Marital Status in North Dakota (State)

Marital Status#1

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of the United States and North Dakota
Female Male
United States
North Dakota
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50%0%50%FMNever MarriedMarriedSeparated/DivorcedWidowed-27.252592%-29.988272%-27.252592%27%27.252592%9.049604%29.988272%6.223969%36.302196%36%78,99379.0k110,436110k-51.461312%-1.049081%-46.394064%-52.510393%53%51.461312%46.394064%3.422116%51.461312%51%152,204152k156,552157k-9.892740%-1.020303%-11.380058%-3.239645%-10.913043%11%9.892740%11.380058%9.892740%10%31,63231.6k30,09530.1k-2.343753%-6.980220%-2.591522%-6.406440%-9.323972%9%2.343753%2.591522%2.343753%2%27,02627.0k7,130

Detailed Marital Status#2

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of the United States and North Dakota
Female Male
United States
North Dakota
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40%20%0%20%40%FMNever MarriedNow MarriedSeparatedAbsent SpouseWidowedDivorced-27.252592%-29.988272%-27.252592%27%27.252592%9.049604%29.988272%6.223969%36.302196%36%78,99379.0k110,436110k-48.989031%-1.846732%-43.902027%-50.835763%51%48.989031%43.902027%3.003516%48.989031%49%147,350147k149,031149k-0.829024%-0.078326%-1.763851%-0.629056%-0.907350%1%0.829024%1.763851%0.829024%1%2,6302,522-1.674630%-2.492037%-1.674630%2%1.674630%0.797651%2.492037%0.418600%2.472281%2%4,8547,521-2.343753%-6.980220%-2.591522%-6.406440%-9.323972%9%2.343753%2.591522%2.343753%2%27,02627.0k7,130-9.063715%-0.941977%-9.616207%-2.610589%-10.005693%10%9.063715%9.616207%9.063715%9%29,00229.0k27,57327.6k

The Married by Sex and Age#4

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of the United States and North Dakota
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1714.658%14.7%58.091%58.1%41.899%41.9%72.812%72.8%63.143%63.1%76.268%76.3%70.654%70.7%72.397%72.4%71.622%71.6%69.347%69.3%71.063%71.1%64.613%64.6%69.366%69.4%63.134%63.1%70.393%70.4%64.927%64.9%70.870%70.9%62.794%62.8%64.513%64.5%55.785%55.8%51.967%52.0%36.870%36.9%18.690%18.7%12.611%12.6%1.577%1.58%1.835%1.84%0.351%0.35%0.120%0.12%

The Divorced1 by Sex and Age#5

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of the United States and North Dakota
Female
Male
0%5%10%15%20%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 174.662%4.66%4.371%4.37%8.261%8.26%7.166%7.17%13.382%13.4%11.866%11.9%15.792%15.8%15.115%15.1%16.833%16.8%17.534%17.5%18.446%18.4%18.517%18.5%20.378%20.4%19.379%19.4%15.947%15.9%14.138%14.1%13.421%13.4%12.841%12.8%10.747%10.7%6.756%6.76%3.892%3.89%3.789%3.79%2.233%2.23%0.607%0.61%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.098%0.10%0.471%0.47%

The Never Married by Sex and Age#6

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of the United States and North Dakota
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%100%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 173.561%3.56%4.697%4.70%2.421%2.42%5.670%5.67%3.886%3.89%6.481%6.48%6.697%6.70%9.676%9.68%7.563%7.56%11.211%11.2%7.495%7.50%15.361%15.4%8.806%8.81%16.949%16.9%12.849%12.8%20.857%20.9%15.072%15.1%24.082%24.1%24.381%24.4%37.405%37.4%44.083%44.1%59.270%59.3%79.048%79.0%86.765%86.8%98.423%98.4%98.165%98.2%99.551%99.6%99.409%99.4%

The Widowed by Sex and Age#7

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of the United States and North Dakota
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1777.118%77.1%32.842%32.8%47.419%47.4%14.352%14.4%19.588%19.6%5.384%5.38%6.858%6.86%2.812%2.81%3.982%3.98%1.908%1.91%2.996%3.00%1.508%1.51%1.450%1.45%0.539%0.54%0.811%0.81%0.078%0.08%0.636%0.64%0.283%0.28%0.359%0.36%0.054%0.05%0.058%0.06%0.071%0.07%0.029%0.03%0.016%0.02%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%

The Married by Age#8

Percentage of age cohort. Gray areas represent percentile bands from the states.
Scope: population of the United States and North Dakota
North Dakota
United States
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 - 175,09318,32218.3k37,70537.7k30,50830.5k34,92634.9k33,30333.3k27,37527.4k26,30826.3k28,88328.9k30,68430.7k24,71124.7k10,48810.5k39159

