Table 2.  Marital Status of the Population Age 15 Years and Over by Sex, for Black Alone and White Alone, Not 
	  Hispanic: March 2004
          (Numbers in thousands)

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|Sex and marital status           |               |          Race and Hispanic Origin 1/          |
|                                 |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                 |               |               | White alone,  |               |
|                                 |     Total     |  Black alone  | not Hispanic  |     Other 2/  |
|                                 |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                 |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Both sexes                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |227,529|  100.0| 26,693|  100.0|159,426|  100.0| 41,410|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        |118,141|   51.9|  8,527|   31.9| 89,375|   56.1| 20,239|   48.9|
|  Married, spouse absent 3/      |  3,219|    1.4|    514|    1.9|  1,448|    0.9|  1,256|    3.0|
|  Widowed                        | 13,815|    6.1|  1,669|    6.3| 10,633|    6.7|  1,513|    3.7|
|  Divorced                       | 21,832|    9.6|  2,991|   11.2| 16,024|   10.1|  2,817|    6.8|
|  Separated                      |  4,551|    2.0|  1,152|    4.3|  2,194|    1.4|  1,205|    2.9|
|  Never married                  | 65,970|   29.0| 11,839|   44.4| 39,751|   24.9| 14,380|   34.7|
|Male                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |110,158|  100.0| 12,011|  100.0| 77,258|  100.0| 20,889|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        | 59,070|   53.6|  4,365|   36.3| 44,777|   58.0|  9,928|   47.5|
|  Married, spouse absent 3/      |  1,667|    1.5|    212|    1.8|    663|    0.9|    792|    3.8|
|  Widowed                        |  2,655|    2.4|    312|    2.6|  2,052|    2.7|    291|    1.4|
|  Divorced                       |  8,989|    8.2|  1,097|    9.1|  6,733|    8.7|  1,159|    5.5|
|  Separated                      |  1,819|    1.7|    400|    3.3|    985|    1.3|    434|    2.1|
|  Never married                  | 35,959|   32.6|  5,626|   46.8| 22,047|   28.5|  8,286|   39.7|
|Female                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |117,371|  100.0| 14,682|  100.0| 82,168|  100.0| 20,521|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        | 59,070|   50.3|  4,163|   28.4| 44,597|   54.3| 10,310|   50.2|
|  Married, spouse absent 3/      |  1,552|    1.3|    302|    2.1|    786|    1.0|    464|    2.3|
|  Widowed                        | 11,161|    9.5|  1,357|    9.2|  8,581|   10.4|  1,223|    6.0|
|  Divorced                       | 12,844|   10.9|  1,895|   12.9|  9,291|   11.3|  1,659|    8.1|
|  Separated                      |  2,732|    2.3|    752|    5.1|  1,209|    1.5|    771|    3.8|
|  Never married                  | 30,012|   25.6|  6,213|   42.3| 17,704|   21.5|  6,094|   29.7|
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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/ Includes American Indian and Alaska Native alone; Asian alone; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone; White alone, Hispanic; and Two or More Races.
3/ The data in this table do not include families in group quarters.
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2004, Racial Statistics Branch, Population Division.  Internet release date: March 2006