Table 2.2 Marital Status of the Population by Sex and Year of Entry: March 2002
          (Numbers in thousands. 1/)

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|SEX AND MARITAL STATUS       |               |                         YEAR OF ENTRY                         |
|                             |               |---------------------------------------------------------------|
|                             |     Total     | 1990 or later |   1980-1989   |   1970-1979   |  Before 1970  |
|                             |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                             |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|-----------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total                        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                      | 30,337|  100.0| 13,758|  100.0|  7,868|  100.0|  4,605|  100.0|  4,107|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    | 17,013|   56.1|  6,685|   48.6|  4,665|   59.3|  3,086|   67.0|  2,578|   62.8|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |  1,277|    4.2|    809|    5.9|    267|    3.4|    120|    2.6|     81|    2.0|
|  Widowed                    |  1,467|    4.8|    315|    2.3|    262|    3.3|    216|    4.7|    674|   16.4|
|  Divorced                   |  1,806|    6.0|    489|    3.6|    515|    6.5|    370|    8.0|    432|   10.5|
|  Separated                  |    857|    2.8|    333|    2.4|    248|    3.1|    178|    3.9|     98|    2.4|
|  Never married              |  7,917|   26.1|  5,128|   37.3|  1,911|   24.3|    635|   13.8|    243|    5.9|
|Male                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                      | 15,231|  100.0|  7,118|  100.0|  4,058|  100.0|  2,283|  100.0|  1,772|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    |  8,298|   54.5|  2,932|   41.2|  2,494|   61.5|  1,590|   69.6|  1,282|   72.3|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |    817|    5.4|    559|    7.9|    153|    3.8|     69|    3.0|     36|    2.1|
|  Widowed                    |    261|    1.7|     49|    0.7|     61|    1.5|     32|    1.4|    118|    6.7|
|  Divorced                   |    735|    4.8|    216|    3.0|    172|    4.2|    164|    7.2|    183|   10.3|
|  Separated                  |    279|    1.8|    112|    1.6|     72|    1.8|     71|    3.1|     23|    1.3|
|  Never married              |  4,841|   31.8|  3,250|   45.7|  1,105|   27.2|    357|   15.6|    129|    7.3|
|Female                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                      | 15,106|  100.0|  6,640|  100.0|  3,810|  100.0|  2,322|  100.0|  2,334|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present    |  8,715|   57.7|  3,753|   56.5|  2,170|   57.0|  1,496|   64.4|  1,296|   55.5|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |    460|    3.0|    250|    3.8|    114|    3.0|     51|    2.2|     45|    1.9|
|  Widowed                    |  1,206|    8.0|    265|    4.0|    201|    5.3|    183|    7.9|    556|   23.8|
|  Divorced                   |  1,071|    7.1|    274|    4.1|    343|    9.0|    206|    8.9|    249|   10.7|
|  Separated                  |    578|    3.8|    221|    3.3|    175|    4.6|    107|    4.6|     75|    3.2|
|  Never married              |  3,076|   20.4|  1,878|   28.3|    806|   21.1|    278|   12.0|    113|    4.9|
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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)