Marital Status in the United States

Marital Status#1

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of the United States
Female
Male
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
0%FMNever MarriedMarriedSeparated/DivorcedWidowed-29.988272%-29.988272%30%29.988272%6.223969%36.212241%36%39,563,94839.6M45,477,83045.5M-46.394064%-46.394064%46%46.394064%3.422116%49.816179%50%61,208,33961.2M62,562,59562.6M-11.380058%-3.239645%-14.619703%15%11.380058%11.380058%11%19,287,97919.3M14,291,86214.3M-2.591522%-6.406440%-8.997962%9%2.591522%2.591522%3%11,871,13711.9M3,254,6123.25M

Detailed Marital Status#2

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of the United States
Female
Male
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
40%20%0%20%40%FMNever MarriedNow MarriedSeparatedAbsent SpouseWidowedDivorced-29.988272%-29.988272%30%29.988272%6.223969%36.212241%36%39,563,94839.6M45,477,83045.5M-43.902027%-43.902027%44%43.902027%3.003516%46.905543%47%57,920,56057.9M58,907,21758.9M-1.763851%-0.629056%-2.392907%2%1.763851%1.763851%2%3,156,9963.16M2,215,1662.22M-2.492037%-2.492037%2%2.492037%0.418600%2.910636%3%3,287,7793.29M3,655,3783.66M-2.591522%-6.406440%-8.997962%9%2.591522%2.591522%3%11,871,13711.9M3,254,6123.25M-9.616207%-2.610589%-12.226796%12%9.616207%9.616207%10%16,130,98316.1M12,076,69612.1M

The Married by Sex and Age#4

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of the United States
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1714.581%14.6%53.918%53.9%37.476%37.5%70.457%70.5%54.258%54.3%72.660%72.7%60.094%60.1%69.197%69.2%61.251%61.3%66.202%66.2%61.583%61.6%64.056%64.1%62.379%62.4%63.904%63.9%62.714%62.7%63.331%63.3%61.076%61.1%59.227%59.2%54.207%54.2%48.363%48.4%36.147%36.1%27.248%27.2%12.510%12.5%7.542%7.54%2.264%2.26%1.256%1.26%0.558%0.56%0.509%0.51%

The Divorced1 by Sex and Age#5

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of the United States
Female
Male
0%5%10%15%20%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 177.800%7.80%6.465%6.47%12.744%12.7%9.992%9.99%19.273%19.3%15.013%15.0%22.124%22.1%18.243%18.2%22.768%22.8%19.259%19.3%22.887%22.9%19.129%19.1%21.872%21.9%17.743%17.7%19.344%19.3%15.091%15.1%15.750%15.8%11.953%12.0%11.259%11.3%7.990%7.99%6.253%6.25%3.897%3.90%1.807%1.81%0.858%0.86%0.183%0.18%0.089%0.09%0.153%0.15%0.134%0.13%

The Never Married by Sex and Age#6

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of the United States
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%100%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 174.547%4.55%4.014%4.01%4.453%4.45%4.138%4.14%5.774%5.77%5.954%5.95%8.235%8.24%9.523%9.52%9.936%9.94%12.471%12.5%12.050%12.1%15.513%15.5%13.643%13.6%17.573%17.6%16.771%16.8%21.136%21.1%22.445%22.4%28.529%28.5%34.125%34.1%43.476%43.5%57.388%57.4%68.754%68.8%85.604%85.6%91.553%91.6%97.513%97.5%98.628%98.6%99.263%99.3%99.329%99.3%

The Widowed by Sex and Age#7

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of the United States
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1773.071%73.1%35.603%35.6%45.328%45.3%15.414%15.4%20.696%20.7%6.374%6.37%9.547%9.55%3.036%3.04%6.045%6.04%2.068%2.07%3.479%3.48%1.302%1.30%2.107%2.11%0.781%0.78%1.171%1.17%0.442%0.44%0.728%0.73%0.291%0.29%0.408%0.41%0.171%0.17%0.212%0.21%0.100%0.10%0.079%0.08%0.047%0.05%0.039%0.04%0.027%0.03%0.026%0.03%0.028%0.03%

