Table 2.  Marital Status of the Population age 15 Years and Over by Sex and Race and Hispanic 
          Origin: March 2002
          (Numbers in thousands)

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|Marital status and sex           |               |          Race and Hispanic Origin 1/          |
|                                 |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                 |               |   Asian or    |               |               |
|                                 |               |    Pacific    | non-Hispanicb |               |
|                                 |     Total     |   Islander    |     White     |     Other     |
|                                 |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                 |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |221,591|  100.0|  9,842|  100.0|158,258|  100.0| 53,491|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        |115,854|   52.3|  5,246|   53.3| 89,096|   56.3| 21,512|   40.2|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  2,933|    1.3|    320|    3.2|  1,250|    0.8|  1,363|    2.5|
|  Widowed                        | 14,052|    6.3|    418|    4.2| 10,989|    6.9|  2,645|    4.9|
|  Divorced                       | 20,969|    9.5|    488|    5.0| 15,784|   10.0|  4,697|    8.8|
|  Separated                      |  4,626|    2.1|    137|    1.4|  2,332|    1.5|  2,157|    4.0|
|  Never married                  | 63,157|   28.5|  3,234|   32.9| 38,807|   24.5| 21,116|   39.5|
|Male                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |106,910|  100.0|  4,761|  100.0| 76,602|  100.0| 25,547|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        | 57,927|   54.2|  2,423|   50.9| 44,786|   58.5| 10,717|   42.0|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  1,556|    1.5|    180|    3.8|    583|    0.8|    793|    3.1|
|  Widowed                        |  2,638|    2.5|     72|    1.5|  2,079|    2.7|    487|    1.9|
|  Divorced                       |  8,697|    8.1|    172|    3.6|  6,735|    8.8|  1,790|    7.0|
|  Separated                      |  1,817|    1.7|     44|    0.9|    999|    1.3|    773|    3.0|
|  Never married                  | 34,275|   32.1|  1,869|   39.3| 21,420|   28.0| 10,986|   43.0|
|Female                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |114,681|  100.0|  5,081|  100.0| 81,656|  100.0| 27,944|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        | 57,927|   50.5|  2,822|   55.5| 44,310|   54.3| 10,795|   38.6|
|  Married, spouse absent 2/      |  1,377|    1.2|    140|    2.8|    667|    0.8|    570|    2.0|
|  Widowed                        | 11,414|   10.0|    346|    6.8|  8,910|   10.9|  2,158|    7.7|
|  Divorced                       | 12,272|   10.7|    316|    6.2|  9,049|   11.1|  2,907|   10.4|
|  Separated                      |  2,809|    2.4|     93|    1.8|  1,332|    1.6|  1,384|    5.0|
|  Never married                  | 28,883|   25.2|  1,365|   26.9| 17,388|   21.3| 10,130|   36.3|
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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/ The data in this table excludes separated.

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002, Racial Statistics Branch,
Population Division.