Marital Status in Richland County, South Carolina (County)

Marital Status#1

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of South Carolina and Richland County
Female Male
South Carolina
Richland County
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
40%20%0%20%40%FMNever MarriedMarriedSeparated/DivorcedWidowed-39.769066%-29.368284%-39.769066%40%39.769066%6.022050%29.368284%5.446700%45.791116%46%67,88567.9k72,35572.4k-36.501306%-44.943048%-36.501306%37%36.501306%4.276867%44.943048%4.553840%40.778174%41%62,30762.3k64,43464.4k-11.122643%-4.597517%-12.628332%-2.796445%-15.720161%16%11.122643%12.628332%11.122643%11%26,83426.8k17,57517.6k-2.308067%-5.701400%-3.059795%-7.204096%-8.009467%8%2.308067%3.059795%2.308067%2%13,67213.7k3,647
F number of females of given marital status
M number of males of given marital status

Detailed Marital Status#2

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of South Carolina and Richland County
Female Male
South Carolina
Richland County
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
40%20%0%20%40%FMNever MarriedNow MarriedSeparatedAbsent SpouseWidowedDivorced-39.769066%-29.368284%-39.769066%40%39.769066%6.022050%29.368284%5.446700%45.791116%46%67,88567.9k72,35572.4k-34.020317%-42.822558%-34.020317%34%34.020317%3.149248%42.822558%4.129980%37.169564%37%58,07258.1k58,73258.7k-2.544760%-1.387331%-2.775978%-0.806340%-3.932091%4%2.544760%2.775978%2.544760%3%6,7124,021-2.480990%-2.120491%-2.480990%2%2.480990%1.127620%2.120491%0.423861%3.608610%4%4,2355,702-2.308067%-5.701400%-3.059795%-7.204096%-8.009467%8%2.308067%3.059795%2.308067%2%13,67213.7k3,647-8.577884%-3.210186%-9.852354%-1.990104%-11.788070%12%8.577884%9.852354%8.577884%9%20,12220.1k13,55413.6k
F number of females of given marital status
M number of males of given marital status

The Married by Sex and Age#4

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of South Carolina and Richland County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 179.155%9.16%41.545%41.5%31.262%31.3%67.743%67.7%47.344%47.3%68.532%68.5%51.281%51.3%66.042%66.0%54.151%54.2%60.568%60.6%50.215%50.2%55.850%55.8%54.002%54.0%62.350%62.3%55.622%55.6%57.986%58.0%51.266%51.3%54.573%54.6%43.526%43.5%48.217%48.2%27.363%27.4%21.840%21.8%7.066%7.07%5.187%5.19%0.741%0.74%2.784%2.78%0.082%0.08%0.116%0.12%
F percentage of married females in age cohort
M percentage of married males in age cohort

The Divorced1 by Sex and Age#5

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of South Carolina and Richland County
Female
Male
0%5%10%15%20%25%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 178.095%8.10%4.560%4.56%16.527%16.5%10.638%10.6%22.055%22.1%14.908%14.9%27.125%27.1%21.875%21.9%26.536%26.5%23.032%23.0%28.206%28.2%20.076%20.1%26.597%26.6%20.289%20.3%20.933%20.9%20.007%20.0%17.486%17.5%12.734%12.7%12.367%12.4%7.840%7.84%7.582%7.58%4.616%4.62%1.322%1.32%0.284%0.28%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.096%0.10%0.000%0%
F percentage of divorced females in age cohort
M percentage of divorced males in age cohort
1and Separated

The Never Married by Sex and Age#6

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of South Carolina and Richland County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%100%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 172.855%2.86%8.740%8.74%4.834%4.83%4.300%4.30%6.306%6.31%8.875%8.87%10.806%10.8%9.258%9.26%10.948%10.9%14.003%14.0%16.871%16.9%21.864%21.9%16.992%17.0%16.510%16.5%21.946%21.9%21.915%21.9%30.573%30.6%32.694%32.7%43.803%43.8%42.728%42.7%64.898%64.9%73.434%73.4%91.612%91.6%94.446%94.4%99.259%99.3%97.216%97.2%99.822%99.8%99.884%99.9%
F percentage of never married females in age cohort
M percentage of never married males in age cohort