The Married by Age#8

Percentage of age cohort. Gray areas represent percentile bands from the states.
Scope: population of the United States
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 - 171,693,2841.69M7,113,8147.11M16,566,91916.6M12,098,34312.1M13,552,19413.6M14,040,77714.0M13,322,04813.3M12,930,42512.9M12,049,31212.0M10,975,00511.0M6,957,3126.96M2,252,7582.25M151,746152k66,99767.0k

Marital Status by Race#9

Percentage of each ethno-racial group.
Scope: population of the United States
United States
Divorced
Widowed
Separated
Married
Never Married
60%40%20%0%20%40%60%CountAsian2White1White HispanicOther2Mixed2Black2-31.075139%-1.227492%-5.153514%-37.456145%37%58.040953%4.502902%62.543855%63%13,761,96913.8M-27.497734%-1.503107%-11.839085%-40.839926%41%52.464224%6.695849%59.160074%59%166,118,169166M-39.828659%-3.166008%-8.730185%-51.724851%52%44.624326%3.650823%48.275149%48%26,452,33726.5M-43.683693%-3.474691%-8.388056%-55.546440%56%41.276992%3.176567%44.453560%44%13,696,01013.7M-50.607227%-2.348082%-10.054102%-63.009411%63%33.774374%3.216215%36.990589%37%5,840,8105.84M-49.328840%-3.967824%-11.963014%-65.259678%65%29.070650%5.669672%34.740322%35%31,649,00731.6M

Map of Marital Status by State in the United States

Married Marital Status by State#10

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
43.5%46.0%48.5%51.0%53.4%56.0%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by State#11

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
10.3%11.6%12.8%14.0%15.3%16.5%

Widowed Marital Status by State#12

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
3.7%4.5%5.3%6.1%6.9%7.8%

Never Married Marital Status by State#13

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
26.6%29.0%31.3%33.6%35.9%38.3%
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Map of Marital Status by County in the United States

Married Marital Status by County#14

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
19%31%41%52%63%74%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by County#15

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
1%7%13%18%24%30%

Widowed Marital Status by County#16

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
0.8%4.1%7.4%10.6%13.8%17.1%

Never Married Marital Status by County#17

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
10%22%34%46%58%70%
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Marital Status by Place in the United States

There are 29,322 places in the United States. This section compares the 50 most populous of those to each other and the United States. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 383,899.

