Table 2.1  Marital Status of the Population 15 Years and Over by Sex, Hispanic Origin, and Race:   2003
           (Numbers in thousands)

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|Sex and marital status           |               |          Hispanic origin and race 1/          |
|                                 |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                 |               |               | Non-Hispanic, | Non-Hispanic, |
|                                 |     Total     |   Hispanic    |  White alone  |   all Other   |
|                                 |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                 |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |225,249|  100.0| 27,949|  100.0|158,567|  100.0| 38,734|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        |117,187|   52.0| 13,300|   47.6| 88,956|   56.1| 14,931|   38.5|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  3,162|    1.4|    943|    3.4|  1,377|    0.9|    842|    2.2|
|  Widowed                        | 14,001|    6.2|    918|    3.3| 10,800|    6.8|  2,283|    5.9|
|  Divorced                       | 21,666|    9.6|  1,897|    6.8| 16,096|   10.2|  3,673|    9.5|
|  Separated                      |  4,729|    2.1|  1,027|    3.7|  2,242|    1.4|  1,461|    3.8|
|  Never married                  | 64,504|   28.6|  9,864|   35.3| 39,096|   24.7| 15,544|   40.1|
|Male                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |108,830|  100.0| 14,345|  100.0| 76,750|  100.0| 17,735|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        | 58,594|   53.8|  6,599|   46.0| 44,635|   58.2|  7,359|   41.5|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  1,667|    1.5|    646|    4.5|    632|    0.8|    389|    2.2|
|  Widowed                        |  2,697|    2.5|    183|    1.3|  2,082|    2.7|    433|    2.4|
|  Divorced                       |  8,991|    8.3|    807|    5.6|  6,846|    8.9|  1,338|    7.5|
|  Separated                      |  1,909|    1.8|    352|    2.5|  1,003|    1.3|    554|    3.1|
|  Never married                  | 34,972|   32.1|  5,758|   40.1| 21,552|   28.1|  7,662|   43.2|
|Female                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |116,419|  100.0| 13,604|  100.0| 81,816|  100.0| 20,998|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        | 58,594|   50.3|  6,701|   49.3| 44,321|   54.2|  7,572|   36.1|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  1,495|    1.3|    297|    2.2|    745|    0.9|    453|    2.2|
|  Widowed                        | 11,304|    9.7|    735|    5.4|  8,718|   10.7|  1,850|    8.8|
|  Divorced                       | 12,674|   10.9|  1,090|    8.0|  9,250|   11.3|  2,335|   11.1|
|  Separated                      |  2,820|    2.4|    675|    5.0|  1,238|    1.5|    907|    4.3|
|  Never married                  | 29,532|   25.4|  4,106|   30.2| 17,544|   21.4|  7,882|   37.5|
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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, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003, Ethnicity and Ancestry Statistics Branch, Populatio