Marital Status in Connecticut (State)

Marital Status#1

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of the United States and Connecticut
Female Male
United States
Connecticut
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40%20%0%20%40%FMNever MarriedMarriedSeparated/DivorcedWidowed-31.333488%-29.988272%-31.333488%31%31.333488%6.091303%29.988272%6.223969%37.424791%37%479,758480k534,996535k-45.946765%-46.394064%-45.946765%46%45.946765%4.056068%46.394064%3.422116%50.002833%50%703,507704k714,802715k-9.980392%-3.823094%-11.380058%-3.239645%-13.803486%14%9.980392%11.380058%9.980392%10%211,350211k142,672143k-2.591983%-6.324278%-2.591522%-6.406440%-8.916261%9%2.591983%2.591522%2.591983%3%136,520137k37,05337.1k

Detailed Marital Status#2

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of the United States and Connecticut
Female Male
United States
Connecticut
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40%20%0%20%40%FMNever MarriedNow MarriedSeparatedAbsent SpouseWidowedDivorced-31.333488%-29.988272%-31.333488%31%31.333488%6.091303%29.988272%6.223969%37.424791%37%479,758480k534,996535k-43.888553%-43.902027%-43.888553%44%43.888553%3.665981%43.902027%3.003516%47.554534%48%671,993672k679,803680k-1.089314%-0.385800%-1.763851%-0.629056%-1.475115%1%1.089314%1.763851%1.089314%1%22,58622.6k15,57215.6k-2.058212%-2.492037%-2.058212%2%2.058212%0.390087%2.492037%0.418600%2.448299%2%31,51431.5k34,99935.0k-2.591983%-6.324278%-2.591522%-6.406440%-8.916261%9%2.591983%2.591522%2.591983%3%136,520137k37,05337.1k-8.891078%-3.437293%-9.616207%-2.610589%-12.328371%12%8.891078%9.616207%8.891078%9%188,764189k127,100127k

The Married by Sex and Age#4

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of the United States and Connecticut
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1714.766%14.8%53.825%53.8%36.789%36.8%68.003%68.0%54.195%54.2%72.230%72.2%59.830%59.8%70.604%70.6%63.094%63.1%67.742%67.7%63.675%63.7%66.186%66.2%63.451%63.5%65.493%65.5%64.601%64.6%65.688%65.7%61.300%61.3%60.412%60.4%52.031%52.0%46.561%46.6%28.886%28.9%19.834%19.8%6.262%6.26%3.551%3.55%1.176%1.18%0.632%0.63%0.490%0.49%0.516%0.52%

The Divorced1 by Sex and Age#5

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of the United States and Connecticut
Female
Male
0%5%10%15%20%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 177.288%7.29%5.692%5.69%13.357%13.4%10.507%10.5%20.187%20.2%14.174%14.2%21.704%21.7%16.187%16.2%20.753%20.8%17.075%17.1%21.214%21.2%17.052%17.1%20.311%20.3%15.136%15.1%16.911%16.9%12.786%12.8%13.019%13.0%8.722%8.72%9.616%9.62%5.045%5.05%4.045%4.05%2.209%2.21%0.751%0.75%0.349%0.35%0.164%0.16%0.037%0.04%0.038%0.04%0.116%0.12%

The Never Married by Sex and Age#6

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of the United States and Connecticut
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%100%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 176.253%6.25%5.427%5.43%6.006%6.01%5.980%5.98%7.534%7.53%7.721%7.72%10.649%10.6%11.022%11.0%11.499%11.5%13.166%13.2%12.605%12.6%15.765%15.8%14.749%14.7%18.492%18.5%17.736%17.7%21.266%21.3%25.182%25.2%30.683%30.7%38.117%38.1%48.320%48.3%66.884%66.9%77.932%77.9%92.930%92.9%96.073%96.1%98.635%98.6%99.243%99.2%99.418%99.4%99.351%99.4%