Married by Place#18

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of the United States and selected places in the United States
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#San JoseColorado SpgsVirginia BchUnited StatesMesaWichitaEl PasoOklahoma CityFort WorthArlingtonOmahaSan DiegoJacksonvilleTulsaLas VegasCharlotteAlbuquerqueSan AntonioLouisvilleHoustonPhoenixPortlandRaleighSeattleSacramentoFresnoAustinNashville-DavidsonDallasKansas CityNew YorkSan FranciscoDenverIndianapolisLos AngelesOaklandLong BeachColumbusTucsonChicagoMiamiMinneapolisMemphisMilwaukeePhiladelphiaBostonWashingtonAtlantaBaltimoreClevelandDetroit50.903201%50.903201%51%412,320412k150.736762%50.736762%51%182,422182k250.005906%50.005906%50%182,041182k348.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.775129%47.775129%48%179,151179k446.960737%46.960737%47%142,222142k546.558929%46.558929%47%243,560244k646.457813%46.457813%46%224,637225k745.965381%45.965381%46%283,816284k845.908243%45.908243%46%138,019138k944.590793%44.590793%45%155,967156k1043.516736%43.516736%44%494,945495k1142.699143%42.699143%43%294,107294k1242.656314%42.656314%43%134,875135k1342.608360%42.608360%43%208,922209k1442.506557%42.506557%43%272,436272k1542.199784%42.199784%42%189,112189k1642.018657%42.018657%42%474,981475k1741.770669%41.770669%42%206,505207k1841.456165%41.456165%41%728,595729k1941.434087%41.434087%41%499,057499k2040.860277%40.860277%41%213,754214k2140.742721%40.742721%41%146,301146k2240.588351%40.588351%41%235,410235k2340.158552%40.158552%40%155,820156k2439.918085%39.918085%40%154,477154k2539.907888%39.907888%40%295,567296k2639.869326%39.869326%40%209,119209k2739.852215%39.852215%40%397,215397k2839.694400%39.694400%40%150,023150k2939.360285%39.360285%39%2,736,5012.74M3039.306154%39.306154%39%295,734296k3139.068367%39.068367%39%212,453212k3238.533886%38.533886%39%257,789258k3338.528315%38.528315%39%1,238,0031.24M3438.272065%38.272065%38%130,316130k3538.043816%38.043816%38%143,386143k3636.461222%36.461222%36%245,648246k3735.666535%35.666535%36%153,920154k3834.991275%34.991275%35%774,654775k3934.130003%34.130003%34%124,981125k4034.058799%34.058799%34%114,098114k4131.639052%31.639052%32%163,211163k4230.116551%30.116551%30%140,104140k4329.523746%29.523746%30%374,491374k4429.130336%29.130336%29%165,206165k4528.183356%28.183356%28%157,791158k4626.937102%26.937102%27%102,973103k4726.884245%26.884245%27%136,972137k4825.309060%25.309060%25%79,70079.7k4922.633004%22.633004%23%122,402122k50

Marital Status by Metro Area in the United States

There are 933 metro areas in the United States. This section compares the 50 most populous of those to each other and the United States. The least populous of the compared metro areas has a population of 1,135,503.

Married by Metro Area#22

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of the United States and selected metro areas in the United States
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#San Jose AreaSalt Lake CityRaleigh AreaMinneapolisDallas AreaKansas CitySeattle AreaDenver AreaHouston AreaNashvilleCharlottePortland AreaCincinnatiPittsburghOklahoma CityWashingtonBirminghamSt. LouisIndianapolisSan FranciscoUnited StatesSacramentoColumbus AreaJacksonvilleAtlanta AreaAustin AreaSan DiegoHartford AreaLouisvillePhoenix AreaBoston AreaChicago AreaSan AntonioRiversideVirginia BeachMilwaukeeDetroit AreaTampa AreaRichmond AreaBaltimoreNew York AreaOrlando AreaClevelandProvidencePhiladelphiaBuffalo AreaLos AngelesLas VegasMiami AreaMemphis AreaNew Orleans53.237658%53.237658%53%832,621833k152.277296%52.277296%52%457,453457k251.698342%51.698342%52%508,219508k351.415664%51.415664%51%1,432,1541.43M450.475713%50.475713%50%2,724,4682.72M550.401929%50.401929%50%826,323826k650.194131%50.194131%50%1,502,2221.50M749.942501%49.942501%50%1,100,0521.10M849.925020%49.925020%50%2,501,5742.50M949.743168%49.743168%50%715,259715k1049.651507%49.651507%50%939,978940k1149.650785%49.650785%50%949,041949k1249.235990%49.235990%49%845,379845k1348.866203%48.866203%49%968,254968k1448.816995%48.816995%49%515,444515k1548.547447%48.547447%49%2,349,1262.35M1648.447362%48.447362%48%445,832446k1748.395550%48.395550%48%1,101,2181.10M1848.313743%48.313743%48%750,826751k1948.148944%48.148944%48%1,827,3411.83M2048.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.644214%47.644214%48%859,666860k2147.460346%47.460346%47%756,021756k2247.375071%47.375071%47%546,696547k2347.365465%47.365465%47%2,097,6812.10M2447.350232%47.350232%47%731,768732k2547.276963%47.276963%47%1,251,0951.25M2647.207221%47.207221%47%474,831475k2747.198100%47.198100%47%484,817485k2847.160781%47.160781%47%1,675,3741.68M2947.118464%47.118464%47%1,851,0711.85M3046.935192%46.935192%47%3,593,1563.59M3146.832265%46.832265%47%857,111857k3246.786330%46.786330%47%1,614,7601.61M3346.760558%46.760558%47%650,827651k3446.501081%46.501081%47%587,231587k3546.299539%46.299539%46%1,616,4721.62M3646.146851%46.146851%46%1,122,4821.12M3745.957733%45.957733%46%471,894472k3845.765902%45.765902%46%1,037,7941.04M3945.722984%45.722984%46%7,484,5167.48M4045.505111%45.505111%46%863,439863k4145.300554%45.300554%45%766,407766k4245.186148%45.186148%45%605,329605k4345.132078%45.132078%45%2,226,8422.23M4444.672243%44.672243%45%421,668422k4544.363776%44.363776%44%4,748,7354.75M4644.195458%44.195458%44%732,568733k4742.985990%42.985990%43%2,112,5742.11M4842.086664%42.086664%42%445,170445k4941.587196%41.587196%42%421,826422k50