The Widowed by Sex and Age#7

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of South Carolina and Richland County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1779.894%79.9%45.155%45.2%47.377%47.4%17.319%17.3%24.295%24.3%7.686%7.69%10.788%10.8%2.825%2.82%8.364%8.36%2.397%2.40%4.708%4.71%2.210%2.21%2.409%2.41%0.851%0.85%1.500%1.50%0.093%0.09%0.674%0.67%0.000%0%0.305%0.30%1.215%1.22%0.157%0.16%0.110%0.11%0.000%0%0.083%0.08%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%
F percentage of widowed females in age cohort
M percentage of widowed males in age cohort

The Married by Age#8

Percentage of age cohort. Gray areas represent percentile bands from the counties in South Carolina.
Scope: population of South Carolina and Richland County
Richland County
South Carolina
Percentile:
0th - 100th
10th - 90th
20th - 80th
30th - 70th
40th - 60th
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%Count85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 179675,78115,77215.8k12,46712.5k13,37213.4k13,40413.4k14,12814.1k14,06214.1k13,13813.1k12,95313.0k7,5502,78434815
Count number of married in age cohort in Richland County

Marital Status by Race#9

Percentage of each ethno-racial group.
Scope: population of South Carolina and Richland County
Richland County
South Carolina
Divorced
Widowed
Separated
Married
Never Married
60%40%20%0%20%40%60%CountAsian2White1White HispanicOther2Black2Mixed2-38.632804%-1.890803%-5.258447%-28.722553%-1.825940%-6.334785%-45.782054%46%49.172074%5.045872%58.129612%4.987110%54.217946%54%8,938-35.854963%-1.601612%-10.118883%-24.930636%-2.370183%-11.415833%-47.575457%48%46.692425%5.732118%54.256562%7.026785%52.424543%52%151,410151k-43.746886%-2.902342%-5.842053%-37.813168%-3.084777%-6.551769%-52.491281%52%45.428500%2.080219%50.043196%2.507090%47.508719%48%8,028-42.176166%-4.663212%-8.100173%-38.928046%-4.844406%-8.153335%-54.939551%55%43.557858%1.502591%45.477695%2.596517%45.060449%45%5,790-49.248995%-5.014613%-10.864656%-47.641451%-5.243492%-10.383560%-65.128264%65%29.604866%5.266870%29.490056%7.241441%34.871736%35%147,469147k-55.385920%-3.406842%-13.076053%-50.637039%-2.776207%-12.467488%-71.868815%72%25.756291%2.374894%30.551472%3.567794%28.131185%28%7,074
Count number of people of given race
1non-Hispanic 2including Hispanic

Map of Marital Status by County Subdivision in Richland County

Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#10

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
22%29%34%40%45%51%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by County Subdivision#11

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
1.7%4.5%7.4%10.2%13.0%15.9%

Widowed Marital Status by County Subdivision#12

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
0.0%2.3%4.6%6.8%9.1%11.3%

Never Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#13

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
30%39%48%57%66%76%
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Map of Marital Status by Tract in Richland County

Married Marital Status by Tract#14

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
5%18%30%43%56%69%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Tract#15

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
1%6%12%17%22%28%

Widowed Marital Status by Tract#16

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
0.0%3.4%6.9%10.3%13.7%17.2%

Never Married Marital Status by Tract#17

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
20%34%49%63%78%93%
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Map of Marital Status by Block Group in Richland County

Married Marital Status by Block Group#18

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
0%16%32%48%64%80%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Block Group#19

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
0%8%17%25%33%42%

Widowed Marital Status by Block Group#20

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
0%9%17%26%34%43%

Never Married Marital Status by Block Group#21

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
10%28%46%64%82%100%
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Marital Status by Place in Richland County

There are 13 places that are fully or partially contained within Richland County (9 fully and 4 partially). This section compares all 13 of those to each other, Richland County, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Richland County.

