United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

Marital Status 39
No. 48. M arita l Status of the Black and Spanish Origin Population: I 9 6 0 t o 1981
[Black population! 1960 and 1965, persons 14 years old and over; thereafter 18 and over. Spanish origin population: 1970 and
1975, persons 14 years old and over; thereafter, 15 and over. Except as noted, as of March and based on Current Populaiton
Survey, which includes members of Armed Forces living off post or with their families on post, but excludes all other members of
Armed Forces]
NUMBER OF PERSONS (1,000)
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
SEX AND YEAR
Total
Single
Total
Single
Married
Widowed
Divorced
Married
Widowed
Divorced
BLACK
Total: 1960 1 12.088 3,078 7,461 1,174 376 100.0 25.5 61.7 9.7 3.1
1965.. 13,273 3,601 7,996 1,194 462 100.0 27.1 60.2 9.0 3.6
1970.. 12,972 2,668 8,310 1,427 567 100.0 20.6 64.1 11.0 4.4
1975.. 14,262 3 ,4 4 9 3 ,3 7 3 1,521 920 100.0 24.2 58.7 10.7 6.5
1980 2 16,638 5,070 8,545 1,627 1,396 100.0 30.5 51.4 9.8 8.4
1981.. 17,041 5,229 8,601 1.616 1,594 100.0 30.7 50.5 9.5 9.4
Male: 1960 1 5,713 1,692 3,619 264 139 100.0 29.6 63.3 4.6 2.4
1965.. 6,211 1,960 3,795 245 191 100.0 31.9 61.1 3.9 3.1
1970.. 5,898 1,435 3,944 307 212 100.0 24.3 66.9 5.2 3.6
1975., 6,368 1,733 3,990 319 327 100.0 27.2 62.7 5.0 5.1
I9 6 0 2 7,416 2,540 4,051 308 517 100.0 34.3 54.6 4.2 7.0
1981.. 7,590 2,606 4,058 309 618 100.0 34.3 53.5 4.1 8.1
Female: 1960 1................................................. 6,375 1,366 3,842 910 237 100.0 21.7 60.3 14.3 3.7
1965.. 7,062 1,621 4,201 949 291 100.0 23.0 59.5 13.4 4.1
1970., 7,074 1,233 4,366 1,120 355 100.0 17.4 61.7 15.8 5.0
1975.. 7,894 1,716 4,383 1,202 593 100.0 21.7 55.5 15.2 7.5
I9 6 0 2 9,222 2.530 4,494 1,319 678 100.0 27.4 48.7 14.3 9.5
1981.. 9,451 2,623 4,544 1,307 976 100.0 27.8 48.1 13.8 10.3
SPANISH ORIGIN’
Total: 1970 1 5,872 1,718 3,666 287 201 100.0 29.3 62.4 4.6 3.4
1975.. 7,264 2,293 4,378 298 296 100.0 31.6 60.3 4.1 4.1
1980 2 8,697 2,683 5,202 350 461 100.0 30.6 59.8 4.0 5.3
1981.. 9,163 2,738 5,530 354 541 100.0 29.9 60.4 3.9 5.9
Male: 1970 1 2,838 914 1,801 56 67 100.0 32.2 63.5 2.0 2.3
1975.. 3,520 1,277 2,103 42 98 100.0 36.3 59.7 1.2 2.8
1980 5 4,196 1,439 2 ,5 4 6 6 0 151 1 0 0 .0 3 4 .3 6 0 .7 1.4 3 .6
1981 < 4,429 1,508 2,672 71 178 100.0 34.0 60.3 1.6 4.0
Mexican............................................. 2,738 937 1,647 46 109 100.0 34.2 60.1 1.7 4.0
Puerto Rican.............................. 465 172 262 11 20 100.0 37.1 56.4 2.3 4.2
Female: 1970 1................................................. 3,033 804 1,864 231 134 100.0 26.5 61.5 7.6 4.4
1975.. 3,744 1,016 2,275 256 19B 100.0 27.1 60.8 6.8 5.3
1980 : 4,501 1,244 2,656 291 310 100.0 27.6 59.0 6.5 6.9
1981 «..................................................... 4,734 1,230 2,858 283 363 100.0 26.0 60.4 6.0 7.7
Mexican..................................... 2,743 725 1,686 151 180 100.0 26.4 61.5 5.5 6.6
Puerto Rican..................................... 635 209 333 31 62 100.0 32.9 52.4 4.9 9.8
JAs of April. 3Population controls based on 1980 census, s e e text, p. 2. ’ Persons 0/ Spanish origin may be of any race,
includes persons of Cuban, Central or South American, and other Spanish origin, not shown separately.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, U .S . C e n s u s o f P o p u la tio n : 1 9 6 0 , PC(2)1C, N o n w h ile P o p u la tio n b y R a c e ; and 1970,
PC(2)1C, P e rs o n s o f S p a n is h O rig in ; C u rre n t P o p u la tio n R e p o rts, series P-20, No. 372 and earlier issues; and unpublished data.
