Marital Status in Rhode Island (State)

Marital Status#1

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of the United States and Rhode Island
Female Male
United States
Rhode Island
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40%20%0%20%40%FMNever MarriedMarriedSeparated/DivorcedWidowed-33.164035%-29.988272%-33.164035%33%33.164035%5.904792%29.988272%6.223969%39.068827%39%152,077152k164,990165k-42.014567%-46.394064%-42.014567%42%42.014567%5.251870%46.394064%3.422116%47.266437%47%192,662193k199,609200k-11.062831%-3.994086%-11.380058%-3.239645%-15.056917%15%11.062831%11.380058%11.062831%11%69,04569.0k46,71946.7k-2.601905%-7.162575%-2.591522%-6.406440%-9.764480%10%2.601905%2.591522%2.601905%3%44,77644.8k10,98811.0k

Detailed Marital Status#2

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of the United States and Rhode Island
Female Male
United States
Rhode Island
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40%20%0%20%40%FMNever MarriedNow MarriedSeparatedAbsent SpouseWidowedDivorced-33.164035%-29.988272%-33.164035%33%33.164035%5.904792%29.988272%6.223969%39.068827%39%152,077152k164,990165k-39.846694%-43.902027%-39.846694%40%39.846694%4.687364%43.902027%3.003516%44.534058%45%182,721183k188,070188k-1.347838%-0.817855%-1.763851%-0.629056%-2.165693%2%1.347838%1.763851%1.347838%1%9,9315,692-2.167873%-2.492037%-2.167873%2%2.167873%0.564506%2.492037%0.418600%2.732379%3%9,94111,53911.5k-2.601905%-7.162575%-2.591522%-6.406440%-9.764480%10%2.601905%2.591522%2.601905%3%44,77644.8k10,98811.0k-9.714993%-3.176231%-9.616207%-2.610589%-12.891225%13%9.714993%9.616207%9.714993%10%59,11459.1k41,02741.0k

The Married by Sex and Age#4

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of the United States and Rhode Island
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1714.028%14.0%51.871%51.9%32.758%32.8%67.501%67.5%51.850%51.9%71.358%71.4%59.440%59.4%68.664%68.7%58.006%58.0%65.258%65.3%58.649%58.6%62.704%62.7%58.387%58.4%60.939%60.9%61.750%61.7%62.466%62.5%57.927%57.9%56.619%56.6%49.013%49.0%45.369%45.4%27.231%27.2%19.548%19.5%5.543%5.54%3.466%3.47%0.531%0.53%0.334%0.33%0.206%0.21%0.499%0.50%

The Divorced1 by Sex and Age#5

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of the United States and Rhode Island
Female
Male
0%5%10%15%20%25%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 177.321%7.32%5.630%5.63%13.397%13.4%11.125%11.1%20.470%20.5%16.477%16.5%22.251%22.3%18.606%18.6%25.594%25.6%18.657%18.7%26.090%26.1%20.229%20.2%24.502%24.5%19.552%19.6%20.234%20.2%13.047%13.0%16.781%16.8%9.489%9.49%8.896%8.90%5.179%5.18%3.783%3.78%2.318%2.32%0.409%0.41%0.442%0.44%0.000%0%0.012%0.01%0.000%0%0.000%0%

The Never Married by Sex and Age#6

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of the United States and Rhode Island
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%100%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 177.836%7.84%5.642%5.64%6.021%6.02%5.822%5.82%7.281%7.28%6.952%6.95%10.370%10.4%9.808%9.81%11.330%11.3%14.256%14.3%12.612%12.6%15.948%15.9%14.666%14.7%18.775%18.8%17.307%17.3%24.077%24.1%24.696%24.7%33.620%33.6%41.759%41.8%49.424%49.4%68.827%68.8%78.133%78.1%93.993%94.0%96.063%96.1%99.469%99.5%99.540%99.5%99.794%99.8%99.501%99.5%

The Widowed by Sex and Age#7

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of the United States and Rhode Island
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1770.815%70.8%36.857%36.9%47.824%47.8%15.552%15.6%20.399%20.4%5.213%5.21%7.940%7.94%2.922%2.92%5.070%5.07%1.829%1.83%2.649%2.65%1.119%1.12%2.445%2.44%0.734%0.73%0.709%0.71%0.410%0.41%0.597%0.60%0.273%0.27%0.332%0.33%0.027%0.03%0.159%0.16%0.000%0%0.055%0.05%0.029%0.03%0.000%0%0.115%0.12%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 Rhode Island
Rhode Island
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 - 177,22622,85422.9k54,62954.6k41,81241.8k47,22147.2k48,08748.1k43,48543.5k40,33940.3k34,87034.9k30,97331.0k16,81816.8k3,663156138

