Marital Status in Bedford County, Virginia (County)

Marital Status#1

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of Virginia and Bedford County
Female Male
Virginia
Bedford County
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
50%0%50%FMNever MarriedMarriedSeparated/DivorcedWidowed-19.972452%-29.012984%-19.972452%20%19.972452%4.362972%29.012984%5.775851%24.335424%24%6,5257,644-57.640037%-48.103477%-57.640037%58%57.640037%4.198173%48.103477%3.826775%61.838210%62%18,83118.8k19,42419.4k-10.789214%-1.837049%-10.859008%-3.482955%-12.626263%13%10.789214%10.859008%10.789214%11%4,1253,389-3.037153%-6.724096%-2.421905%-6.119672%-9.761249%10%3.037153%2.421905%3.037153%3%3,189954
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 Virginia and Bedford County
Female Male
Virginia
Bedford County
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
50%0%50%FMNever MarriedNow MarriedSeparatedAbsent SpouseWidowedDivorced-19.972452%-29.012984%-19.972452%20%19.972452%4.362972%29.012984%5.775851%24.335424%24%6,5257,644-56.137129%-45.589836%-56.137129%56%56.137129%3.943735%45.589836%3.364594%60.080863%60%18,34018.3k18,87218.9k-1.432619%-0.532486%-2.124086%-0.663919%-1.965106%2%1.432619%2.124086%1.432619%1%642450-1.502908%-2.513641%-1.502908%2%1.502908%0.254438%2.513641%0.462181%1.757346%2%491552-3.037153%-6.724096%-2.421905%-6.119672%-9.761249%10%3.037153%2.421905%3.037153%3%3,189954-9.356595%-1.304562%-8.734922%-2.819035%-10.661157%11%9.356595%8.734922%9.356595%9%3,4832,939
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 Virginia and Bedford County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1714.702%14.7%59.954%60.0%48.533%48.5%76.117%76.1%63.722%63.7%81.045%81.0%70.810%70.8%74.263%74.3%78.010%78.0%74.352%74.4%72.755%72.8%73.463%73.5%70.236%70.2%73.612%73.6%66.587%66.6%69.864%69.9%66.601%66.6%74.788%74.8%68.644%68.6%61.417%61.4%50.086%50.1%41.421%41.4%17.970%18.0%6.929%6.93%2.102%2.10%3.940%3.94%1.894%1.89%0.000%0%
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 Virginia and Bedford County
Female
Male
0%5%10%15%20%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 174.183%4.18%3.204%3.20%5.113%5.11%6.553%6.55%13.433%13.4%10.629%10.6%16.561%16.6%19.675%19.7%16.532%16.5%15.609%15.6%16.843%16.8%16.281%16.3%15.580%15.6%14.297%14.3%22.156%22.2%12.903%12.9%14.904%14.9%6.740%6.74%13.729%13.7%10.480%10.5%8.453%8.45%8.907%8.91%2.980%2.98%0.617%0.62%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%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 Virginia and Bedford County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%100%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 172.788%2.79%0.000%0%2.305%2.31%3.252%3.25%1.647%1.65%3.034%3.03%4.865%4.87%3.285%3.28%2.932%2.93%6.898%6.90%7.167%7.17%8.403%8.40%12.787%12.8%11.331%11.3%10.741%10.7%17.233%17.2%15.740%15.7%18.472%18.5%17.628%17.6%27.810%27.8%41.461%41.5%49.672%49.7%79.050%79.1%92.454%92.5%97.898%97.9%96.060%96.1%98.106%98.1%100.000%100%
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 Virginia and Bedford County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1778.327%78.3%36.842%36.8%44.049%44.0%14.078%14.1%21.198%21.2%5.292%5.29%7.764%7.76%2.777%2.78%2.527%2.53%3.141%3.14%3.236%3.24%1.854%1.85%1.397%1.40%0.760%0.76%0.515%0.52%0.000%0%2.755%2.75%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.293%0.29%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%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 Virginia.
Scope: population of Virginia and Bedford County
Bedford County
Virginia
Percentile:
0th - 100th
10th - 90th
20th - 80th
30th - 70th
40th - 60th
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%Count85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 173782,7266,6394,3184,7974,7843,8973,3262,8522,2991,6295324830
Count number of married in age cohort in Bedford County

