Table 2.1  Marital Status of the Population 15 Years and Over by Sex, Hispanic Origin, and Race:   2004

           (Numbers in thousands)

"Sex and marital status",,"Total",,"Hispanic origin and race 1/",,,,,
,"Hispanic",,"Non-Hispanic, White alone",,"Non-Hispanic, all Other",
,"Number","Percent","Number","Percent","Number","Percent","Number","Percent"
"Total","Total",227529,100.0,28538,100.0,159426,100.0,39565,100.0
,"Married, spouse present",118141,51.9,13301,46.6,89375,56.1,15465,39.1
,"Married, spouse absent 2/",3219,1.4,940,3.3,1448,0.9,831,2.1
,"Widowed",13815,6.1,950,3.3,10633,6.7,2232,5.6
,"Divorced",21832,9.6,2024,7.1,16024,10.1,3785,9.6
,"Separated",4551,2.0,1004,3.5,2194,1.4,1353,3.4
,"Never married",65970,29.0,10320,36.2,39751,24.9,15899,40.2
"Male","Total",110158,100.0,14652,100.0,77258,100.0,18248,100.0
,"Married, spouse present",59070,53.6,6616,45.2,44777,58.0,7677,42.1
,"Married, spouse absent 2/",1667,1.5,636,4.3,663,0.9,368,2.0
,"Widowed",2655,2.4,190,1.3,2052,2.7,413,2.3
,"Divorced",8989,8.2,866,5.9,6733,8.7,1389,7.6
,"Separated",1819,1.7,335,2.3,985,1.3,499,2.7
,"Never married",35959,32.6,6010,41.0,22047,28.5,7901,43.3
"Female","Total",117371,100.0,13886,100.0,82168,100.0,21317,100.0
,"Married, spouse present",59070,50.3,6686,48.1,44597,54.3,7787,36.5
,"Married, spouse absent 2/",1552,1.3,304,2.2,786,1.0,463,2.2
,"Widowed",11161,9.5,761,5.5,8581,10.4,1819,8.5
,"Divorced",12844,10.9,1158,8.3,9291,11.3,2396,11.2
,"Separated",2732,2.3,669,4.8,1209,1.5,854,4.0
,"Never married",30012,25.6,4310,31.0,17704,21.5,7998,37.5

1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other

   Hispanic/Latino, regardless of race.

2/ Excludes separated.

 

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2004, Ethnicity and Ancestry Statistics Branch, Population Division.