Table 2.1  Marital Status of the Population 15 Years and Over by Sex, Hispanic Origin, and Race:  March 2002
           (Numbers in thousands)

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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                          |221,591|  100.0| 26,351|  100.0|158,258|  100.0| 36,982|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        |115,854|   52.3| 12,432|   47.2| 89,096|   56.3| 14,325|   38.7|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  2,933|    1.3|    848|    3.2|  1,250|    0.8|    834|    2.3|
|  Widowed                        | 14,052|    6.3|    875|    3.3| 10,989|    6.9|  2,189|    5.9|
|  Divorced                       | 20,969|    9.5|  1,739|    6.6| 15,784|   10.0|  3,446|    9.3|
|  Separated                      |  4,626|    2.1|    894|    3.4|  2,332|    1.5|  1,401|    3.8|
|  Never married                  | 63,157|   28.5|  9,563|   36.3| 38,807|   24.5| 14,787|   40.0|
|Male                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |106,910|  100.0| 13,451|  100.0| 76,602|  100.0| 16,857|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        | 57,927|   54.2|  6,116|   45.5| 44,786|   58.5|  7,025|   41.7|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  1,556|    1.5|    559|    4.2|    583|    0.8|    414|    2.5|
|  Widowed                        |  2,638|    2.5|    147|    1.1|  2,079|    2.7|    412|    2.4|
|  Divorced                       |  8,697|    8.1|    713|    5.3|  6,735|    8.8|  1,250|    7.4|
|  Separated                      |  1,817|    1.7|    289|    2.1|    999|    1.3|    528|    3.1|
|  Never married                  | 34,275|   32.1|  5,627|   41.8| 21,420|   28.0|  7,228|   42.9|
|Female                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |114,681|  100.0| 12,900|  100.0| 81,656|  100.0| 20,125|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        | 57,927|   50.5|  6,316|   49.0| 44,310|   54.3|  7,301|   36.3|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  1,377|    1.2|    289|    2.2|    667|    0.8|    420|    2.1|
|  Widowed                        | 11,414|   10.0|    727|    5.6|  8,910|   10.9|  1,776|    8.8|
|  Divorced                       | 12,272|   10.7|  1,026|    8.0|  9,049|   11.1|  2,197|   10.9|
|  Separated                      |  2,809|    2.4|    604|    4.7|  1,332|    1.6|    872|    4.3|
|  Never married                  | 28,883|   25.2|  3,936|   30.5| 17,388|   21.3|  7,559|   37.6|
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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 2002, Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population
Division.