Married by Place#22

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Richland County, selected places in Richland County, and entities that contain Richland County
0%20%40%60%Count#Lk Murray of RichlandLk Murray of Richl…BlythewoodArcadia LakesIrmoUnited StatesSouthSouth AtlanticS CarolinaForest AcresGadsdenColumbia AreaRichlandWoodfieldCayceHopkinsDentsvilleColumbiaSt. AndrewsEastover67.994006%67.994006%68%3,176157.997152%57.997152%58%1,222256.036446%56.036446%56%492349.994757%49.994757%50%4,768448.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.295823%47.295823%47%24,135,51924.1M47.131400%47.131400%47%1,852,9301.85M46.383270%46.383270%46%4,059544.670051%44.670051%45%704644.510196%44.510196%45%289,659290k38.557204%38.557204%39%126,741127k35.615689%35.615689%36%2,606734.451882%34.451882%34%3,963833.200000%33.200000%33%830930.138177%30.138177%30%3,4681028.151231%28.151231%28%32,12932.1k1127.846380%27.846380%28%4,9161218.181818%18.181818%18%12213
Count number of this marital status
# rank of place out of 13 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County Subdivision in Richland County

There are 9 county subdivisions in Richland County. This section compares all 9 of those to each other, Richland County, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Richland County.

Married by County Subdivision#26

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Richland County, selected county subdivisions in Richland County, and entities that contain Richland County
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#BlythewoodPontiacCamp GroundHorrell HillUnited StatesSouthSouth AtlanticS CarolinaColumbia AreaEastoverDutch ForkRichlandHopkinsColumbiaFort Jackson50.766207%50.766207%51%12,65512.7k150.255953%50.255953%50%29,84529.8k249.811739%49.811739%50%2,249348.871756%48.871756%49%5,198448.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.295823%47.295823%47%24,135,51924.1M47.131400%47.131400%47%1,852,9301.85M44.510196%44.510196%45%289,659290k42.259084%42.259084%42%1,605542.105180%42.105180%42%26,50126.5k638.557204%38.557204%39%126,741127k38.266499%38.266499%38%2,128730.305908%30.305908%30%43,40243.4k822.997378%22.997378%23%3,1589
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county subdivision out of 9 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County in the Columbia Area

There are 6 counties in the Columbia Area. This section compares Richland County to all of the counties in the Columbia Area and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Richland County.

Married by County#30

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Richland County, selected other counties in the Columbia Area, and entities that contain Richland County
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#LexingtonKershawCalhounSaludaUnited StatesSouthSouth AtlanticS CarolinaColumbia AreaFairfieldRichland51.343907%51.343907%51%114,634115k150.344434%50.344434%50%25,57925.6k249.963812%49.963812%50%6,213349.963226%49.963226%50%8,152448.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.295823%47.295823%47%24,135,51924.1M47.131400%47.131400%47%1,852,9301.85M44.510196%44.510196%45%289,659290k43.358461%43.358461%43%8,340538.557204%38.557204%39%126,741127k6
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county out of 6 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County in South Carolina

There are 46 counties in South Carolina. This section compares Richland County to all of the counties in South Carolina and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Richland County.