Marital Status by Race#9

Percentage of each ethno-racial group.
Scope: population of the United States and Rhode Island
Rhode Island
United States
Divorced
Widowed
Separated
Married
Never Married
60%40%20%0%20%40%60%CountWhite1Asian2White HispanicOther2Black2Mixed2-32.039569%-1.275109%-12.014082%-27.497734%-1.503107%-11.839085%-45.328760%45%47.380009%7.291231%52.464224%6.695849%54.671240%55%677,197677k-43.355135%-1.339933%-3.514230%-31.075139%-1.227492%-5.153514%-48.209298%48%48.407283%3.383419%58.040953%4.502902%51.790702%52%28,28528.3k-46.038796%-3.110883%-11.316099%-39.828659%-3.166008%-8.730185%-60.465778%60%36.996546%2.537676%44.624326%3.650823%39.534222%40%52,68652.7k-47.155539%-5.416528%-10.562621%-43.683693%-3.474691%-8.388056%-63.134688%63%34.237394%2.627917%41.276992%3.176567%36.865312%37%51,02951.0k-53.405520%-3.221898%-9.260591%-49.328840%-3.967824%-11.963014%-65.888010%66%29.792148%4.319843%29.070650%5.669672%34.111990%34%52,82652.8k-59.979833%-2.674733%-8.194024%-50.607227%-2.348082%-10.054102%-70.848591%71%26.651807%2.499602%33.774374%3.216215%29.151409%29%18,84318.8k

Map of Marital Status by County in Rhode Island

Married Marital Status by County#10

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
40.6%42.9%45.2%47.4%49.7%52.0%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by County#11

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
10.8%11.4%12.0%12.6%13.1%13.7%

Widowed Marital Status by County#12

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
5.45%5.85%6.25%6.64%7.04%7.44%

Never Married Marital Status by County#13

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
29.1%31.3%33.4%35.5%37.6%39.7%
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Map of Marital Status by County Subdivision in Rhode Island

Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#14

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
30%37%45%52%59%67%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by County Subdivision#15

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
8.8%10.6%12.3%14.0%15.7%17.5%

Widowed Marital Status by County Subdivision#16

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
3.8%5.1%6.3%7.5%8.7%10.0%

Never Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#17

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
18%25%32%39%47%54%
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Marital Status by Place in Rhode Island

There are 36 places in Rhode Island. This section compares all 36 of those to each other, Rhode Island, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Rhode Island.

Married by Place#18

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Rhode Island, selected places in Rhode Island, and entities that contain Rhode Island
0%20%40%60%Count#MelvilleClayvilleCarolinaGreeneWatch HillHopkintonHope ValleyFoster CenterCumberland HlTivertonCharlestownAshawayWeekapaugHarmonyMisquamicutChepachetGreenvilleQuonochontaugWarwickWesterlyUnited StatesValley FallsNew EnglandWakefield-PeacedaleNortheastProvidenceRhode IslandNarragansett PierCranstonE ProvidenceBradfordNewport EastPascoagWoonsocketPawtucketHarrisvilleNewportCentral FallsWyomingProvidenceKingston79.232506%79.232506%79%702173.333333%73.333333%73%88272.886762%72.886762%73%457370.731707%70.731707%71%464468.263473%68.263473%68%114566.974596%66.974596%67%290665.357644%65.357644%65%932765.140845%65.140845%65%185863.515333%63.515333%64%4,246957.676220%57.676220%58%3,7231056.354680%56.354680%56%5721154.923858%54.923858%55%5411254.246575%54.246575%54%1981353.904282%53.904282%54%4281453.670886%53.670886%54%2121550.701647%50.701647%51%8311650.101640%50.101640%50%3,6971750.084890%50.084890%50%2951849.792229%49.792229%50%34,86934.9k1948.664767%48.664767%49%7,3442048.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.858745%47.858745%48%4,9062147.628680%47.628680%48%5,811,6825.81M46.983042%46.983042%47%3,5742246.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M45.186148%45.186148%45%605,329605k44.532426%44.532426%45%392,271392k44.447779%44.447779%44%1,4812344.426997%44.426997%44%30,27330.3k2443.994626%43.994626%44%17,35517.4k2543.677043%43.677043%44%4492643.508886%43.508886%44%4,0152743.002481%43.002481%43%1,7332839.160425%39.160425%39%13,22813.2k2938.517223%38.517223%39%22,24122.2k3035.787807%35.787807%36%4523134.801987%34.801987%35%7,4963233.389426%33.389426%33%4,7623331.632653%31.632653%32%623430.080780%30.080780%30%43,68043.7k3511.500000%11.500000%12%75936

Marital Status by Metro Area in Rhode Island

There is 1 metro area that are fully or partially contained within Rhode Island (0 fully and 1 partially). This section compares all 1 of those to each other, Rhode Island, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Rhode Island.

