Table 2.  Marital Status of the Population Age 15 Years and Over by Sex, for Asian Alone or in Combination and White Alone, 	  	  Not Hispanic: March 2003
          (Numbers in thousands)

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|Sex and marital status           |               |          Race and Hispanic Origin 1/          |
|                                 |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                 |               |Asian alone or | White alone,  |               |
|                                 |     Total     |in combination | not Hispanic  |     Other 2/  |
|                                 |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                 |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Both Sexes                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |225,249|  100.0|  9,813|  100.0|158,567|  100.0| 56,869|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        |117,187|   52.0|  5,279|   53.8| 88,956|   56.1| 22,952|   40.4|
|  Married, spouse absent 3/      |  3,162|    1.4|    323|    3.3|  1,377|    0.9|  1,463|    2.6|
|  Widowed                        | 14,001|    6.2|    418|    4.3| 10,800|    6.8|  2,783|    4.9|
|  Divorced                       | 21,666|    9.6|    435|    4.4| 16,096|   10.2|  5,134|    9.0|
|  Separated                      |  4,729|    2.1|    171|    1.7|  2,242|    1.4|  2,317|    4.1|
|  Never married                  | 64,504|   28.6|  3,187|   32.5| 39,096|   24.7| 22,221|   39.1|
|Male                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |108,830|  100.0|  4,692|  100.0| 76,750|  100.0| 27,388|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        | 58,594|   53.8|  2,459|   52.4| 44,635|   58.2| 11,499|   42.0|
|  Married, spouse absent 3/      |  1,667|    1.5|    189|    4.0|    632|    0.8|    846|    3.1|
|  Widowed                        |  2,697|    2.5|     70|    1.5|  2,082|    2.7|    545|    2.0|
|  Divorced                       |  8,991|    8.3|    154|    3.3|  6,846|    8.9|  1,991|    7.3|
|  Separated                      |  1,909|    1.8|     61|    1.3|  1,003|    1.3|    845|    3.1|
|  Never married                  | 34,972|   32.1|  1,759|   37.5| 21,552|   28.1| 11,661|   42.6|
|Female                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |116,419|  100.0|  5,121|  100.0| 81,816|  100.0| 29,481|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        | 58,594|   50.3|  2,820|   55.1| 44,321|   54.2| 11,452|   38.8|
|  Married, spouse absent 3/      |  1,495|    1.3|    134|    2.6|    745|    0.9|    617|    2.1|
|  Widowed                        | 11,304|    9.7|    347|    6.8|  8,718|   10.7|  2,238|    7.6|
|  Divorced                       | 12,674|   10.9|    282|    5.5|  9,250|   11.3|  3,143|   10.7|
|  Separated                      |  2,820|    2.4|    110|    2.1|  1,238|    1.5|  1,472|    5.0|
|  Never married                  | 29,532|   25.4|  1,428|   27.9| 17,544|   21.4| 10,560|   35.8|
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1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish origin regardless of race.
2/ Includes American Indian and Alaska Native alone; Black alone; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone; White alone, Hispanic; and Two or More Races, except those combinations including Asian.
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, 2003, Racial Statistics Branch, Population Division.


Internet Release date: March 2006