No. 120. MARRIAGES AND DIVORCES: 1960 TO 1981 (For definition of median, see Guide to Tabular Presentation. See also Historical Statistics, Colonial Times to 1970, series A 158– 159 and B 214-220) NA Not available. Beginning 1978 includes nonlicensed marriages registered in California 2 Rates for 1975-1979 are based on population estimates that were not revised in accordance with 1980 census results. Number of States reporting: 1960, 33, including New York but excluding New York City: 1965, 38; 1970, 39; 1975-1978, 41; and 1979-1981, 42. Beginning 1965, includes DC. - 15 years old and over. 5 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, series P-20, No. 349. 6 Includes remarriages of women whose prior marital status is unknown. 7 15-24 years old. 15-44 years old. Includes annulments. 10 Number of States reporting: 1960, 18; 1965, 22; 1970 and 1978, 28; 1975–77, 29; 1979 and 1980, 30; and 1981, 31. 11 Number of States reporting: 1970, 27; 1975-78, 28; 1979 and 1980, 30; and 1981, 31. Median age computed on grouped ages. Source: Except as noted, U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics of the United States, annual; Monthly Vital Statistics Report, and unpublished data. No. 121. MARRIAGES—NUMBER AND RATE, BY STATE: 1965 TO 1982 (By place of occurrence. Data are counts of marriages performed, except as noted. For composition of regions, see fig. I, inside front cover) N.E.... ME........ CT......... NY ......... PA......... OH........ 294.0 W.N.C. MN. 161.9 6.0 160.5 5.3 14.1 KS 16.6 10.6 10.0 S.A....... 12.1 DE. MD........ 12.7 11.1 11.1 11.2 7.6 11.1 8.4 11.1 E.S.C......... KY.......... 7.6 17.3 12.5 10.0 11.2 9.2 12.1 12.3 10.9 12.1 11.3 11.6 13.6 11.9 154.9 36.3 45.4 47.0 26.3 237.2 23.3 35.4 39.0 139.5 W.S.C...... 132.1 5 28.3 40.1 40.4 23.3 192.2 19.2 29.0 32.6 111.5 3 157.9 4.7 15.9 3.6 5 18.7 6 13.2 12.1 8.7 581.0 AR 254.9 LA........ OK .......... TX....... 10.4 1 8.1 298.2 26.5 43.5 46.5 181.8 10.0 Mt ........... MT ...... NV WA 4.5 212.0 7.3 12.7 5.6 27.6 6 15.8 26.6 14.9 101.6 230.3 41.8 19.3 154.8 11.9 9.6 9.8 15.3 14.9 10.7 6 13.6 11.6 12.1 163.8 25.0 11.7 ......... 11.5 9.6 12.6 12.3 10.8 13.0 12.2 10.2 15.1 13.4 19.9 10.2 14.5 13.3 11.6 5 12.8 6 10.2 12.0 123.9 9.7 11.1 9.1 9.3 14.5 13.4 21.3 10.6 14.2 14.6 12.1 12.8 11.1 11.6 142.8 15.3 11.3 11.0 199.7 10.3 14.8 14.4 12.5 6 12.9 11.4 11.8 119.9 9.2 AK......... 2.4 HI. 6.1 Ini Based on total population residing in area; population enumerated as of Apr. 1 for 1970 and 1980, estimated as of July 1 for all other years. Estimate for U.S. is based on monthly reports adjusted for observed differences from final monthly figures. State figures are not adjusted in this manner. * Estimated. Incomplete. Marriage licenses. Data represent the sum of marriages performed in some counties and marriage licenses issued in other counties. Beginning 1980, includes nonlicensed marriages registered. Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics of the United States, annual; and Monthly Vital Statistics Report No. 122. DIVORCES AND ANNULMENTS—NUMBER AND RATE, BY STATE: 1965 TO 1982 (By place of occurrence. For composition of regions, see fig. I, inside front cover) NA Not available. S Does not meet publication standards. For States, reporting less than 90 percent complete; for divisions, includes one or more such States. Based on total population residing in area; population enumerated as of Apr. 1 for 1970 and 1980, estimated as of July 1 for all other years. 2 Includes estimates for States with reporting less than 90 percent complete; therefore, State data may not add to total. Estimated. Incomplete. Includes divorce petitions filed for some counties. Includes legal separations and dismissals. Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics of the United States, annual, and Monthly Vital Statistics Report 1 Section 3 9 8 5 Immigration and This section presents statistics related to immigration and naturalization. The principal source is the Statistical Yearbook of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, published annually by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), a unit of the Department of Justice. Immigration statistics were prepared from entry visas and change of immigration status forms. Statistics for naturalization are compiled from periodic reports by Federal courts and specially designated State courts. Alien registration data are compiled from alien address report cards. Due to changes in immigration law in 1981, 1980 was the last year alien address report data were processed. The collection of U.S. immigration statistics began under the Act of 1819. Data on persons arriving in ports were transmitted to the U.S. Secretary of State, who reported the information periodically to Congress. Subsequently, reports to the Secretary of State and to Congress were required by law, as well as the collection of data on immigrants arriving at land borders. Beginning in 1906, those arriving were divided into immigrants and nonimmigrants, depending on how long they intended to remain in the United States (see below). Immigrants.—Immigrants are nonresident aliens (i.e., non U.S. citizens) admitted to the U.S. for permanent residence. The category includes persons who may have entered the U.S. as nonimmigrants or refugees, but who subsequently changed their status to that of a permanent resident. A large increase of immigrants admitted to the U.S. in one year may have been due to an influx of refugees one or two years earlier. Thus, immigrants as measured in this section do not equal net civilian immigration as shown in table 7. Nonimmigrants.—Nonimmigrants are nonresident aliens admitted to the United States for a temporary period. Included in this group are visitors for business and pleasure, students and their spouses and children, foreign government officials, exchange visitors and their spouses and children, international representatives, treaty traders and investors, representatives of foreign information media, fiances(ees) of U.S. citizens and their children, officials of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and aliens in transit. Excluded are border crossers, crewmen, and insular travelers. Certain temporary admissions such as of persons in possession of border-crossing identification cards are not included in the nonimmigrant totals. Quota and nonquota immigrants.