Married by Metro Area#22

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Rhode Island, selected metro areas in Rhode Island, and entities that contain Rhode Island
0%10%20%30%40%Count#United StatesNew EnglandNortheastProvidenceRhode Island48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.628680%47.628680%48%5,811,6825.81M46.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M45.186148%45.186148%45%605,329605k44.532426%44.532426%45%392,271392k

Marital Status by County in Rhode Island

There are 5 counties in Rhode Island. This section compares all 5 of those to each other, Rhode Island, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Rhode Island.

Married by County#26

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Rhode Island, selected counties in Rhode Island, and entities that contain Rhode Island
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#BristolWashingtonKentNewportUnited StatesNew EnglandNortheastProvidenceRhode IslandProvidence51.913870%51.913870%52%21,57821.6k150.583816%50.583816%51%54,80254.8k249.700008%49.700008%50%69,00269.0k349.214979%49.214979%49%34,66934.7k448.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.628680%47.628680%48%5,811,6825.81M46.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M45.186148%45.186148%45%605,329605k44.532426%44.532426%45%392,271392k40.680032%40.680032%41%212,220212k5

Marital Status by County Subdivision in Rhode Island

There are 40 county subdivisions in Rhode Island. This section compares all 40 of those to each other, Rhode Island, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Rhode Island.

Married by County Subdivision#30

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Rhode Island, selected county subdivisions in Rhode Island, and entities that contain Rhode Island
0%20%40%60%Count#BarringtonRichmondCharlestownFosterE GreenwichScituateJamestownW GreenwichTivertonPortsmouthN KingstownN SmithfieldLittle ComptonHopkintonCumberlandGlocesterNew ShorehamExeterCoventryLincolnMiddletownWesterlyWarwickBurrillvilleUnited StatesNew EnglandBristolNortheastProvidenceJohnstonRhode IslandCranstonNarragansettE ProvidenceSmithfieldS KingstownWarrenN ProvidenceW WarwickWoonsocketPawtucketNewportCentral FallsProvidence66.614346%66.614346%67%8,488161.698053%61.698053%62%3,866261.492178%61.492178%61%4,088360.932515%60.932515%61%2,483460.668652%60.668652%61%6,315559.975736%59.975736%60%5,438659.629470%59.629470%60%2,768758.349086%58.349086%58%2,778858.256167%58.256167%58%7,864956.862879%56.862879%57%8,2981056.676476%56.676476%57%12,32612.3k1156.089375%56.089375%56%5,8491255.090791%55.090791%55%1,6991354.778825%54.778825%55%3,7771454.654311%54.654311%55%15,74715.7k1554.241920%54.241920%54%4,5651652.606061%52.606061%53%4341751.635231%51.635231%52%2,9841851.310747%51.310747%51%15,13015.1k1951.164797%51.164797%51%8,8952050.003821%50.003821%50%6,5442149.984451%49.984451%50%9,6442249.792229%49.792229%50%34,86934.9k2349.094853%49.094853%49%6,5632448.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.628680%47.628680%48%5,811,6825.81M46.935060%46.935060%47%9,2802546.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M45.186148%45.186148%45%605,329605k45.027524%45.027524%45%11,20611.2k2644.532426%44.532426%45%392,271392k44.426997%44.426997%44%30,27330.3k2744.064315%44.064315%44%6,2212843.994626%43.994626%44%17,35517.4k2943.872497%43.872497%44%8,3273042.822984%42.822984%43%11,46211.5k3142.094796%42.094796%42%3,8103241.934901%41.934901%42%11,60811.6k3341.033498%41.033498%41%9,9103439.160425%39.160425%39%13,22813.2k3538.517223%38.517223%39%22,24122.2k3634.801987%34.801987%35%7,4963733.389426%33.389426%33%4,7623830.080780%30.080780%30%43,68043.7k39

Marital Status by State in the United States

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

Married by State#34

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Rhode Island, selected other states in the United States, and entities that contain Rhode Island
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#UtahIdahoWyomingNebraskaIowaKansasMinnesotaSouth DakotaNorth DakotaNew HampshireMontanaColoradoWisconsinWashingtonMaineArkansasWest VirginiaOklahomaVirginiaHawaiiKentuckyVermontMissouriIndianaTexasTennesseeOregonNew JerseyN CarolinaAlaskaUnited StatesOhioMichiganPennsylvaniaConnecticutAlabamaIllinoisNew EnglandDelawareArizonaS CarolinaMarylandGeorgiaNortheastCaliforniaMassachusettsFloridaNevadaProvidenceNew 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%1,040,2241.04M4545.186148%45.186148%45%605,329605k45.127524%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 Rhode Island to all of the states in the Northeast and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Rhode Island.

Married by State#38

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Rhode Island, selected other states in the Northeast, and entities that contain Rhode Island
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#New HampshireMaineVermontNew JerseyUnited StatesPennsylvaniaConnecticutNew EnglandNortheastMassachusettsProvidenceRhode 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%2,599,0632.60M745.186148%45.186148%45%605,329605k44.532426%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 Rhode Island 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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