Marital Status by Race#9

Percentage of each ethno-racial group.
Scope: population of the United States and North Dakota
North Dakota
United States
Divorced
Widowed
Separated
Married
Never Married
60%40%20%0%20%40%60%CountWhite1Asian2White HispanicBlack2Mixed2Other2-29.648553%-0.758407%-9.472563%-27.497734%-1.503107%-11.839085%-39.879524%40%53.986543%6.133934%52.464224%6.695849%60.120476%60%524,916525k-37.560656%-0.445902%-6.308197%-31.075139%-1.227492%-5.153514%-44.314754%44%53.009836%2.675410%58.040953%4.502902%55.685246%56%7,625-44.152720%-0.334728%-8.619247%-39.828659%-3.166008%-8.730185%-53.106695%53%45.658996%1.234310%44.624326%3.650823%46.893305%47%9,560-54.532322%-3.006501%-4.803178%-49.328840%-3.967824%-11.963014%-62.342001%62%35.238353%2.419646%29.070650%5.669672%37.657999%38%11,07611.1k-52.287963%-2.292820%-10.065093%-50.607227%-2.348082%-10.054102%-64.645876%65%33.100165%2.253959%33.774374%3.216215%35.354124%35%10,29310.3k-49.977123%-1.751748%-13.004118%-43.683693%-3.474691%-8.388056%-64.732989%65%31.554350%3.712661%41.276992%3.176567%35.267011%35%30,59830.6k

Map of Marital Status by County in North Dakota

Married Marital Status by County#10

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
26%36%45%54%63%73%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by County#11

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
4.7%7.1%9.5%11.8%14.2%16.7%

Widowed Marital Status by County#12

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
3.6%5.7%7.8%9.8%11.9%14.0%

Never Married Marital Status by County#13

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
14%22%29%37%44%52%
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Marital Status by Place in North Dakota

There are 401 places in North Dakota. This section compares the 50 most populous of those to each other, North Dakota, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with North Dakota. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 1,126.

Married by Place#14

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of North Dakota, selected places in North Dakota, and entities that contain North Dakota
0%20%40%60%Count#HoraceCasseltonHazenLincolnWashburnThompsonHettingerMinot AFBLangdonOakesGarrisonLarimoreBeulahHarveyCooperstownCarringtonTiogaBowmanGrand Forks AFBMandanWest FargoPark RiverWatford CityBottineauHillsboroNorth DakotaRugbyWest North CentralCavalierDickinsonValley CityWillistonLisbonStanleyBismarckEllendaleMidwestUnited StatesMinotVelvaNew RockfordGraftonWahpetonJamestownRollaBurlingtonMayvilleGrand ForksFargoDevils LakeShell ValleyNew TownBelcourtFort Totten73.146293%73.146293%73%1,460167.175141%67.175141%67%1,189267.028302%67.028302%67%1,421366.765957%66.765957%67%1,569464.691152%64.691152%65%775563.452915%63.452915%63%566662.167906%62.167906%62%585761.622359%61.622359%62%2,712861.383648%61.383648%61%976960.937500%60.937500%61%9751060.436893%60.436893%60%7471159.793814%59.793814%60%6381259.446315%59.446315%59%1,5891358.971061%58.971061%59%9171458.376156%58.376156%58%5681557.797101%57.797101%58%9971657.675906%57.675906%58%5411757.423581%57.423581%57%7891856.776379%56.776379%57%1,1731956.675864%56.675864%57%9,4492056.622270%56.622270%57%13,68913.7k2155.190311%55.190311%55%6382255.085714%55.085714%55%1,9282353.222558%53.222558%53%1,0572452.714932%52.714932%53%6992551.973175%51.973175%52%308,756309k51.714624%51.714624%52%1,3122651.461869%51.461869%51%8,666,3128.67M51.380671%51.380671%51%5212751.095224%51.095224%51%8,9342850.601983%50.601983%51%2,8582950.425094%50.425094%50%9,5493050.329934%50.329934%50%8393150.183920%50.183920%50%9553249.617252%49.617252%50%28,00128.0k3349.508197%49.508197%50%6043449.375331%49.375331%49%26,998,09027.0M48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.496472%47.496472%47%18,17518.2k3547.187141%47.187141%47%4113646.446701%46.446701%46%5493746.265131%46.265131%46%1,5673844.562648%44.562648%45%3,0163944.495660%44.495660%44%5,7924043.672199%43.672199%44%4214142.059146%42.059146%42%3844241.357234%41.357234%41%6464341.206631%41.206631%41%19,28819.3k4440.918685%40.918685%41%39,35639.4k4539.308996%39.308996%39%2,4124635.790885%35.790885%36%2674731.091012%31.091012%31%5504822.524407%22.524407%23%3234919.812584%19.812584%20%14850

Marital Status by Metro Area in North Dakota

There are 8 metro areas that are fully or partially contained within North Dakota (5 fully and 3 partially). This section compares all 8 of those to each other, North Dakota, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with North Dakota.

