Table 2.  Marital Status of the Population 15 Years and Over by Age and Sex: March 2000 

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau
Internet Release date:  March 15, 2001

(Numbers in thousands.)
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|Marital status and age           |               |              Sex              |
|                                 |               |-------------------------------|
|                                 |     Total     |     Male      |    Female     |
|                                 |---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                 |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |213,773|  100.0|103,114|  100.0|110,660|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        |113,002|   52.9| 56,501|   54.8| 56,501|   51.1|
|  Married, spouse absent 1/      |  2,730|    1.3|  1,365|    1.3|  1,365|    1.2|
|  Widowed                        | 13,665|    6.4|  2,604|    2.5| 11,061|   10.0|
|  Divorced                       | 19,881|    9.3|  8,572|    8.3| 11,309|   10.2|
|  Separated                      |  4,479|    2.1|  1,818|    1.8|  2,661|    2.4|
|  Never married                  | 60,016|   28.1| 32,253|   31.3| 27,763|   25.1|
|15 to 64 years                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |181,152|  100.0| 89,228|  100.0| 91,924|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        | 95,175|   52.5| 46,417|   52.0| 48,758|   53.0|
|  Married, spouse absent 1/      |  2,245|    1.2|  1,168|    1.3|  1,077|    1.2|
|  Widowed                        |  3,180|    1.8|    609|    0.7|  2,571|    2.8|
|  Divorced                       | 17,688|    9.8|  7,723|    8.7|  9,965|   10.8|
|  Separated                      |  4,117|    2.3|  1,647|    1.8|  2,470|    2.7|
|  Never married                  | 58,747|   32.4| 31,664|   35.5| 27,083|   29.5|
|65 years and over                |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          | 32,621|  100.0| 13,886|  100.0| 18,735|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        | 17,827|   54.6| 10,084|   72.6|  7,743|   41.3|
|  Married, spouse absent 1/      |    485|    1.5|    197|    1.4|    288|    1.5|
|  Widowed                        | 10,485|   32.1|  1,994|   14.4|  8,490|   45.3|
|  Divorced                       |  2,193|    6.7|    849|    6.1|  1,344|    7.2|
|  Separated                      |    361|    1.1|    171|    1.2|    190|    1.0|
|  Never married                  |  1,269|    3.9|    590|    4.2|    680|    3.6|
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1/ Excludes separated.

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000, Special Populations 
Branch, Population Division.