The Widowed by Sex and Age#7

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of the United States and Connecticut
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1771.692%71.7%35.056%35.1%43.849%43.8%15.510%15.5%18.084%18.1%5.875%5.88%7.817%7.82%2.188%2.19%4.654%4.65%2.016%2.02%2.507%2.51%0.997%1.00%1.488%1.49%0.879%0.88%0.752%0.75%0.260%0.26%0.500%0.50%0.183%0.18%0.235%0.23%0.073%0.07%0.185%0.19%0.025%0.02%0.057%0.06%0.027%0.03%0.025%0.02%0.088%0.09%0.054%0.05%0.016%0.02%

The Married by Age#8

Percentage of age cohort. Gray areas represent percentile bands from the states.
Scope: population of the United States and Connecticut
Connecticut
United States
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 - 1724,15424.2k81,41381.4k190,180190k145,058145k172,426172k183,379183k169,737170k151,662152k125,821126k107,582108k53,46253.5k11,74111.7k960734

Marital Status by Race#9

Percentage of each ethno-racial group.
Scope: population of the United States and Connecticut
Connecticut
United States
Divorced
Widowed
Separated
Married
Never Married
50%0%50%CountAsian2White1White HispanicOther2Black2Mixed2-28.672240%-0.821403%-4.234881%-31.075139%-1.227492%-5.153514%-33.728524%34%63.132339%3.139137%58.040953%4.502902%66.271476%66%123,569124k-29.298401%-0.751245%-11.123976%-27.497734%-1.503107%-11.839085%-41.173621%41%51.972000%6.854379%52.464224%6.695849%58.826379%59%2,109,9652.11M-45.340046%-2.604673%-9.741664%-39.828659%-3.166008%-8.730185%-57.686383%58%39.518488%2.795129%44.624326%3.650823%42.313617%42%225,249225k-48.886713%-3.614449%-9.979657%-43.683693%-3.474691%-8.388056%-62.480820%62%34.575410%2.943770%41.276992%3.176567%37.519180%38%144,033144k-51.686586%-2.960482%-11.595530%-49.328840%-3.967824%-11.963014%-66.242598%66%29.306708%4.450694%29.070650%5.669672%33.757402%34%295,864296k-57.560747%-2.355675%-8.543354%-50.607227%-2.348082%-10.054102%-68.459776%68%29.337830%2.202394%33.774374%3.216215%31.540224%32%61,97862.0k

Map of Marital Status by County in Connecticut

Married Marital Status by County#10

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
44.4%46.3%48.2%50.0%51.9%53.8%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by County#11

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
10.7%11.4%12.0%12.7%13.4%14.1%

Widowed Marital Status by County#12

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
4.53%4.88%5.23%5.58%5.93%6.29%

Never Married Marital Status by County#13

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
27.2%29.5%31.7%33.9%36.1%38.4%
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Map of Marital Status by County Subdivision in Connecticut

Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#14

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
19%30%40%50%61%71%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by County Subdivision#15

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
2.9%6.7%10.4%14.1%17.9%21.6%

Widowed Marital Status by County Subdivision#16

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
1.4%3.3%5.2%7.0%8.9%10.8%

Never Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#17

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
16%28%39%51%62%74%
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Marital Status by Place in Connecticut

There are 143 places in Connecticut. This section compares the 50 most populous of those to each other, Connecticut, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Connecticut. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 7,129.

