Table 2.  Marital Status of the Population Age 15 Years and Over by Sex, for Black 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/          | 
|                                 |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                 |               |Black 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| 27,099|  100.0|158,567|  100.0| 39,584|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        |117,187|   52.0|  8,762|   32.3| 88,956|   56.1| 19,469|   49.2|
|  Married, spouse absent         |  3,162|    1.4|    519|    1.9|  1,377|    0.9|  1,267|    3.2|
|  Widowed                        | 14,001|    6.2|  1,730|    6.4| 10,800|    6.8|  1,471|    3.7|
|  Divorced                       | 21,666|    9.6|  2,969|   11.0| 16,096|   10.2|  2,601|    6.6|
|  Separated                      |  4,729|    2.1|  1,284|    4.7|  2,242|    1.4|  1,204|    3.0|
|  Never married                  | 64,504|   28.6| 11,836|   43.7| 39,096|   24.7| 13,573|   34.3|
|Male                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |108,830|  100.0| 12,178|  100.0| 76,750|  100.0| 19,902|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        | 58,594|   53.8|  4,472|   36.7| 44,635|   58.2|  9,486|   47.7|
|  Married, spouse absent         |  1,667|    1.5|    209|    1.7|    632|    0.8|    826|    4.2|
|  Widowed                        |  2,697|    2.5|    329|    2.7|  2,082|    2.7|    286|    1.4|
|  Divorced                       |  8,991|    8.3|  1,065|    8.7|  6,846|    8.9|  1,080|    5.4|
|  Separated                      |  1,909|    1.8|    474|    3.9|  1,003|    1.3|    432|    2.2|
|  Never married                  | 34,972|   32.1|  5,627|   46.2| 21,552|   28.1|  7,793|   39.2|
|Female                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |116,419|  100.0| 14,921|  100.0| 81,816|  100.0| 19,681|  100.0|
|  Married, spouse present        | 58,594|   50.3|  4,290|   28.8| 44,321|   54.2|  9,983|   50.7|
|  Married, spouse absent         |  1,495|    1.3|    310|    2.1|    745|    0.9|    441|    2.2|
|  Widowed                        | 11,304|    9.7|  1,400|    9.4|  8,718|   10.7|  1,185|    6.0|
|  Divorced                       | 12,674|   10.9|  1,903|   12.8|  9,250|   11.3|  1,521|    7.7|
|  Separated                      |  2,820|    2.4|    809|    5.4|  1,238|    1.5|    773|    3.9|
|  Never married                  | 29,532|   25.4|  6,208|   41.6| 17,544|   21.4|  5,780|   29.4|
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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, except those combinations including Black.
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