Married by County#34

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Richland County, selected other counties in South Carolina, and entities that contain Richland County
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#BeaufortYorkOconeeAndersonLexingtonGeorgetownAikenKershawDorchesterGreenvilleCalhounSaludaHorryChesterfieldMcCormickBerkeleySpartanburgUnited StatesSouthSouth AtlanticS CarolinaLancasterPickensCherokeeLaurensEdgefieldUnionNewberryAbbevilleFlorenceJasperSumterColumbia AreaClarendonFairfieldDarlingtonChesterColletonCharlestonGreenwoodBarnwellDillonHamptonMarionWilliamsburgMarlboroRichlandBambergOrangeburgLeeAllendale54.490566%54.490566%54%79,32979.3k152.704039%52.704039%53%102,902103k252.338658%52.338658%52%32,76432.8k351.729498%51.729498%52%80,53380.5k451.343907%51.343907%51%114,634115k550.895397%50.895397%51%25,94825.9k650.499619%50.499619%50%68,17668.2k750.344434%50.344434%50%25,57925.6k850.261673%50.261673%50%58,87258.9k950.153396%50.153396%50%194,210194k1049.963812%49.963812%50%6,2131149.963226%49.963226%50%8,1521249.633376%49.633376%50%125,226125k1349.565032%49.565032%50%18,57418.6k1448.730159%48.730159%49%4,2981548.358807%48.358807%48%76,53776.5k1648.334749%48.334749%48%114,346114k1748.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.295823%47.295823%47%24,135,51924.1M47.131400%47.131400%47%1,852,9301.85M47.093126%47.093126%47%32,06132.1k1846.994968%46.994968%47%47,53447.5k1946.845730%46.845730%47%21,15621.2k2046.527187%46.527187%47%25,17425.2k2146.309657%46.309657%46%10,33410.3k2245.897291%45.897291%46%10,55510.6k2345.802795%45.802795%46%14,06114.1k2445.510234%45.510234%46%9,3612545.268126%45.268126%45%50,06750.1k2644.867863%44.867863%45%9,9492744.526624%44.526624%45%38,04838.0k2844.510196%44.510196%45%289,659290k43.875931%43.875931%44%12,43412.4k2943.358461%43.358461%43%8,3403043.324097%43.324097%43%23,76523.8k3143.066473%43.066473%43%11,28611.3k3243.057180%43.057180%43%13,25313.3k3343.003872%43.003872%43%135,614136k3442.415969%42.415969%42%23,92623.9k3542.035398%42.035398%42%7,3153639.842378%39.842378%40%9,7573739.840878%39.840878%40%6,6103839.339726%39.339726%39%10,09310.1k3938.981416%38.981416%39%10,50910.5k4038.685247%38.685247%39%8,9394138.557204%38.557204%39%126,741127k4238.452353%38.452353%38%4,8304337.319109%37.319109%37%27,18127.2k4435.947450%35.947450%36%5,3634529.792292%29.792292%30%2,38146
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county out of 46 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County in the United States

There are 3,142 counties in the United States. This section compares Richland County to the 50 most populous counties in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Richland County. The least populous of the compared counties has a population of 941,618.

