Table 1.2 Marital Status of the Population by Sex and Citizenship Status: March 2000
          (Numbers in thousands. 1/) 
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|SEX AND MARITAL STATUS       |               |              CITIZENSHIP STATUS               |
|                             |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                             |               |               |  Naturalized  |               |
|                             |     Total     |    Native     |    Citizen    | Not a Citizen |
|                             |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                             |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|-----------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total                        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                      |213,773|  100.0|187,401|  100.0| 10,363|  100.0| 16,009|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    |113,002|   52.9| 97,955|   52.3|  6,629|   64.0|  8,418|   52.6|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |  2,730|    1.3|  1,710|    0.9|    253|    2.4|    766|    4.8|
|  Widowed                    | 13,665|    6.4| 12,256|    6.5|    820|    7.9|    588|    3.7|
|  Divorced                   | 19,881|    9.3| 18,283|    9.8|    843|    8.1|    756|    4.7|
|  Separated                  |  4,479|    2.1|  3,723|    2.0|    262|    2.5|    494|    3.1|
|  Never married              | 60,016|   28.1| 53,473|   28.5|  1,556|   15.0|  4,987|   31.2|
|Male                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                      |103,114|  100.0| 89,972|  100.0|  4,930|  100.0|  8,212|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    | 56,501|   54.8| 49,059|   54.5|  3,392|   68.8|  4,050|   49.3|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |  1,365|    1.3|    724|    0.8|    153|    3.1|    488|    5.9|
|  Widowed                    |  2,604|    2.5|  2,350|    2.6|    146|    3.0|    108|    1.3|
|  Divorced                   |  8,572|    8.3|  7,923|    8.8|    303|    6.1|    347|    4.2|
|  Separated                  |  1,818|    1.8|  1,519|    1.7|     98|    2.0|    201|    2.4|
|  Never married              | 32,253|   31.3| 28,397|   31.6|    838|   17.0|  3,019|   36.8|
|Female                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                      |110,660|  100.0| 97,429|  100.0|  5,433|  100.0|  7,797|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    | 56,501|   51.1| 48,896|   50.2|  3,237|   59.6|  4,368|   56.0|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |  1,365|    1.2|    986|    1.0|    100|    1.8|    279|    3.6|
|  Widowed                    | 11,061|   10.0|  9,906|   10.2|    675|   12.4|    481|    6.2|
|  Divorced                   | 11,309|   10.2| 10,361|   10.6|    540|    9.9|    409|    5.2|
|  Separated                  |  2,661|    2.4|  2,204|    2.3|    163|    3.0|    293|    3.8|
|  Never married              | 27,763|   25.1| 25,076|   25.7|    718|   13.2|  1,968|   25.2|
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1/  Age 15 years and over.
2/ 'Married, spouse absent' excludes separated.
Internet release date:  January 3, 2001