Table 2.2 Marital Status of the Population 15 Years and Over by Sex and Hispanic Origin Type: 2003 (Numbers in thousands) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sex and marital status | | Hispanic origin type 1/ | | | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | Central | South | Other | | |Total Hispanic | Mexican | Puerto Rican | Cuban | American | American | Hispanic 2/ | | |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------| | |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| |---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------| |Total | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 27,949| 100.0| 18,073| 100.0| 2,700| 100.0| 1,187| 100.0| 2,210| 100.0| 1,646| 100.0| 2,134| 100.0| | Married, spouse present | 13,300| 47.6| 8,916| 49.3| 1,080| 40.0| 631| 53.1| 949| 43.0| 818| 49.7| 905| 42.4| | Married, spouse absent 3/ | 943| 3.4| 631| 3.5| 57| 2.1| 31| 2.6| 98| 4.4| 55| 3.4| 71| 3.3| | Widowed | 918| 3.3| 537| 3.0| 99| 3.7| 93| 7.8| 44| 2.0| 55| 3.4| 89| 4.2| | Divorced | 1,897| 6.8| 1,098| 6.1| 261| 9.6| 112| 9.5| 88| 4.0| 111| 6.7| 228| 10.7| | Separated | 1,027| 3.7| 626| 3.5| 129| 4.8| 43| 3.6| 83| 3.8| 59| 3.6| 88| 4.1| | Never married | 9,864| 35.3| 6,266| 34.7| 1,075| 39.8| 277| 23.3| 946| 42.8| 548| 33.3| 753| 35.3| |Male | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 14,345| 100.0| 9,477| 100.0| 1,270| 100.0| 601| 100.0| 1,217| 100.0| 832| 100.0| 949| 100.0| | Married, spouse present | 6,599| 46.0| 4,448| 46.9| 531| 41.9| 331| 55.1| 469| 38.5| 401| 48.2| 419| 44.1| | Married, spouse absent 3/ | 646| 4.5| 459| 4.8| 34| 2.7| 18| 2.9| 76| 6.2| 33| 3.9| 27| 2.9| | Widowed | 183| 1.3| 119| 1.3| 15| 1.2| 21| 3.4| 4| 0.3| 8| 0.9| 17| 1.8| | Divorced | 807| 5.6| 482| 5.1| 109| 8.6| 44| 7.4| 32| 2.6| 56| 6.7| 83| 8.7| | Separated | 352| 2.5| 225| 2.4| 35| 2.7| 20| 3.4| 22| 1.8| 25| 3.0| 25| 2.6| | Never married | 5,758| 40.1| 3,743| 39.5| 546| 43.0| 167| 27.8| 614| 50.5| 310| 37.2| 378| 39.9| |Female | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 13,604| 100.0| 8,596| 100.0| 1,431| 100.0| 586| 100.0| 993| 100.0| 814| 100.0| 1,184| 100.0| | Married, spouse present | 6,701| 49.3| 4,468| 52.0| 549| 38.4| 300| 51.2| 481| 48.4| 417| 51.2| 487| 41.1| | Married, spouse absent 3/ | 297| 2.2| 172| 2.0| 23| 1.6| 14| 2.3| 22| 2.3| 23| 2.8| 43| 3.7| | Widowed | 735| 5.4| 418| 4.9| 85| 5.9| 72| 12.4| 40| 4.1| 48| 5.8| 72| 6.1| | Divorced | 1,090| 8.0| 615| 7.2| 151| 10.6| 68| 11.6| 56| 5.6| 55| 6.7| 145| 12.2| | Separated | 675| 5.0| 401| 4.7| 94| 6.6| 22| 3.8| 61| 6.2| 34| 4.1| 63| 5.3| | Never married | 4,106| 30.2| 2,523| 29.3| 529| 36.9| 110| 18.7| 332| 33.5| 238| 29.3| 375| 31.6| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Hispanic/Latino, regardless of race. 2/ This category includes Dominicans. 3/ Excludes separated. SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003, Ethnicity and Ancestry Statistics Branch, Populatio