Marital Status by State in the United States

There are 50 states in the United States. This section compares all 50 of those to each other and the United States.

Married by State#26

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of the United States and selected states in the United States
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#UtahIdahoWyomingNebraskaIowaKansasMinnesotaSouth DakotaNorth DakotaNew HampshireMontanaColoradoWisconsinWashingtonMaineArkansasWest VirginiaOklahomaVirginiaHawaiiKentuckyVermontMissouriIndianaTexasTennesseeOregonNew 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%431,852432k1150.779102%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%4,958,0674.96M3647.373319%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 County in the United States

There are 3,142 counties in the United States. This section compares the 50 most populous of those to each other and the United States. The least populous of the compared counties has a population of 941,618.

Married by County#30

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of the United States and selected counties in the United States
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#FairfaxSanta ClaraMontgomeryNassauOaklandSalt LakeContra CostaWakeSuffolkFairfieldOrangeHonoluluMiddlesexWestchesterKingTarrantAlamedaSt. LouisRiversideUnited StatesSan DiegoHarrisHennepinPalm BeachMaricopaQueensAlleghenySan BernardinoMecklenburgSacramentoPimaDallasHillsboroughBexarClarkFresnoTravisBrowardOrangeLos AngelesFranklinCookMiami-DadeCuyahogaKingsWayneFultonMilwaukeeNew 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%123,770,934124M47.276963%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

Marital Status by Division in the United States

There are 10 divisions in the United States. This section compares all 10 of those to each other and the United States.

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Percentage of population.
Scope: population of the United States and selected divisions in the United States
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#West North CentralMountainWest South CentralEast North CentralEast South CentralUnited StatesNew EnglandPacificSouth AtlanticMiddle Atlantic51.461869%51.461869%51%8,666,3128.67M149.555906%49.555906%50%9,123,4519.12M248.707119%48.707119%49%14,691,67414.7M348.446718%48.446718%48%18,331,77818.3M448.285867%48.285867%48%7,332,9257.33M548.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.628680%47.628680%48%5,811,6825.81M647.451114%47.451114%47%19,842,16119.8M747.295823%47.295823%47%24,135,51924.1M846.534090%46.534090%47%15,835,43215.8M9

Marital Status by Region in the United States

There are 5 regions in the United States. This section compares all 5 of those to each other and the United States.

Married by Region#38

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of the United States and selected regions in the United States
0%10%20%30%40%Count#MidwestWestUnited StatesSouthNortheast49.375331%49.375331%49%26,998,09027.0M148.094521%48.094521%48%28,965,61229.0M248.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M346.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M4

Definitions

This page reports on the marital status of the residents of the United States 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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