Table 2.  Marital Status of the Population 15 Years and Over by Sex, and Race and Hispanic Origin:
          March 2000 
          (Numbers in thousands)
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|Marital status and sex           |               |          Race and Hispanic Origin 1/          |
|                                 |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                 |               |               | White, not of |               |
|                                 |     Total     |     Black     |Hispanic origin|     Other     |
|                                 |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                 |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |213,773|  100.0| 25,855|  100.0|155,920|  100.0| 31,999|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        |113,002|   52.9|  8,391|   32.5| 88,501|   56.8| 16,110|   50.3|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  2,730|    1.3|    430|    1.7|  1,355|    0.9|    945|    3.0|
|  Widowed                        | 13,665|    6.4|  1,695|    6.6| 10,677|    6.8|  1,292|    4.0|
|  Divorced                       | 19,881|    9.3|  2,778|   10.7| 15,006|    9.6|  2,097|    6.6|
|  Separated                      |  4,479|    2.1|  1,307|    5.1|  2,201|    1.4|    971|    3.0|
|  Never married                  | 60,016|   28.1| 11,253|   43.5| 38,180|   24.5| 10,583|   33.1|
|Male                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |103,114|  100.0| 11,687|  100.0| 75,692|  100.0| 15,735|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        | 56,501|   54.8|  4,294|   36.7| 44,354|   58.6|  7,853|   49.9|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  1,365|    1.3|    207|    1.8|    603|    0.8|    555|    3.5|
|  Widowed                        |  2,604|    2.5|    328|    2.8|  2,030|    2.7|    245|    1.6|
|  Divorced                       |  8,572|    8.3|  1,108|    9.5|  6,612|    8.7|    852|    5.4|
|  Separated                      |  1,818|    1.8|    504|    4.3|    984|    1.3|    331|    2.1|
|  Never married                  | 32,253|   31.3|  5,246|   44.9| 21,109|   27.9|  5,898|   37.5|
|Female                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |110,660|  100.0| 14,167|  100.0| 80,228|  100.0| 16,264|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        | 56,501|   51.1|  4,097|   28.9| 44,147|   55.0|  8,257|   50.8|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  1,365|    1.2|    223|    1.6|    752|    0.9|    390|    2.4|
|  Widowed                        | 11,061|   10.0|  1,367|    9.6|  8,647|   10.8|  1,047|    6.4|
|  Divorced                       | 11,309|   10.2|  1,670|   11.8|  8,394|   10.5|  1,245|    7.7|
|  Separated                      |  2,661|    2.4|    803|    5.7|  1,217|    1.5|    641|    3.9|
|  Never married                  | 27,763|   25.1|  6,008|   42.4| 17,070|   21.3|  4,685|   28.8|
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1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central 
American, or other Spanish origin regardless of race.
2/ Excludes separated.

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000, Racial Statistics Branch, 
Population Division.
Internet Release date:  February 22, 2001