Married by Place#18

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Connecticut, selected places in Connecticut, and entities that contain Connecticut
0%20%40%60%Count#DarienRidgefieldRiversideWestportOrangeTrumbullSouthwood AcresNorth HavenKensingtonSheltonWethersfieldBethelWest HartfordWindsor LocksMilfordNewingtonGlastonbury CtrOakvilleGreenwichStratfordNaugatuckUnited StatesConnecticutStamfordNew EnglandNorwalkConning Towers Nautilus PkConning Towers N…NortheastTorringtonWallingford CtrDanburyBristolEast HavenWinstedMeridenAnsoniaDerbyManchesterMiddletownEast HartfordGrotonNorwichWest HavenPutnamWaterburyNew BritainBridgeportThompsonvilleNew HavenNew LondonRockvilleHartfordWillimanticStorrs65.583475%65.583475%66%10,41410.4k164.049080%64.049080%64%3,654262.898551%62.898551%63%3,906362.084797%62.084797%62%13,25213.3k460.872193%60.872193%61%7,049558.311950%58.311950%58%17,04417.0k657.156148%57.156148%57%3,686756.989839%56.989839%57%11,38611.4k855.478212%55.478212%55%3,985954.249563%54.249563%54%18,95119.0k1053.540923%53.540923%54%11,84711.8k1152.015032%52.015032%52%4,0141251.151567%51.151567%51%26,49626.5k1350.936471%50.936471%51%5,4121450.917161%50.917161%51%22,48422.5k1550.554197%50.554197%51%13,22713.2k1650.087566%50.087566%50%3,1461749.452126%49.452126%49%3,7911849.027765%49.027765%49%5,4211948.947628%48.947628%49%21,81421.8k2048.198825%48.198825%48%12,47012.5k2148.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.905195%47.905195%48%1,418,3091.42M47.708686%47.708686%48%49,87849.9k2247.628680%47.628680%48%5,811,6825.81M47.315482%47.315482%47%34,52834.5k2347.292565%47.292565%47%3,5112446.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M46.821977%46.821977%47%13,90813.9k2545.574217%45.574217%46%7,0282645.364071%45.364071%45%31,40631.4k2744.517731%44.517731%45%22,40822.4k2844.236621%44.236621%44%10,90310.9k2943.880189%43.880189%44%2,8863041.538311%41.538311%42%21,17021.2k3141.286968%41.286968%41%6,3523241.225308%41.225308%41%4,3203340.357779%40.357779%40%9,7463438.733970%38.733970%39%15,58515.6k3538.485850%38.485850%38%16,07416.1k3636.886228%36.886228%37%2,7723736.632753%36.632753%37%11,95412.0k3835.936475%35.936475%36%16,42816.4k3935.573053%35.573053%36%2,0334035.527374%35.527374%36%30,48030.5k4135.129097%35.129097%35%20,59920.6k4233.142369%33.142369%33%38,76038.8k4331.057239%31.057239%31%2,3064428.087631%28.087631%28%29,78329.8k4528.013100%28.013100%28%6,4154627.085895%27.085895%27%1,5424724.360365%24.360365%24%24,02224.0k4822.115838%22.115838%22%3,280493.927492%3.927492%4%62450

Marital Status by Metro Area in Connecticut

There are 6 metro areas that are fully or partially contained within Connecticut (5 fully and 1 partially). This section compares all 6 of those to each other, Connecticut, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Connecticut.

Married by Metro Area#22

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Connecticut, selected metro areas in Connecticut, and entities that contain Connecticut
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#TorringtonBridgeportNorwich AreaUnited StatesConnecticutWorcesterNew EnglandHartford AreaNortheastNew Haven53.724859%53.724859%54%84,08884.1k150.910406%50.910406%51%387,194387k248.153009%48.153009%48%109,342109k348.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.905195%47.905195%48%1,418,3091.42M47.868734%47.868734%48%366,158366k447.628680%47.628680%48%5,811,6825.81M47.207221%47.207221%47%474,831475k546.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M44.477981%44.477981%44%317,265317k6

Marital Status by County in Connecticut

There are 8 counties in Connecticut. This section compares all 8 of those to each other, Connecticut, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Connecticut.

Married by County#26

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Connecticut, selected counties in Connecticut, and entities that contain Connecticut
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#LitchfieldMiddlesexFairfieldNew LondonUnited StatesConnecticutNew EnglandNortheastWindhamHartfordTollandNew Haven53.724859%53.724859%54%84,08884.1k151.977316%51.977316%52%72,31572.3k250.910406%50.910406%51%387,194387k348.153009%48.153009%48%109,342109k448.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.905195%47.905195%48%1,418,3091.42M47.628680%47.628680%48%5,811,6825.81M46.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M46.816529%46.816529%47%45,58945.6k546.519500%46.519500%47%343,032343k645.996814%45.996814%46%59,48459.5k744.477981%44.477981%44%317,265317k8

Marital Status by County Subdivision in Connecticut

There are 173 county subdivisions in Connecticut. This section compares the 50 most populous of those to each other, Connecticut, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Connecticut. The least populous of the compared county subdivisions has a population of 22,048.

