Table 3.2 Marital Status of the Foreign-Born Population by Sex and World Region of Birth: March 2000
          (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)

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|SEX AND MARITAL STATUS       |              |                   WORLD REGION OF BIRTH                   |
|                             |              |-----------------------------------------------------------|
|                             | FOREIGN BORN |    EUROPE    |     ASIA     |LATIN AMERICA | OTHER AREAS  |
|                             |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------|
|                             |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|
|-----------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------|
|Total                        |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                      |26,372|  100.0| 4,181|  100.0| 6,783|  100.0|13,306|  100.0| 2,102|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    |15,047|   57.1| 2,569|   61.5| 4,074|   60.1| 7,200|   54.1| 1,204|   57.3|
|  Married, spouse absent 3/  | 1,019|    3.9|    77|    1.8|   262|    3.9|   586|    4.4|    95|    4.5|
|  Widowed                    | 1,408|    5.3|   472|   11.3|   304|    4.5|   537|    4.0|    95|    4.5|
|  Divorced                   | 1,598|    6.1|   301|    7.2|   310|    4.6|   831|    6.2|   156|    7.4|
|  Separated                  |   756|    2.9|    83|    2.0|   101|    1.5|   526|    4.0|    46|    2.2|
|  Never married              | 6,543|   24.8|   678|   16.2| 1,733|   25.5| 3,627|   27.3|   506|   24.1|
|Male                         |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                      |13,142|  100.0| 2,024|  100.0| 3,231|  100.0| 6,740|  100.0| 1,147|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    | 7,442|   56.6| 1,310|   64.8| 1,895|   58.7| 3,611|   53.6|   625|   54.5|
|  Married, spouse absent 3/  |   641|    4.9|    35|    1.8|   155|    4.8|   383|    5.7|    68|    5.9|
|  Widowed                    |   253|    1.9|   109|    5.4|    34|    1.1|    90|    1.3|    20|    1.8|
|  Divorced                   |   650|    4.9|   101|    5.0|   138|    4.3|   330|    4.9|    81|    7.1|
|  Separated                  |   299|    2.3|    37|    1.8|    40|    1.3|   198|    2.9|    23|    2.0|
|  Never married              | 3,857|   29.3|   431|   21.3|   968|   30.0| 2,128|   31.6|   330|   28.8|
|Female                       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                      |13,230|  100.0| 2,157|  100.0| 3,553|  100.0| 6,566|  100.0|   955|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    | 7,605|   57.5| 1,259|   58.4| 2,179|   61.3| 3,588|   54.6|   579|   60.6|
|  Married, spouse absent 3/  |   378|    2.9|    41|    1.9|   107|    3.0|   203|    3.1|    27|    2.8|
|  Widowed                    | 1,155|    8.7|   364|   16.9|   270|    7.6|   447|    6.8|    75|    7.8|
|  Divorced                   |   949|    7.2|   200|    9.3|   172|    4.8|   501|    7.6|    76|    7.9|
|  Separated                  |   457|    3.5|    45|    2.1|    61|    1.7|   328|    5.0|    22|    2.3|
|  Never married              | 2,686|   20.3|   247|   11.5|   764|   21.5| 1,499|   22.8|   176|   18.4|
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1/ The majority of those born in 'Latin America' are from Mexico. Those
   born in 'Other Areas' are from Africa, Oceania, Bermuda and Canada.
2/  Age 15 years and over.
3/ '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