Marital Status by Race#9

Percentage of each ethno-racial group.
Scope: population of Virginia and Bedford County
Bedford County
Virginia
Divorced
Widowed
Separated
Married
Never Married
50%0%50%CountWhite HispanicWhite1Mixed2Asian2Other2Black2-19.420989%-2.774427%-39.482514%-3.110551%-7.055691%-22.195416%22%75.271411%-0.000000%2.533172%48.216482%2.134761%77.804584%78%829-20.033920%-1.694263%-10.037942%-26.879610%-2.021344%-10.588712%-31.766125%32%61.615932%6.617943%54.349359%6.160976%68.233875%68%57,19357.2k-36.217949%-5.608974%-49.411043%-2.416518%-8.830633%-41.826923%42%54.807692%3.365385%-0.000000%36.610682%2.731124%58.173077%58%624-24.390244%-17.750678%-28.243950%-1.282239%-4.443744%-42.140921%42%54.742547%-0.000000%3.116531%62.233671%3.796395%57.859079%58%738-36.614173%-11.811024%-41.019609%-3.129282%-7.775608%-48.425197%48%49.606299%-0.000000%1.968504%45.991536%2.083965%51.574803%52%254-46.162503%-1.980644%-11.186135%-44.533707%-4.112980%-11.920476%-59.329282%59%34.188611%6.482107%33.662083%5.770754%40.670718%41%4,443
Count number of people of given race
1non-Hispanic 2including Hispanic

Map of Marital Status by County Subdivision in Bedford County

Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#10

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
49.5%52.8%56.0%59.2%62.5%65.7%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by County Subdivision#11

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
7.9%9.4%10.8%12.3%13.7%15.2%

Widowed Marital Status by County Subdivision#12

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
4.0%5.1%6.2%7.3%8.4%9.5%

Never Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#13

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
17.3%19.2%21.1%22.9%24.7%26.6%
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Map of Marital Status by Tract in Bedford County

Married Marital Status by Tract#14

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
41%47%53%59%65%71%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Tract#15

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
6.0%8.7%11.4%14.0%16.7%19.4%

Widowed Marital Status by Tract#16

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
2.9%4.9%6.8%8.7%10.6%12.6%

Never Married Marital Status by Tract#17

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
10.2%15.1%19.9%24.7%29.5%34.4%
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Map of Marital Status by Block Group in Bedford County

Married Marital Status by Block Group#18

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
29%39%48%58%67%78%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Block Group#19

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
1%8%14%20%26%32%

Widowed Marital Status by Block Group#20

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
0.0%3.1%6.3%9.4%12.5%15.7%

Never Married Marital Status by Block Group#21

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
5%13%22%30%38%47%
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Marital Status by Place in Bedford County

There are 4 places in Bedford County. This section compares all 4 of those to each other, Bedford County, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Bedford County.

Married by Place#22

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Bedford County, selected places in Bedford County, and entities that contain Bedford County
0%20%40%60%Count#MontvaleBig IslandForestBedford CoBedfordVirginiaLynchburgUnited StatesSouthSouth AtlanticBedford64.435146%64.435146%64%308162.672811%62.672811%63%136260.736058%60.736058%61%5,380359.697882%59.697882%60%38,25538.3k59.697882%59.697882%60%38,25538.3k49.968319%49.968319%50%3,376,8643.38M49.578739%49.578739%50%106,746107k48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.295823%47.295823%47%24,135,51924.1M39.985719%39.985719%40%2,2404
Count number of this marital status
# rank of place out of 4 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County Subdivision in Bedford County

There are 7 county subdivisions in Bedford County. This section compares all 7 of those to each other, Bedford County, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Bedford County.

