Table 2.1  Marital Status of the Population 15 Years and Over by Sex, Hispanic Origin, and Race:   2004
           (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                          |227,529|  100.0| 28,538|  100.0|159,426|  100.0| 39,565|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        |118,141|   51.9| 13,301|   46.6| 89,375|   56.1| 15,465|   39.1|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  3,219|    1.4|    940|    3.3|  1,448|    0.9|    831|    2.1|
|  Widowed                        | 13,815|    6.1|    950|    3.3| 10,633|    6.7|  2,232|    5.6|
|  Divorced                       | 21,832|    9.6|  2,024|    7.1| 16,024|   10.1|  3,785|    9.6|
|  Separated                      |  4,551|    2.0|  1,004|    3.5|  2,194|    1.4|  1,353|    3.4|
|  Never married                  | 65,970|   29.0| 10,320|   36.2| 39,751|   24.9| 15,899|   40.2|
|Male                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |110,158|  100.0| 14,652|  100.0| 77,258|  100.0| 18,248|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        | 59,070|   53.6|  6,616|   45.2| 44,777|   58.0|  7,677|   42.1|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  1,667|    1.5|    636|    4.3|    663|    0.9|    368|    2.0|
|  Widowed                        |  2,655|    2.4|    190|    1.3|  2,052|    2.7|    413|    2.3|
|  Divorced                       |  8,989|    8.2|    866|    5.9|  6,733|    8.7|  1,389|    7.6|
|  Separated                      |  1,819|    1.7|    335|    2.3|    985|    1.3|    499|    2.7|
|  Never married                  | 35,959|   32.6|  6,010|   41.0| 22,047|   28.5|  7,901|   43.3|
|Female                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |117,371|  100.0| 13,886|  100.0| 82,168|  100.0| 21,317|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        | 59,070|   50.3|  6,686|   48.1| 44,597|   54.3|  7,787|   36.5|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  1,552|    1.3|    304|    2.2|    786|    1.0|    463|    2.2|
|  Widowed                        | 11,161|    9.5|    761|    5.5|  8,581|   10.4|  1,819|    8.5|
|  Divorced                       | 12,844|   10.9|  1,158|    8.3|  9,291|   11.3|  2,396|   11.2|
|  Separated                      |  2,732|    2.3|    669|    4.8|  1,209|    1.5|    854|    4.0|
|  Never married                  | 30,012|   25.6|  4,310|   31.0| 17,704|   21.5|  7,998|   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, 2004, Ethnicity and Ancestry Statistics Branch, Populatio