Table 1.2 Marital Status of the Population by Sex and Citizenship Status: March 2002
          (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                      |221,591|  100.0|191,254|  100.0| 11,673|  100.0| 18,664|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    |115,854|   52.3| 98,840|   51.7|  7,381|   63.2|  9,632|   51.6|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |  2,933|    1.3|  1,655|    0.9|    304|    2.6|    973|    5.2|
|  Widowed                    | 14,052|    6.3| 12,586|    6.6|    949|    8.1|    518|    2.8|
|  Divorced                   | 20,969|    9.5| 19,163|   10.0|    953|    8.2|    853|    4.6|
|  Separated                  |  4,626|    2.1|  3,769|    2.0|    302|    2.6|    555|    3.0|
|  Never married              | 63,157|   28.5| 55,240|   28.9|  1,784|   15.3|  6,133|   32.9|
|Male                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                      |106,910|  100.0| 91,679|  100.0|  5,426|  100.0|  9,805|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    | 57,927|   54.2| 49,629|   54.1|  3,695|   68.1|  4,603|   46.9|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |  1,556|    1.5|    739|    0.8|    161|    3.0|    656|    6.7|
|  Widowed                    |  2,638|    2.5|  2,377|    2.6|    154|    2.8|    107|    1.1|
|  Divorced                   |  8,697|    8.1|  7,963|    8.7|    349|    6.4|    385|    3.9|
|  Separated                  |  1,817|    1.7|  1,538|    1.7|     95|    1.8|    184|    1.9|
|  Never married              | 34,275|   32.1| 29,433|   32.1|    972|   17.9|  3,870|   39.5|
|Female                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                      |114,681|  100.0| 99,575|  100.0|  6,247|  100.0|  8,859|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    | 57,927|   50.5| 49,211|   49.4|  3,686|   59.0|  5,030|   56.8|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |  1,377|    1.2|    917|    0.9|    143|    2.3|    317|    3.6|
|  Widowed                    | 11,414|   10.0| 10,208|   10.3|    795|   12.7|    411|    4.6|
|  Divorced                   | 12,272|   10.7| 11,201|   11.2|    603|    9.7|    468|    5.3|
|  Separated                  |  2,809|    2.4|  2,231|    2.2|    207|    3.3|    371|    4.2|
|  Never married              | 28,883|   25.2| 25,807|   25.9|    812|   13.0|  2,264|   25.6|
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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 2002
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division

                     (Table last updated --9/26/02)