Married by County#38

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Richland County, selected other counties in the United States, and entities that contain Richland County
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#FairfaxSanta ClaraMontgomeryNassauOaklandSalt LakeContra CostaWakeSuffolkFairfieldOrangeHonoluluMiddlesexWestchesterKingTarrantAlamedaSt. LouisRiversideUnited StatesSouthSouth AtlanticSan DiegoHarrisHennepinS CarolinaPalm BeachMaricopaQueensAlleghenySan BernardinoMecklenburgSacramentoPimaDallasHillsboroughBexarColumbia AreaClarkFresnoTravisBrowardOrangeLos AngelesFranklinCookMiami-DadeCuyahogaKingsRichlandWayneFultonMilwaukeeNew YorkBronxPhiladelphia55.728918%55.728918%56%505,225505k153.294394%53.294394%53%809,423809k253.282824%53.282824%53%439,757440k353.245234%53.245234%53%593,014593k452.141990%52.141990%52%528,360528k551.927590%51.927590%52%431,457431k651.731163%51.731163%52%462,130462k751.579426%51.579426%52%407,446407k851.112208%51.112208%51%627,478627k950.910406%50.910406%51%387,194387k1050.294014%50.294014%50%1,277,3881.28M1150.234299%50.234299%50%405,114405k1249.887583%49.887583%50%649,460649k1349.779598%49.779598%50%392,203392k1449.697098%49.697098%50%851,934852k1549.287172%49.287172%49%742,044742k1648.279556%48.279556%48%635,456635k1748.178006%48.178006%48%393,649394k1848.085207%48.085207%48%875,082875k1948.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.295823%47.295823%47%24,135,51924.1M47.276963%47.276963%47%1,251,0951.25M2047.227045%47.227045%47%1,613,8101.61M2147.204219%47.204219%47%463,578464k2247.131400%47.131400%47%1,852,9301.85M47.008209%47.008209%47%551,403551k2346.897917%46.897917%47%1,517,5651.52M2445.377673%45.377673%45%868,275868k2545.369877%45.369877%45%470,384470k2645.337491%45.337491%45%739,678740k2745.335632%45.335632%45%363,609364k2845.220904%45.220904%45%533,102533k2945.056972%45.056972%45%370,125370k3044.988475%44.988475%45%873,606874k3144.942383%44.942383%45%479,986480k3244.529699%44.529699%45%646,276646k3344.510196%44.510196%45%289,659290k44.195458%44.195458%44%732,568733k3443.786151%43.786151%44%319,610320k3543.621650%43.621650%44%402,654403k3643.023143%43.023143%43%659,232659k3742.666240%42.666240%43%434,574435k3842.518919%42.518919%43%3,471,3473.47M3942.460539%42.460539%42%418,331418k4041.889718%41.889718%42%1,776,1191.78M4140.824687%40.824687%41%901,939902k4240.298035%40.298035%40%417,644418k4340.197400%40.197400%40%840,930841k4438.557204%38.557204%39%126,741127k38.194735%38.194735%38%540,737541k4537.957569%37.957569%38%305,782306k4637.805425%37.805425%38%286,798287k4733.355074%33.355074%33%477,149477k4831.190048%31.190048%31%352,504353k4929.523746%29.523746%30%374,491374k50
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county out of 50 by percentage of this marital status

Definitions

This page reports on the marital status of the residents of Richland County aged 15 and older. The following definitions are used in this page:

  • Never Married: a person over the age of 15 that has never been married
  • Married: married and not separated at the time of the survey, including cases where one spouse is absent for reasons other than a separation
  • Separated: including legal and de-facto separations for reasons of marital discord
  • Divorced: and not remarried at the time of the survey
  • Widowed: and not remarried at the time of the survey

These definition were taken directly from the US Census Bureau, and reflect the marital status at the time of the survey.

For additional information about the data presented on this site, including our sources, please see the About Page.

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Principal City:
Columbia
Cities:
Cayce, Columbia, Forest Acres
Towns:
Arcadia Lakes, Blythewood, Eastover, Irmo
Unincorporated Places:
Dentsville, Gadsden, Hopkins, Lake Murray of Richland, St. Andrews, Woodfield
ZIP Codes:
29016, 29036, 29044, 29045, 29052, 29061, 29063, 29075, 29078, 29130, 29147, 29180, 29201, 29202, 29203, 29204, 29205, 29206, 29207, 29208, 29209, 29210, 29212, 29223, 29225, 29229
Unified School Districts:
Lexington 5, Richland 1, Richland 2
Elementary School District:
Fort Jackson
Congressional Districts:
SC-2, SC-6
State Senate Districts:
SC-19, SC-20, SC-21, SC-22, SC-35
State House Districts:
SC-HD-041, SC-HD-070, SC-HD-071, SC-HD-072, SC-HD-073, SC-HD-074, SC-HD-075, SC-HD-076, SC-HD-077, SC-HD-078, SC-HD-079, SC-HD-080
Neighboring Counties:
Calhoun, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington, Newberry, Sumter
Nearby Counties:
Aiken, Bamberg, Chester, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Lancaster, Lee, Orangeburg, Saluda, Union