Married by County Subdivision#26

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Bedford County, selected county subdivisions in Bedford County, and entities that contain Bedford County
0%20%40%60%Count#54132Bedford CoBedford7Virginia6LynchburgUnited StatesSouthSouth Atlantic65.670269%65.670269%66%5,712163.470138%63.470138%63%6,387262.030678%62.030678%62%5,419361.778419%61.778419%62%5,565460.447921%60.447921%60%5,641559.697882%59.697882%60%38,25538.3k59.697882%59.697882%60%38,25538.3k54.795699%54.795699%55%5,096649.968319%49.968319%50%3,376,8643.38M49.586315%49.586315%50%4,435749.578739%49.578739%50%106,746107k48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.295823%47.295823%47%24,135,51924.1M
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county subdivision out of 7 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County in the Lynchburg Area

There are 5 counties in the Lynchburg Area. This section compares Bedford County to all of the counties in the Lynchburg Area and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Bedford County.

Married by County#30

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Bedford County, selected other counties in the Lynchburg Area, and entities that contain Bedford County
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#Bedford CoBedfordAppomattoxCampbellAmherstVirginiaLynchburgUnited StatesSouthSouth AtlanticLynchburg59.697882%59.697882%60%38,25538.3k59.697882%59.697882%60%38,25538.3k156.011730%56.011730%56%7,067254.437161%54.437161%54%24,99725.0k350.548548%50.548548%51%13,54613.5k449.968319%49.968319%50%3,376,8643.38M49.578739%49.578739%50%106,746107k48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.295823%47.295823%47%24,135,51924.1M34.725532%34.725532%35%22,88122.9k5
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county out of 5 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County in Virginia

There are 133 counties in Virginia. This section compares Bedford County to the 50 most populous counties in Virginia and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Bedford County. The least populous of the compared counties has a population of 34,417.

Married by County#34

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Bedford County, selected other counties in Virginia, and entities that contain Bedford County
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%Count#LoudounYorkBedford CoBedfordHanoverJames CityFranklinGloucesterIsle of WightFrederickStaffordFauquierAugustaRockinghamShenandoahFairfaxSpotsylvaniaRoanokeCulpeperPittsylvaniaPrince WilliamPulaskiManassasCampbellTazewellWashingtonOrangeChesterfieldChesapeakeSuffolkHenryAlbemarleWarrenVirginia BeachVirginiaPrince GeorgeLynchburgUnited StatesSouthWiseHalifaxSouth AtlanticHenricoAlexandriaArlingtonNewport NewsHamptonMontgomeryDanvilleRoanokePortsmouthLynchburgNorfolkCharlottesvilleHarrisonburgRichmond60.849335%60.849335%61%165,697166k160.189132%60.189132%60%32,33332.3k259.697882%59.697882%60%38,25538.3k59.697882%59.697882%60%38,25538.3k358.720136%58.720136%59%49,00949.0k458.716806%58.716806%59%35,17935.2k558.142345%58.142345%58%27,42427.4k657.936379%57.936379%58%17,86717.9k757.317441%57.317441%57%17,11917.1k856.928506%56.928506%57%37,75137.8k956.867732%56.867732%57%62,15762.2k1056.757250%56.757250%57%31,12031.1k1156.719869%56.719869%57%35,32435.3k1256.701676%56.701676%57%36,22536.2k1356.169186%56.169186%56%20,02620.0k1455.728918%55.728918%56%505,225505k1555.388496%55.388496%55%56,43756.4k1655.085387%55.085387%55%42,93342.9k1754.987954%54.987954%55%21,22721.2k1854.919458%54.919458%55%28,74128.7k1954.825602%54.825602%55%186,060186k2054.721317%54.721317%55%15,95416.0k2154.609884%54.609884%55%17,33717.3k2254.437161%54.437161%54%24,99725.0k2354.240772%54.240772%54%19,79319.8k2453.474464%53.474464%53%24,67924.7k2553.275063%53.275063%53%15,17715.2k2652.576660%52.576660%53%139,672140k2752.305110%52.305110%52%97,53797.5k2851.352057%51.352057%51%35,37935.4k2951.340680%51.340680%51%22,36422.4k3051.239048%51.239048%51%44,26944.3k3151.007969%51.007969%51%16,06716.1k3250.005906%50.005906%50%182,041182k3349.968319%49.968319%50%3,376,8643.38M49.865439%49.865439%50%15,37915.4k3449.578739%49.578739%50%106,746107k48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.668596%47.668596%48%15,89715.9k3547.515698%47.515698%48%13,92413.9k3647.295823%47.295823%47%24,135,51924.1M46.713954%46.713954%47%121,048121k3743.885344%43.885344%44%55,91355.9k3843.751105%43.751105%44%84,16484.2k3940.270218%40.270218%40%58,59858.6k4039.789860%39.789860%40%44,49744.5k4139.571444%39.571444%40%33,35233.4k4238.634587%38.634587%39%13,34413.3k4338.438595%38.438595%38%31,05831.1k4436.864263%36.864263%37%28,28328.3k4534.725532%34.725532%35%22,88122.9k4634.591555%34.591555%35%70,12470.1k4732.050665%32.050665%32%12,65212.7k4827.839415%27.839415%28%12,49612.5k4926.357565%26.357565%26%48,15048.2k50
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county out of 50 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 Bedford County to the 50 most populous counties in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Bedford County. The least populous of the compared counties has a population of 941,618.

