Table 2.  Marital Status of the Population 15 Years and Over by Sex, 
          and Race and Hispanic Origin:  March 2000

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau
Internet Release date:  June 28, 2001

          (Numbers in thousands)
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|Marital status and sex           |               |          Race and Hispanic Origin 1/          |
|                                 |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                 |               |   Asian and   |               |               |
|                                 |               |    Pacific    |  White, not   |               |
|                                 |     Total     |   Islander    |   Hispanic    |     Other     |
|                                 |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                 |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |213,773|  100.0|  8,415|  100.0|155,920|  100.0| 49,439|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        |113,002|   52.9|  4,511|   53.6| 88,501|   56.8| 19,991|   40.4|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  2,730|    1.3|    284|    3.4|  1,355|    0.9|  1,091|    2.2|
|  Widowed                        | 13,665|    6.4|    337|    4.0| 10,677|    6.8|  2,651|    5.4|
|  Divorced                       | 19,881|    9.3|    360|    4.3| 15,006|    9.6|  4,516|    9.1|
|  Separated                      |  4,479|    2.1|    137|    1.6|  2,201|    1.4|  2,141|    4.3|
|  Never married                  | 60,016|   28.1|  2,787|   33.1| 38,180|   24.5| 19,049|   38.5|
|Male                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |103,114|  100.0|  4,041|  100.0| 75,692|  100.0| 23,381|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        | 56,501|   54.8|  2,118|   52.4| 44,354|   58.6| 10,029|   42.9|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  1,365|    1.3|    163|    4.0|    603|    0.8|    599|    2.6|
|  Widowed                        |  2,604|    2.5|     49|    1.2|  2,030|    2.7|    525|    2.2|
|  Divorced                       |  8,572|    8.3|    130|    3.2|  6,612|    8.7|  1,831|    7.8|
|  Separated                      |  1,818|    1.8|     53|    1.3|    984|    1.3|    782|    3.3|
|  Never married                  | 32,253|   31.3|  1,528|   37.8| 21,109|   27.9|  9,616|   41.1|
|Female                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |110,660|  100.0|  4,374|  100.0| 80,228|  100.0| 26,058|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        | 56,501|   51.1|  2,393|   54.7| 44,147|   55.0|  9,962|   38.2|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  1,365|    1.2|    120|    2.8|    752|    0.9|    492|    1.9|
|  Widowed                        | 11,061|   10.0|    287|    6.6|  8,647|   10.8|  2,127|    8.2|
|  Divorced                       | 11,309|   10.2|    230|    5.3|  8,394|   10.5|  2,685|   10.3|
|  Separated                      |  2,661|    2.4|     84|    1.9|  1,217|    1.5|  1,359|    5.2|
|  Never married                  | 27,763|   25.1|  1,259|   28.8| 17,070|   21.3|  9,433|   36.2|
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1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or 
Central American, or other Spanish origin regardless of race.
2/ Excludes separated.

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 1999, Racial Statistics Branch, 
Population Division.