No. 49. Marital Status of the Population, by Sex and Age: 1981
[Persona 18 years old and over. As of March. Based on Current Population Survey, which Includes members of Armed Forces
living off post or with their families on post, but excludes all other members of the Armed Forces. See text, p. 2 and Appendix
III. See H is to ric a l S ta tis tic s , C o lo n ia l T im e s to 1 9 7 0 , series A 160-171, for decennial census data]
NUMBER OF PERSONS (1,000)
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
SEX AND AGE
Total
Single
Total
Single
Married
Widowed
Divorced
Married
Widowed
Divorced
76,876 18,400 62,136 1,949 4,391 100.0 23.9 67.8 2.5 5.7
18-19 years........................................ . 4,067 3,892 '172 3 100.0 95.7 4.2 .1
20-24 years........................................ 10,300 7,163 2,943 4 190 100.0 69.5 28.6 - 1.8
25-29 years......................................... 9,713 3,270 5,899 9 527 100.0 33.8 60.7 .1 5.4
8,912 1,463 6,657 13 780 16.4 74.7 .1 8.8
35-44 years 12.B07 1,084 10,519 61 1,141 100.0 8.5 82.1 .5 8.9
45-54 years. 10,839 548 9,343 156 792 100.0 5.1 86.2 1.4 7.3
55-64 years. 10,131 520 8,585 410 615 100.0 5.1 84.7 4.1 6.1
65-74 years 6.732 333 5,588 551 261 100.0 4.9 63.0 6.2 3.9
75 years and over 3,375 119 2,429 745 83 100.0 3.5 72.0 22.1 2.5
Female.... 85,237 14,800 53,153 10,845 6,438 100.0 17.4 62.4 12.7 7.6
10-19 years 4,163 3,524 610 - 29 100.0 04.7 14.7 - .7
20-24 years 10,685 5,543 4,718 22 401 100.0 51.9 44.2 .2 3.8
26-29 years 9,976 2,179 6,871 49 880 100.0 21.8 68.9 .5 8.8
30-34 years 9,225 960 7,111 B3 1,070 100.0 10.4 77.1 .9 11.6
35-44 years 13,381 727 10,803 294 1,555 100.0 5.4 80.7 2.2 11.6
45-54 years 11,653 546 9,159 795 1,153 100.0 4.7 78.6 6.8 9.9
55-64 years 11,575 486 8,133 2,128 8 2 7 1 00 .0 4 .2 7 0 .3 18.4 7.1
65-74 years 8,790 475 4,401 3,524 389 100.0 5.4 50.1 40.1 4.4
75 years and over............................... 5,788 359 1,347 3,949 133 100.0 6.2 23.3 68.2 2.3
- Represents zero or rounds to zero.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, C u rre n t P o p u la tio n R e p o rts, series P-20, No. 372.