Table 4. Marital Status of Persons 15 Years Old and Over, by Age, Sex, Region, and Race: March 1995 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Release date: May 1996 (Numbers in thousands. For meaning of symbols, see text) ======================================================================================================================================================= | Total, 15 years 65 years Race, region, and | and over 15 to 24 years 25 to 34 years 35 to 44 years 45 to 54 years 55 to 64 years and over marital status |============================================================================================================================== | Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female ======================================================================================================================================================= BLACK United States Total................. 10,825 13,097 2,624 2,841 2,477 2,969 2,388 2,801 1,441 1,754 896 1,174 999 1,558 Percent............. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Never married........... 46.5 40.1 95.3 91.5 55.3 48.9 30.5 26.5 17.6 14.2 12.7 9.3 6.7 6.3 Married, spouse present. 36.7 29.3 3.3 5.6 34.5 32.0 45.4 39.5 57.2 43.8 62.7 40.0 55.9 24.8 Married, spouse absent.. 6.1 8.4 0.8 1.9 5.6 9.5 10.0 11.8 9.2 12.4 5.6 12.8 8.0 4.3 Widowed................. 2.9 10.5 - 0.1 - 0.6 0.7 2.4 1.5 8.3 6.4 24.0 21.5 55.5 Divorced................ 7.9 11.6 0.6 0.8 4.6 8.9 13.4 19.8 14.5 21.3 12.6 14.0 8.0 9.1 South Total................. 6,087 7,289 1,497 1,600 1,415 1,636 1,341 1,594 815 944 460 611 559 903 Percent............. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Never married........... 45.0 37.8 94.6 89.2 50.8 45.0 27.7 22.3 17.1 13.4 13.0 7.6 6.5 7.4 Married, spouse present. 38.5 31.8 3.8 7.3 38.0 35.3 48.8 43.7 59.5 47.5 63.8 40.9 57.0 25.5 Married, spouse absent.. 6.2 8.0 0.6 2.4 5.3 10.1 10.3 10.8 9.9 9.9 6.9 12.4 7.2 4.0 Widowed................. 3.0 11.0 - - - 0.6 1.0 2.2 1.9 8.8 4.9 26.8 23.5 56.4 Divorced................ 7.3 11.4 1.0 1.1 5.8 9.0 12.3 21.0 11.7 20.5 11.4 12.3 5.8 6.7 North and West Total................. 4,738 5,808 1,128 1,241 1,062 1,333 1,047 1,207 626 810 436 563 439 655 Percent............. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Never married........... 48.3 42.9 96.1 94.5 61.2 53.7 34.1 32.2 18.2 15.1 12.4 11.2 6.9 4.8 Married, spouse present. 34.3 26.2 2.7 3.5 29.9 28.0 41.0 33.9 54.2 39.6 61.6 39.0 54.6 23.8 Married, spouse absent.. 6.1 8.9 1.1 1.3 6.0 8.8 9.7 13.0 8.4 15.4 4.3 13.1 8.9 4.7 Widowed................. 2.7 10.0 - 0.2 - 0.7 0.3 2.7 1.1 7.8 7.9 20.9 18.9 54.1 Divorced................ 8.7 12.0 0.1 0.5 3.0 8.8 14.9 18.3 18.1 22.2 13.8 15.8 10.7 12.5 WHITE, NOT HISPANIC United States Total................. 74,238 79,252 12,461 12,321 14,565 14,658 15,978 15,856 11,950 12,229 8,182 8,606 11,102 15,582 Percent............. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Never married........... 27.6 20.1 89.6 80.7 35.9 22.3 15.4 7.9 7.0 4.9 4.2 3.5 4.0 3.8 Married, spouse present. 60.3 56.3 9.0 15.9 54.6 63.9 70.1 73.1 77.8 73.6 81.2 70.1 76.7 42.5 Married, spouse absent.. 1.9 2.7 0.6 1.6 2.3 4.1 2.5 3.6 2.1 3.0 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.4 Widowed................. 2.4 11.2 - 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.4 1.0 1.0 3.4 2.4 11.2 12.5 46.7 Divorced................ 7.8 9.7 0.7 1.6 7.0 9.4 11.7 14.4 12.1 15.1 10.1 13.4 4.9 5.6 South Total................. 24,124 26,040 3,851 3,992 4,700 4,750 5,053 5,116 4,015 4,015 2,844 3,067 3,660 5,099 Percent............. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Never married........... 24.1 17.2 86.1 75.5 30.1 17.7 13.2 5.3 5.1 3.1 3.7 2.7 2.8 2.7 Married, spouse present. 63.2 58.4 11.9 20.1 59.4 66.4 70.4 75.1 79.2 75.7 82.0 71.2 79.7 42.7 Married, spouse absent.. 2.1 2.9 0.7 2.1 2.7 5.0 2.6 3.6 2.3 3.1 2.5 2.0 1.8 1.4 Widowed................. 2.4 11.2 - 0.2 - 0.6 0.5 0.6 1.1 2.6 3.0 10.9 11.2 47.3 Divorced................ 8.3 10.3 1.3 2.1 7.7 10.3 13.3 15.3 12.3 15.5 8.8 13.2 4.5 5.9 North and West Total................. 50,114 53,212 8,610 8,329 9,865 9,908 10,925 10,740 7,935 8,214 5,338 5,539 7,442 10,482 Percent............. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Never married........... 29.3 21.6 91.2 83.2 38.6 24.5 16.4 9.1 8.0 5.8 4.5 4.0 4.6 4.3 Married, spouse present. 58.9 55.2 7.7 14.0 52.4 62.6 69.9 72.2 77.1 72.6 80.8 69.5 75.3 42.4 Married, spouse absent.. 1.8 2.5 0.6 1.4 2.2 3.6 2.4 3.6 2.1 2.9 1.8 1.6 1.8 1.4 Widowed................. 2.4 11.2 - - 0.1 0.3 0.3 1.2 0.9 3.8 2.1 11.4 13.2 46.4 Divorced................ 7.6 9.5 0.5 1.4 6.7 8.9 11.0 14.0 11.9 15.0 10.8 13.5 5.1 5.4 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________