Married by Metro Area#18

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of North Dakota, selected metro areas in North Dakota, and entities that contain North Dakota
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#Wahpeton AreaBismarck AreaDickinsonWillistonMinot AreaNorth DakotaWest North CentralJamestownMidwestUnited StatesGrand ForksFargo Area55.576903%55.576903%56%10,41410.4k154.528823%54.528823%55%55,44055.4k254.341451%54.341451%54%12,78612.8k352.405227%52.405227%52%12,95313.0k452.349015%52.349015%52%32,31432.3k551.973175%51.973175%52%308,756309k51.461869%51.461869%51%8,666,3128.67M49.430718%49.430718%49%8,683649.375331%49.375331%49%26,998,09027.0M48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M48.020822%48.020822%48%39,85239.9k747.839565%47.839565%48%88,27588.3k8

Marital Status by County in North Dakota

There are 53 counties in North Dakota. This section compares the 50 most populous of those to each other, North Dakota, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with North Dakota. The least populous of the compared counties has a population of 1,768.

Married by County#22

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of North Dakota, selected counties in North Dakota, and entities that contain North Dakota
0%20%40%60%Count#OliverKidderCavalierWellsAdamsBowmanMcLeanLaMoureHettingerMercerLoganGrantGriggsTownerSteeleFosterBurkeDividePembinaEmmonsRenvilleMcIntoshDickeySargentBottineauNelsonMortonMcHenryWalshRansomBarnesDunnTraillRichlandEddyPierceStarkBurleighWilliamsGolden ValleyNorth DakotaWardWest North CentralStutsmanMidwestMcKenzieUnited StatesRamseyCassGrand ForksMountrailBensonRoletteSioux72.475795%72.475795%72%1,048170.688813%70.688813%71%1,447267.029549%67.029549%67%2,155366.256440%66.256440%66%2,315465.361139%65.361139%65%1,285564.564797%64.564797%65%1,669664.452629%64.452629%64%5,075764.079103%64.079103%64%2,171863.737796%63.737796%64%1,371963.727710%63.727710%64%4,5031063.542301%63.542301%64%1,0441163.435039%63.435039%63%1,2891263.187090%63.187090%63%1,2531363.103070%63.103070%63%1,1511463.035496%63.035496%63%1,0301561.951396%61.951396%62%1,7081661.824324%61.824324%62%1,0981761.624936%61.624936%62%1,2061860.808287%60.808287%61%3,5811960.659187%60.659187%61%1,7302060.448878%60.448878%60%1,2122160.162602%60.162602%60%1,4062260.056791%60.056791%60%2,5382359.643187%59.643187%60%1,9392459.483072%59.483072%59%3,2682559.279349%59.279349%59%1,5302659.250207%59.250207%59%14,30314.3k2758.792706%58.792706%59%2,8052857.310924%57.310924%57%5,1152956.858803%56.858803%57%2,5453056.754692%56.754692%57%5,2013156.120092%56.120092%56%1,9443255.560620%55.560620%56%3,6573354.850442%54.850442%55%7,3903454.475309%54.475309%54%1,0593554.404861%54.404861%54%1,9703654.341451%54.341451%54%12,78612.8k3753.767737%53.767737%54%39,29439.3k3852.405227%52.405227%52%12,95313.0k3952.153744%52.153744%52%7874051.973175%51.973175%52%308,756309k51.494031%51.494031%51%28,29728.3k4151.461869%51.461869%51%8,666,3128.67M49.430718%49.430718%49%8,6834249.375331%49.375331%49%26,998,09027.0M49.134388%49.134388%49%3,9454348.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.465681%47.465681%47%4,4954446.769101%46.769101%47%63,25163.3k4545.738666%45.738666%46%26,37226.4k4645.671997%45.671997%46%3,4564741.012397%41.012397%41%1,9854838.564112%38.564112%39%3,9914926.464714%26.464714%26%79550

Marital Status by County Subdivision in North Dakota

There are 1,763 county subdivisions in North Dakota. This section compares the 50 most populous of those to each other, North Dakota, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with North Dakota. The least populous of the compared county subdivisions has a population of 1,474.