Married by County Subdivision#30

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Connecticut, selected county subdivisions in Connecticut, and entities that contain Connecticut
0%20%40%60%Count#RidgefieldSimsburyWestportNewtownGreenwichTrumbullGuilfordGlastonburySouthingtonS WindsorN HvnFarmingtonFairfieldCheshireSheltonWethersfieldNew MilfordWatertownW HartfordWallingfordMilfordNewingtonWindsorStratfordBranfordNaugatuckUnited StatesConnecticutStamfordNew EnglandNorwalkManchesterNortheastTorringtonEnfieldGrotonDanburyBristolE HvnHamdenVernonMeridenMiddletownE HartfordNorwichW HvnWaterburyNew BritainBridgeportWindhamNew HvnNew LondonHartfordMansfield66.992906%66.992906%67%12,93712.9k162.893438%62.893438%63%12,22912.2k262.084797%62.084797%62%13,25213.3k359.002073%59.002073%59%13,37413.4k458.482161%58.482161%58%28,75128.8k558.311950%58.311950%58%17,04417.0k658.102064%58.102064%58%10,78210.8k757.917956%57.917956%58%16,27916.3k857.870769%57.870769%58%20,84120.8k957.141524%57.141524%57%12,24212.2k1056.989839%56.989839%57%11,38611.4k1156.385610%56.385610%56%12,08412.1k1256.372438%56.372438%56%27,48127.5k1355.444208%55.444208%55%13,55513.6k1454.249563%54.249563%54%18,95119.0k1553.540923%53.540923%54%11,84711.8k1653.451404%53.451404%53%12,37412.4k1752.706460%52.706460%53%9,6691851.151567%51.151567%51%26,49626.5k1951.085933%51.085933%51%20,06420.1k2050.845668%50.845668%51%23,11823.1k2150.554197%50.554197%51%13,22713.2k2250.230909%50.230909%50%12,18212.2k2348.947628%48.947628%49%21,81421.8k2448.360015%48.360015%48%11,75111.8k2548.198825%48.198825%48%12,47012.5k2648.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.905195%47.905195%48%1,418,3091.42M47.708686%47.708686%48%49,87849.9k2747.628680%47.628680%48%5,811,6825.81M47.315482%47.315482%47%34,52834.5k2846.837775%46.837775%47%21,86221.9k2946.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M46.821977%46.821977%47%13,90813.9k3045.939675%45.939675%46%17,42417.4k3145.559857%45.559857%46%15,18115.2k3245.364071%45.364071%45%31,40631.4k3344.517731%44.517731%45%22,40822.4k3444.236621%44.236621%44%10,90310.9k3544.182905%44.182905%44%23,21923.2k3642.963442%42.963442%43%10,62410.6k3741.538311%41.538311%42%21,17021.2k3838.733970%38.733970%39%15,58515.6k3938.485850%38.485850%38%16,07416.1k4036.632753%36.632753%37%11,95412.0k4135.936475%35.936475%36%16,42816.4k4235.527374%35.527374%36%30,48030.5k4335.129097%35.129097%35%20,59920.6k4433.142369%33.142369%33%38,76038.8k4528.110709%28.110709%28%5,9014628.087631%28.087631%28%29,78329.8k4728.013100%28.013100%28%6,4154824.360365%24.360365%24%24,02224.0k4919.622021%19.622021%20%4,77650

Marital Status by State in the United States

There are 50 states in the United States. This section compares Connecticut to all of the states in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Connecticut.

