8,532|  100.0|  1,038|  100.0|    567|  100.0|  1,997|  100.0|    786|  100.0| 92,761|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        | 57,844|   54.7|  3,874|   45.4|    444|   42.7|    301|   53.0|    840|   42.1|    347|   44.1| 52,039|   56.1|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  1,724|    1.6|    538|    6.3|     12|    1.1|      7|    1.3|    126|    6.3|     18|    2.3|  1,022|    1.1|
|  Widowed                        |  2,549|    2.4|     90|    1.1|     17|    1.6|     19|    3.4|     25|    1.2|     17|    2.1|  2,380|    2.6|
|  Divorced                       |  8,765|    8.3|    440|    5.2|     85|    8.2|     37|    6.5|     93|    4.6|     67|    8.5|  8,043|    8.7|
|  Separated                      |  1,651|    1.6|    161|    1.9|     26|    2.5|      7|    1.3|     62|    3.1|     25|    3.1|  1,369|    1.5|
|  Never married                  | 33,149|   31.4|  3,429|   40.2|    455|   43.8|    195|   34.5|    851|   42.6|    313|   39.8| 27,906|   30.1|
|Female                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |113,510|  100.0|  7,728|  100.0|  1,228|  100.0|    571|  100.0|  2,037|  100.0|    833|  100.0|101,114|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        | 57,845|   51.0|  3,901|   50.5|    464|   37.8|    263|   46.1|    965|   47.4|    374|   44.9| 51,878|   51.3|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  1,334|    1.2|    142|    1.8|     32|    2.6|     10|    1.7|     60|    2.9|     25|    2.9|  1,066|    1.1|
|  Widowed                        | 11,544|   10.2|    418|    5.4|     80|    6.5|     91|   16.0|     95|    4.7|     49|    5.9| 10,811|   10.7|
|  Divorced                       | 11,986|   10.6|    520|    6.7|    165|   13.5|     57|   10.0|    168|    8.3|    106|   12.8| 10,968|   10.8|
|  Separated                      |  2,720|    2.4|    303|    3.9|     92|    7.5|     10|    1.8|     97|    4.8|     50|    6.0|  2,169|    2.1|
|  Never married                  | 28,082|   24.7|  2,444|   31.6|    396|   32.2|    139|   24.4|    651|   32.0|    230|   27.6| 24,222|   24.0|
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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.