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Table 18. Individuals Granted Asylum Affirmatively by Relationship to Principal Applicant and Sex, Age, and Marital Status: Fiscal Year 2018

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Characteristic	Total	Principal Applicants	Spouses	Dependent Children
Total	25,439	16,927	3,636	4,876
Female	12,483	8,216	1,904	2,363
Male	12,956	8,711	1,732	2,513

Characteristic	Total	Principal Applicants	Spouses	Dependent Children
Total	25,439	16,927	3,636	4,876
Under 1 year	8	-	-	8
1 to 4 years	720	11	-	709
5 to 9 years	1,798	180	-	1,618
10 to 14 years	1,858	559	-	1,299
15 to 19 years	3,168	2,228	3	937
20 to 24 years	2,462	2,060	103	299
25 to 29 years	3,143	2,652	D	D
30 to 34 years	3,483	2,659	D	D
35 to 39 years	3,164	2,313	851	-
40 to 44 years	2,242	1,638	604	-
45 to 49 years	1,523	1,166	357	-
50 to 54 years	852	649	203	-
55 to 59 years	465	363	102	-
60 to 64 years	277	225	52	-
65 to 74 years	219	173	46	-
75 years and over	57	51	6	-

Characteristic	Total	Principal Applicants	Spouses	Dependent Children
Total	25,439	16,927	3,636	4,876
Under 16 years	4,837	964	-	3,873
16 to 20 years	3,278	2,437	8	833
21 years and over	17,324	13,526	3,628	170

Characteristic	Total	Principal Applicants	Spouses	Dependent Children
Total	25,439	16,927	3,636	4,876
Married	10,142	6,506	3,636	-
Single	14,154	9,278	-	4,876
Widowed	232	232	-	-
Divorced/separated	896	896	-	-
Unknown	15	15	-	-