—In 1921, Congress enacted the first numerical ceiling on immigration (357,000 per year) into the United States, although it applied only to Eastern Hemisphere countries and their dependencies. The 1921 Act also required that immigrants be classified as quota and nonquota immigrants. Quota immigrants were subject to congressionally mandated quotas for Eastern Hemisphere countries and their dependencies. Nonquota immigrants included natives of the Western Hemisphere and their spouses and children, immediate relatives of U.S. citizens, and certain groups of special immigrants. Between 1929 and 1968, quotas were determined by the "national origins" formula which provided that the annual quota equal one-sixth of one percent of the number of White inhabitants in the continental United States in 1920, less Western Hemisphere immigrants and their descendants. The annual quota for each nationality was then determined by the same ratio to 150,000 as the number of inhabitants of each nationality living in the continental United States in 1920 to the total inhabitants, although a minimum quota for any nationality was 100. The Act of 1965, which became fully effective in July 1968, aoolished the quota system and set up an annual numerical limitation of 170,000 immigrants from the Eastern Hemisphere, with no more than 20,000 immigrants to come from any one country; a numerical limitation of 120,000 per year was imposed on Western Hemisphere immigration, which had previously been unrestricted. The 1965 Act thereby gave persons from every country within each hemisphere an equal chance to immigrate to the United States. After 1968 immigrants were classified as those subject to numerical limitations of the Eastern Hemisphere and of the Western Hemisphere, and those exempt from numerical limitations (see table 124). Those exempt include immediate relatives of U.S. citizens and various classes of special immigrants. For immigrants subject to numerical limitations, numbers are allocated on a basis of six preference categories beginning in 1980 (previously 7 categories), four of which provide for reunion of families of U.S. citizens and resident aliens, and two for specified workers needed in the United States. Numbers not used by these six preferences are then available to qualified nonpreference immigrants. From 1968 to December 1976, preference classifications were applied only to immigrants from the Eastern Hemisphere. Beginning 1977, Western Hemisphere immigrants were also subject to preference and nonpreference classifications. Effective October 1978, the separate hemisphere limits were abolished in favor of a worldwide limit of 290,000. This limit was lowered to 280,000 for fiscal year 1980, and to 270,000 for fiscal year 1981, and subsequent years. Status of Cubans.—Effective November 1966, Cubans admitted or paroled (i.e., admitted without an immigration visa) into the United States after January 1, 1959, and present in the United States for at least 2 years, may obtain permanent resident status. A court decision in September 1976 exempted Cuban refugees from numerical limitations, retroactive to 1968. The Refugee Act of 1980 changed the residency requirement from two years to one year. Status of Indochinese.—Effective October 28, 1977, refugees from Vietnam, Laos, or Cambodia were eligible to apply for permanent resident status. Public Law 95-145 provided that Indochinese paroled into the United States after March 31, 1975, or physically present on that date, may become permanent residents after living for at least 2 years in the United States.This period was changed to one year per the Refuge Act of 1980. Refugee Act of 1980.—Effective April 1, 1980, this legislation provides for a uniform admission procedure for refugees of all countries, based on the United Nation's definition of refugees. Authorized admission ceilings are set annually by the President in consultation with Congress. After one year of residence in the United States, refugees are eligible for immigrant status. Allen registration.—Prior to its elimination in 1981, the Alien Address Reporting Program required all aliens in the United States to report their current address each January to the U.S. Attorney General. Naturalizations.—Most aliens acquire U.S. citizenship under the general provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, as amended. As specified by that Act, the requirements a prospective citizen must meet relate to residency, language proficiency, moral character, loyalty to the United States, attachment to the principles of the Constitution, etc. Spouses and children of U.S. citizens can be naturalized under less stringent conditions. In certain cases, an administrative, judicial, legislative, or executive waiver of the requirements may be obtained. Naturalization statistics are also maintained by INS. Historical statistics.—Tabular headnotes provide cross-references, where applicable, to Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970. See Appendix I. No. 123. Immigration: 1820 To 1981 [In thousands, except rate. Through 1976. for years ending June 30, except as noted; beginning 1977, ending Sept. 30. For definition of immigrants, see text. pp. 63 and 64. For 1820-1667. alien passengers arriving; 1668-1691 and 1895-1897. immigrants arriving. 1892-1894 and 1698 to the present, immigrants admitted. Rates based on Bureau ot the Census estimates as of July 1 for resident population through 1929. and for total population thereafter (excluding Alaska and Hawaii prior to 1959). See also Historical Statistics, Colonial Times to 1970, series C 89] 1 Annual rate per 1.000 U.S. population, 10-year rate computed by dividing sum of annual immigration totals by sum ot annual U.S. population totals tor same 10 years 'Oct 1. 1819-Sept 30. 1830. 3 Oct 1, 1830-Dec 31. 1840 * Calendar years * Jan 1, 1861-June 30, 1870 * Incudes transition quarter. July 1 to Sept 30. 1976. Source: US Immigration and Naturalization Service. Statistical Yearbook, annual: and releases. |