Table 2.2 Marital Status of the - Foreign Born by Sex and Year of Entry: March 2000
          (Numbers in thousands. 1/)

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|SEX AND MARITAL STATUS       |               |                         YEAR OF ENTRY                         |
|                             |               |---------------------------------------------------------------|
|                             |     Total     |   1990-2000   |   1980-1989   |   1970-1979   |  Before 1970  |
|                             |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                             |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|-----------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total                        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                      | 26,372|  100.0|  9,443|  100.0|  7,777|  100.0|  4,605|  100.0|  4,547|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    | 15,047|   57.1|  4,603|   48.7|  4,432|   57.0|  3,076|   66.8|  2,937|   64.6|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |  1,019|    3.9|    512|    5.4|    333|    4.3|    102|    2.2|     73|    1.6|
|  Widowed                    |  1,408|    5.3|    230|    2.4|    253|    3.2|    236|    5.1|    690|   15.2|
|  Divorced                   |  1,598|    6.1|    337|    3.6|    436|    5.6|    366|    7.9|    460|   10.1|
|  Separated                  |    756|    2.9|    229|    2.4|    263|    3.4|    154|    3.3|    110|    2.4|
|  Never married              |  6,543|   24.8|  3,532|   37.4|  2,061|   26.5|    672|   14.6|    278|    6.1|
|Male                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                      | 13,142|  100.0|  4,761|  100.0|  4,059|  100.0|  2,243|  100.0|  2,079|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    |  7,442|   56.6|  1,986|   41.7|  2,333|   57.5|  1,594|   71.1|  1,528|   73.5|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |    641|    4.9|    331|    7.0|    206|    5.1|     58|    2.6|     46|    2.2|
|  Widowed                    |    253|    1.9|     46|    1.0|     44|    1.1|     27|    1.2|    136|    6.5|
|  Divorced                   |    650|    4.9|    149|    3.1|    193|    4.8|    135|    6.0|    172|    8.3|
|  Separated                  |    299|    2.3|     87|    1.8|    110|    2.7|     54|    2.4|     48|    2.3|
|  Never married              |  3,857|   29.3|  2,161|   45.4|  1,172|   28.9|    376|   16.7|    149|    7.1|
|Female                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                      | 13,230|  100.0|  4,682|  100.0|  3,719|  100.0|  2,362|  100.0|  2,468|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    |  7,605|   57.5|  2,616|   55.9|  2,099|   56.4|  1,482|   62.7|  1,408|   57.1|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |    378|    2.9|    181|    3.9|    127|    3.4|     44|    1.9|     27|    1.1|
|  Widowed                    |  1,155|    8.7|    184|    3.9|    208|    5.6|    209|    8.9|    554|   22.5|
|  Divorced                   |    949|    7.2|    188|    4.0|    242|    6.5|    231|    9.8|    287|   11.6|
|  Separated                  |    457|    3.5|    143|    3.0|    152|    4.1|    100|    4.2|     62|    2.5|
|  Never married              |  2,686|   20.3|  1,371|   29.3|    890|   23.9|    296|   12.6|    129|    5.2|
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1/  Age 15 years and over.
2/ 'Married, spouse absent' excludes separated.
 
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division

Internet release date:  January 3, 2001