Married by State#34

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Connecticut, selected other states in the United States, and entities that contain Connecticut
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#UtahIdahoWyomingNebraskaIowaKansasMinnesotaSouth DakotaNorth DakotaNew HampshireMontanaColoradoWisconsinWashingtonMaineArkansasWest VirginiaOklahomaVirginiaHawaiiKentuckyVermontMissouriIndianaTexasTennesseeOregonNew JerseyN CarolinaAlaskaUnited StatesOhioMichiganPennsylvaniaConnecticutAlabamaIllinoisNew EnglandDelawareArizonaS CarolinaMarylandGeorgiaNortheastCaliforniaMassachusettsFloridaNevadaNew MexicoMississippiRhode IslandNew YorkLouisiana55.924736%55.924736%56%1,221,4271.22M154.674401%54.674401%55%697,454697k253.166072%53.166072%53%247,848248k352.818422%52.818422%53%786,367786k452.696629%52.696629%53%1,318,0661.32M552.279182%52.279182%52%1,200,2721.20M652.113691%52.113691%52%2,283,8082.28M751.975162%51.975162%52%350,626351k851.973175%51.973175%52%308,756309k951.878856%51.878856%52%576,565577k1051.681233%51.681233%52%431,852432k1150.779102%50.779102%51%2,191,9482.19M1250.698272%50.698272%51%2,371,9072.37M1350.609865%50.609865%51%2,903,0332.90M1450.515780%50.515780%51%564,970565k1550.130121%50.130121%50%1,193,3351.19M1649.990960%49.990960%50%765,942766k1749.978880%49.978880%50%1,538,1441.54M1849.968319%49.968319%50%3,376,8643.38M1949.840662%49.840662%50%574,923575k2049.732146%49.732146%50%1,775,1831.78M2149.375284%49.375284%49%260,504261k2249.322272%49.322272%49%2,418,4172.42M2349.300923%49.300923%49%2,603,1052.60M2449.272772%49.272772%49%10,341,94010.3M2549.254638%49.254638%49%2,614,1842.61M2649.247885%49.247885%49%1,609,5121.61M2749.085963%49.085963%49%3,564,6013.56M2848.886457%48.886457%49%3,929,9303.93M2948.315701%48.315701%48%279,903280k3048.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M48.006096%48.006096%48%4,518,4234.52M3147.983566%47.983566%48%3,880,2763.88M3247.950206%47.950206%48%5,064,1675.06M3347.905195%47.905195%48%1,418,3091.42M3447.878945%47.878945%48%1,881,0231.88M3547.757862%47.757862%48%4,958,0674.96M3647.628680%47.628680%48%5,811,6825.81M47.373319%47.373319%47%362,458362k3747.219988%47.219988%47%2,541,2992.54M3847.131400%47.131400%47%1,852,9301.85M3946.912785%46.912785%47%2,271,9742.27M4046.877892%46.877892%47%3,761,7913.76M4146.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M46.574365%46.574365%47%14,474,79014.5M4246.385590%46.385590%46%2,599,0632.60M4346.181047%46.181047%46%7,655,8397.66M4445.515819%45.515819%46%1,040,2241.04M4545.127524%45.127524%45%751,399751k4644.629308%44.629308%45%1,062,5351.06M4744.532426%44.532426%45%392,271392k4844.467779%44.467779%44%7,206,6647.21M4943.547391%43.547391%44%1,618,2551.62M50

Marital Status by State in the Northeast

There are 9 states in the Northeast. This section compares Connecticut to all of the states in the Northeast and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Connecticut.

Married by State#38

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Connecticut, selected other states in the Northeast, and entities that contain Connecticut
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#New HampshireMaineVermontNew JerseyUnited StatesPennsylvaniaConnecticutNew EnglandNortheastMassachusettsRhode IslandNew York51.878856%51.878856%52%576,565577k150.515780%50.515780%51%564,970565k249.375284%49.375284%49%260,504261k349.085963%49.085963%49%3,564,6013.56M448.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.950206%47.950206%48%5,064,1675.06M547.905195%47.905195%48%1,418,3091.42M647.628680%47.628680%48%5,811,6825.81M46.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M46.385590%46.385590%46%2,599,0632.60M744.532426%44.532426%45%392,271392k844.467779%44.467779%44%7,206,6647.21M9

Definitions

This page reports on the marital status of the residents of Connecticut 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.

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