Table 2.2  Marital Status of the Population 15 Years and Over by Sex and Hispanic Origin Type:  March 2002
           (Numbers in thousands)

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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                          |221,591|  100.0| 16,978|  100.0|  2,392|  100.0|  1,150|  100.0|  4,106|  100.0|  1,725|  100.0|195,240|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        |115,854|   52.3|  8,223|   48.4|    886|   37.1|    607|   52.8|  1,907|   46.4|    809|   46.9|103,421|   53.0|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  2,933|    1.3|    546|    3.2|     51|    2.1|     27|    2.3|    170|    4.1|     55|    3.2|  2,084|    1.1|
|  Widowed                        | 14,052|    6.3|    501|    3.0|    104|    4.3|     94|    8.2|    115|    2.8|     61|    3.5| 13,178|    6.7|
|  Divorced                       | 20,969|    9.5|  1,003|    5.9|    250|   10.5|    108|    9.4|    220|    5.4|    157|    9.1| 19,230|    9.8|
|  Separated                      |  4,626|    2.1|    485|    2.9|    148|    6.2|     33|    2.9|    144|    3.5|     84|    4.9|  3,733|    1.9|
|  Never married                  | 63,157|   28.5|  6,219|   36.6|    952|   39.8|    281|   24.5|  1,551|   37.8|    560|   32.4| 53,594|   27.5|
|Male                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |106,910|  100.0|  8,884|  100.0|  1,120|  100.0|    566|  100.0|  2,067|  100.0|    814|  100.0| 93,459|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        | 57,927|   54.2|  4,082|   45.9|    422|   37.7|    306|   54.1|    915|   44.3|    391|   48.1| 51,811|   55.4|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  1,556|    1.5|    398|    4.5|     19|    1.7|     14|    2.4|     95|    4.6|     33|    4.0|    997|    1.1|
|  Widowed                        |  2,638|    2.5|     94|    1.1|     20|    1.8|     18|    3.1|      7|    0.3|      8|    1.0|  2,491|    2.7|
|  Divorced                       |  8,697|    8.1|    419|    4.7|    102|    9.1|     47|    8.3|     88|    4.3|     56|    6.9|  7,985|    8.5|
|  Separated                      |  1,817|    1.7|    151|    1.7|     59|    5.2|     14|    2.5|     49|    2.4|     16|    2.0|  1,528|    1.6|
|  Never married                  | 34,275|   32.1|  3,740|   42.1|    498|   44.4|    167|   29.5|    913|   44.2|    310|   38.0| 28,647|   30.7|
|Female                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |114,681|  100.0|  8,094|  100.0|  1,272|  100.0|    584|  100.0|  2,040|  100.0|    911|  100.0|101,781|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        | 57,927|   50.5|  4,142|   51.2|    465|   36.5|    301|   51.5|    992|   48.6|    417|   45.8| 51,611|   50.7|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  1,377|    1.2|    147|    1.8|     32|    2.5|     13|    2.2|     75|    3.7|     22|    2.4|  1,088|    1.1|
|  Widowed                        | 11,414|   10.0|    407|    5.0|     84|    6.6|     76|   13.0|    108|    5.3|     53|    5.8| 10,687|   10.5|
|  Divorced                       | 12,272|   10.7|    584|    7.2|    148|   11.6|     61|   10.5|    132|    6.5|    101|   11.1| 11,245|   11.0|
|  Separated                      |  2,809|    2.4|    334|    4.1|     89|    7.0|     19|    3.2|     95|    4.7|     68|    7.4|  2,205|    2.2|
|  Never married                  | 28,883|   25.2|  2,480|   30.6|    454|   35.7|    114|   19.5|    638|   31.3|    250|   27.4| 24,947|   24.5|
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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.