Table 2.  Marital Status of the Population 55 Years and Over by Age and Sex:  March 2000

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau
Internet Release date:  June 1, 2001

           (Numbers in thousands)
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|Martial status and sex           |               |                                      Age                                      |
|                                 |               |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                 |               |               |               |               |               | 85 years and  |
|                                 |     Total     |55 to 59 years |60 to 64 years |65 to 74 years |75 to 84 years |     over      |
|                                 |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                 |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          | 56,008|  100.0| 12,868|  100.0| 10,519|  100.0| 17,796|  100.0| 11,685|  100.0|  3,140|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        | 34,220|   61.1|  9,018|   70.1|  7,375|   70.1| 11,327|   63.6|  5,699|   48.8|    801|   25.5|
|  Married, spouse absent 1/      |    792|    1.4|    161|    1.2|    146|    1.4|    248|    1.4|    169|    1.4|     67|    2.1|
|  Widowed                        | 12,255|   21.9|    736|    5.7|  1,034|    9.8|  3,722|   20.9|  4,704|   40.3|  2,058|   65.5|
|  Divorced                       |  5,452|    9.7|  1,971|   15.3|  1,287|   12.2|  1,530|    8.6|    571|    4.9|     93|    2.9|
|  Separated                      |    802|    1.4|    258|    2.0|    183|    1.7|    257|    1.4|     91|    0.8|     13|    0.4|
|  Never married                  |  2,487|    4.4|    724|    5.6|    494|    4.7|    711|    4.0|    451|    3.9|    108|    3.4|
|Male                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          | 25,023|  100.0|  6,105|  100.0|  5,032|  100.0|  8,049|  100.0|  4,796|  100.0|  1,041|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        | 18,547|   74.1|  4,567|   74.8|  3,896|   77.4|  6,170|   76.7|  3,367|   70.2|    547|   52.6|
|  Married, spouse absent 1/      |    355|    1.4|     85|    1.4|     73|    1.4|    100|    1.2|     71|    1.5|     25|    2.4|
|  Widowed                        |  2,324|    9.3|    158|    2.6|    171|    3.4|    667|    8.3|    936|   19.5|    391|   37.5|
|  Divorced                       |  2,236|    8.9|    838|   13.7|    549|   10.9|    624|    7.8|    195|    4.1|     30|    2.8|
|  Separated                      |    359|    1.4|    110|    1.8|     78|    1.6|    139|    1.7|     25|    0.5|      7|    0.7|
|  Never married                  |  1,202|    4.8|    347|    5.7|    265|    5.3|    348|    4.3|    201|    4.2|     41|    3.9|
|Female                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          | 30,986|  100.0|  6,763|  100.0|  5,487|  100.0|  9,747|  100.0|  6,889|  100.0|  2,099|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        | 15,673|   50.6|  4,451|   65.8|  3,479|   63.4|  5,156|   52.9|  2,332|   33.9|    254|   12.1|
|  Married, spouse absent 1/      |    437|    1.4|     76|    1.1|     74|    1.3|    148|    1.5|     98|    1.4|     42|    2.0|
|  Widowed                        |  9,931|   32.1|    578|    8.5|    863|   15.7|  3,055|   31.3|  3,768|   54.7|  1,667|   79.4|
|  Divorced                       |  3,216|   10.4|  1,133|   16.8|    738|   13.5|    906|    9.3|    375|    5.4|     63|    3.0|
|  Separated                      |    443|    1.4|    148|    2.2|    105|    1.9|    119|    1.2|     66|    1.0|      5|    0.3|
|  Never married                  |  1,286|    4.1|    377|    5.6|    229|    4.2|    363|    3.7|    250|    3.6|     67|    3.2|
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1/ Excludes separated.

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000, Special Populations Branch, Population Division.