Married by County Subdivision#26

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of North Dakota, selected county subdivisions in North Dakota, and entities that contain North Dakota
0%20%40%60%80%Count#GibbsBurnt Crk-RiverviewApple CrkHay CrkHoraceTatmanEast MortonDickinson NCasseltonHazenLincolnMandanLangdonOakesBeulahHarveyHarrisonCarringtonBowmanMandanWest FargoMekinockNedroseWaterfordWatford CityBottineauHillsboroNorth DakotaRugbyWest North CentralDickinsonValley CityWillistonLisbonStanleyLincoln-Fort RiceBismarckMidwestUnited StatesMinotGraftonWahpetonJamestownMayvilleGrand ForksFargoNorth RoletteDevils LakeTurtle MtnNew TownNorth SiouxFort BertholdFort TottenFort Yates83.895608%83.895608%84%1,318179.359634%79.359634%79%1,388275.778210%75.778210%76%1,558374.118799%74.118799%74%2,271473.146293%73.146293%73%1,460569.530838%69.530838%70%1,319669.181586%69.181586%69%1,623767.864271%67.864271%68%1,700867.175141%67.175141%67%1,189967.028302%67.028302%67%1,4211066.765957%66.765957%67%1,5691162.793651%62.793651%63%9891261.383648%61.383648%61%9761360.937500%60.937500%61%9751459.446315%59.446315%59%1,5891558.971061%58.971061%59%9171658.662007%58.662007%59%1,1751757.797101%57.797101%58%9971857.423581%57.423581%57%7891956.675864%56.675864%57%9,4492056.622270%56.622270%57%13,68913.7k2156.535797%56.535797%57%1,2242255.670697%55.670697%56%9672355.610795%55.610795%56%1,5662455.085714%55.085714%55%1,9282553.222558%53.222558%53%1,0572652.714932%52.714932%53%6992751.973175%51.973175%52%308,756309k51.714624%51.714624%52%1,3122851.461869%51.461869%51%8,666,3128.67M51.095224%51.095224%51%8,9342950.601983%50.601983%51%2,8583050.425094%50.425094%50%9,5493150.329934%50.329934%50%8393250.183920%50.183920%50%9553349.717009%49.717009%50%1,6693449.617252%49.617252%50%28,00128.0k3549.375331%49.375331%49%26,998,09027.0M48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.496472%47.496472%47%18,17518.2k3646.265131%46.265131%46%1,5673744.562648%44.562648%45%3,0163844.495660%44.495660%44%5,7923941.357234%41.357234%41%6464041.206631%41.206631%41%19,28819.3k4140.918685%40.918685%41%39,35639.4k4239.623338%39.623338%40%1,0734339.308996%39.308996%39%2,4124434.274653%34.274653%34%1,5054531.091012%31.091012%31%5504629.171039%29.171039%29%2784721.229587%21.229587%21%2214820.765550%20.765550%21%2174918.338870%18.338870%18%27650

Marital Status by State in the United States

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

Married by State#30

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of North Dakota, selected other states in the United States, and entities that contain North Dakota
0%20%40%Count#UtahIdahoWyomingNebraskaIowaKansasMinnesotaSouth DakotaNorth DakotaNew HampshireMontanaWest North CentralColoradoWisconsinWashingtonMaineArkansasWest VirginiaOklahomaVirginiaHawaiiKentuckyMidwestVermontMissouriIndianaTexasTennesseeOregonNew JerseyN CarolinaAlaskaUnited StatesOhioMichiganPennsylvaniaConnecticutAlabamaIllinoisDelawareArizonaS CarolinaMarylandGeorgiaCaliforniaMassachusettsFloridaNevadaNew 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%431,852432k1151.461869%51.461869%51%8,666,3128.67M50.779102%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%1,775,1831.78M2149.375331%49.375331%49%26,998,09027.0M49.375284%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%4,958,0674.96M3647.373319%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%3,761,7913.76M4146.574365%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 Midwest

There are 12 states in the Midwest. This section compares North Dakota to all of the states in the Midwest and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with North Dakota.

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Percentage of population.
Scope: population of North Dakota, selected other states in the Midwest, and entities that contain North Dakota
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#NebraskaIowaKansasMinnesotaSouth DakotaNorth DakotaWest North CentralWisconsinMidwestMissouriIndianaUnited StatesOhioMichiganIllinois52.818422%52.818422%53%786,367786k152.696629%52.696629%53%1,318,0661.32M252.279182%52.279182%52%1,200,2721.20M352.113691%52.113691%52%2,283,8082.28M451.975162%51.975162%52%350,626351k551.973175%51.973175%52%308,756309k651.461869%51.461869%51%8,666,3128.67M50.698272%50.698272%51%2,371,9072.37M749.375331%49.375331%49%26,998,09027.0M49.322272%49.322272%49%2,418,4172.42M849.300923%49.300923%49%2,603,1052.60M948.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M48.006096%48.006096%48%4,518,4234.52M1047.983566%47.983566%48%3,880,2763.88M1147.757862%47.757862%48%4,958,0674.96M12

Definitions

This page reports on the marital status of the residents of North Dakota 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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