Table 2.  Marital Status of the Population Age 15 Years and Over by Sex and Race and Hispanic Origin
          (Numbers in thousands)
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|Marital status and sex           |               |          Race and Hispanic Origin 1/          |
|                                 |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                 |               |               | White, not of |               |
|                                 |     Total     |     Black     |Hispanic origin|     Other     |
|                                 |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                 |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |221,591|  100.0| 26,171|  100.0|158,258|  100.0| 37,162|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        |115,854|   52.3|  8,641|   33.0| 89,096|   56.3| 18,116|   48.8|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  2,933|    1.3|    524|    2.0|  1,250|    0.8|  1,158|    3.1|
|  Widowed                        | 14,052|    6.3|  1,673|    6.4| 10,989|    6.9|  1,390|    3.7|
|  Divorced                       | 20,969|    9.5|  2,731|   10.4| 15,784|   10.0|  2,455|    6.6|
|  Separated                      |  4,626|    2.1|  1,252|    4.8|  2,332|    1.5|  1,043|    2.8|
|  Never married                  | 63,157|   28.5| 11,350|   43.4| 38,807|   24.5| 13,000|   35.0|
|Male                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |106,910|  100.0| 11,721|  100.0| 76,602|  100.0| 18,587|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        | 57,927|   54.2|  4,424|   37.7| 44,786|   58.5|  8,717|   46.9|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  1,556|    1.5|    252|    2.1|    583|    0.8|    721|    3.9|
|  Widowed                        |  2,638|    2.5|    319|    2.7|  2,079|    2.7|    241|    1.3|
|  Divorced                       |  8,697|    8.1|    972|    8.3|  6,735|    8.8|    990|    5.3|
|  Separated                      |  1,817|    1.7|    478|    4.1|    999|    1.3|    340|    1.8|
|  Never married                  | 34,275|   32.1|  5,276|   45.0| 21,420|   28.0|  7,579|   40.8|
|Female                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |114,681|  100.0| 14,450|  100.0| 81,656|  100.0| 18,575|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        | 57,927|   50.5|  4,217|   29.2| 44,310|   54.3|  9,400|   50.6|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  1,377|    1.2|    272|    1.9|    667|    0.8|    437|    2.4|
|  Widowed                        | 11,414|   10.0|  1,354|    9.4|  8,910|   10.9|  1,149|    6.2|
|  Divorced                       | 12,272|   10.7|  1,758|   12.2|  9,049|   11.1|  1,465|    7.9|
|  Separated                      |  2,809|    2.4|    774|    5.4|  1,332|    1.6|    703|    3.8|
|  Never married                  | 28,883|   25.2|  6,074|   42.0| 17,388|   21.3|  5,421|   29.2|
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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 2002, Racial Statistics Branch, 
Population Division.