Married by County#38

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Bedford County, selected other counties in the United States, and entities that contain Bedford County
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#Bedford CoBedfordFairfaxSanta ClaraMontgomeryNassauOaklandSalt LakeContra CostaWakeSuffolkFairfieldOrangeHonoluluVirginiaMiddlesexWestchesterKingLynchburgTarrantAlamedaSt. LouisRiversideUnited StatesSouthSouth AtlanticSan DiegoHarrisHennepinPalm BeachMaricopaQueensAlleghenySan BernardinoMecklenburgSacramentoPimaDallasHillsboroughBexarClarkFresnoTravisBrowardOrangeLos AngelesFranklinCookMiami-DadeCuyahogaKingsWayneFultonMilwaukeeNew YorkBronxPhiladelphia59.697882%59.697882%60%38,25538.3k59.697882%59.697882%60%38,25538.3k55.728918%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%405,114405k1249.968319%49.968319%50%3,376,8643.38M49.887583%49.887583%50%649,460649k1349.779598%49.779598%50%392,203392k1449.697098%49.697098%50%851,934852k1549.578739%49.578739%50%106,746107k49.287172%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%463,578464k2247.008209%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%646,276646k3344.195458%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%840,930841k4438.194735%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 Bedford 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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Districts:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Towns:
Bedford
Unincorporated Places:
Big Island, Forest, Montvale
ZIP Codes:
24064, 24095, 24101, 24104, 24121, 24122, 24139, 24174, 24179, 24502, 24503, 24523, 24526, 24536, 24550, 24551, 24556, 24557, 24570, 24571
Unified School District:
Bedford County
Congressional Districts:
VA-5, VA-6
State Senate Districts:
VA-19, VA-23
State House Districts:
VA-19, VA-22, VA-23
Neighboring Cities:
Lynchburg
Neighboring Counties:
Amherst, Botetourt, Campbell, Franklin, Pittsylvania, Roanoke, Rockbridge
Nearby Cities:
Buena Vista, Covington, Lexington, Martinsville, Roanoke, Salem
Nearby Counties:
Alleghany, Appomattox, Craig, Nelson