Marital Status in Jefferson County, Alabama (County)

Marital Status#1

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of Alabama and Jefferson County
Female Male
Alabama
Jefferson County
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
40%20%0%20%40%FMNever MarriedMarriedSeparated/DivorcedWidowed-32.193174%-27.347151%-32.193174%32%32.193174%4.111282%27.347151%5.710881%36.304456%36%91,65391.7k89,67689.7k-40.167617%-45.541010%-40.167617%40%40.167617%6.692240%45.541010%4.882520%46.859856%47%114,356114k115,749116k-13.903834%-3.355568%-13.409699%-2.854874%-17.259402%17%13.903834%13.409699%13.903834%14%49,13749.1k34,34434.3k-2.931853%-7.447954%-3.108739%-7.738527%-10.379807%10%2.931853%3.108739%2.931853%3%29,55129.6k7,242

Detailed Marital Status#2

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of Alabama and Jefferson County
Female Male
Alabama
Jefferson County
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40%20%0%20%40%FMNever MarriedNow MarriedSeparatedAbsent SpouseWidowedDivorced-32.193174%-27.347151%-32.193174%32%32.193174%4.111282%27.347151%5.710881%36.304456%36%91,65391.7k89,67689.7k-38.353056%-43.554483%-38.353056%38%38.353056%6.066018%43.554483%4.346897%44.419074%44%109,190109k109,720110k-2.242410%-0.577079%-1.983295%-0.873223%-2.819489%3%2.242410%1.983295%2.242410%2%8,0275,539-1.814561%-1.986527%-1.814561%2%1.814561%0.626221%1.986527%0.535622%2.440782%2%5,1666,029-2.931853%-7.447954%-3.108739%-7.738527%-10.379807%10%2.931853%3.108739%2.931853%3%29,55129.6k7,242-11.661424%-2.778489%-11.426404%-1.981651%-14.439913%14%11.661424%11.426404%11.661424%12%41,11041.1k28,80528.8k

The Married by Sex and Age#4

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Alabama and Jefferson County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1713.141%13.1%53.384%53.4%31.331%31.3%69.957%70.0%47.205%47.2%67.565%67.6%49.350%49.4%63.890%63.9%53.051%53.1%60.053%60.1%52.248%52.2%55.902%55.9%55.247%55.2%59.742%59.7%53.956%54.0%59.689%59.7%52.035%52.0%56.954%57.0%48.319%48.3%48.031%48.0%32.431%32.4%28.005%28.0%9.870%9.87%5.739%5.74%0.673%0.67%0.342%0.34%0.194%0.19%0.291%0.29%

The Divorced1 by Sex and Age#5

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Alabama and Jefferson County
Female
Male
0%5%10%15%20%25%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 176.846%6.85%4.911%4.91%12.868%12.9%9.990%9.99%22.768%22.8%17.870%17.9%28.014%28.0%23.186%23.2%27.626%27.6%24.418%24.4%28.349%28.3%24.544%24.5%26.099%26.1%21.060%21.1%22.613%22.6%18.886%18.9%18.692%18.7%14.422%14.4%12.062%12.1%8.784%8.78%6.808%6.81%5.149%5.15%1.992%1.99%0.524%0.52%0.300%0.30%0.049%0.05%0.049%0.05%0.134%0.13%

The Never Married by Sex and Age#6

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Alabama and Jefferson County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%100%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 173.934%3.93%2.646%2.65%4.001%4.00%3.257%3.26%6.380%6.38%6.691%6.69%11.642%11.6%8.903%8.90%11.959%12.0%13.578%13.6%15.453%15.5%17.199%17.2%16.018%16.0%18.222%18.2%21.768%21.8%21.221%21.2%27.717%27.7%28.517%28.5%39.207%39.2%42.973%43.0%60.662%60.7%66.642%66.6%88.138%88.1%93.738%93.7%99.027%99.0%99.609%99.6%99.757%99.8%99.576%99.6%

The Widowed by Sex and Age#7

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Alabama and Jefferson County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1776.079%76.1%39.059%39.1%51.800%51.8%16.796%16.8%23.647%23.6%7.874%7.87%10.994%11.0%4.021%4.02%7.364%7.36%1.950%1.95%3.951%3.95%2.355%2.36%2.636%2.64%0.975%0.98%1.663%1.66%0.204%0.20%1.557%1.56%0.106%0.11%0.411%0.41%0.212%0.21%0.099%0.10%0.204%0.20%0.000%0%0.000%0%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 counties in Alabama.
Scope: population of Alabama and Jefferson County
Jefferson County
Alabama
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 - 173,26713,31113.3k29,57729.6k22,78022.8k26,05826.1k24,55124.6k23,54223.5k23,73523.7k22,64422.6k22,38022.4k14,66214.7k3,4538461

Marital Status by Race#9

Percentage of each ethno-racial group.
Scope: population of Alabama and Jefferson County
Jefferson County
Alabama
Divorced
Widowed
Separated
Married
Never Married
60%40%20%0%20%40%60%CountAsian2White1White HispanicOther2Mixed2Black2-28.567861%-0.549382%-4.482457%-28.948015%-1.163410%-5.411495%-33.599700%34%63.978025%2.422275%60.466593%4.010487%66.400300%66%8,009-24.631690%-1.132414%-12.710927%-23.059533%-1.707519%-12.725748%-38.475030%38%53.985862%7.539108%54.895669%7.611530%61.524970%62%281,081281k-36.933265%-0.993377%-6.826286%-36.692864%-2.460080%-6.898703%-44.752929%45%51.948548%3.298523%51.066617%2.881737%55.247071%55%7,852-43.865169%-3.730337%-6.224719%-36.561661%-3.028882%-9.456968%-53.820225%54%44.595506%1.584270%47.284841%3.667648%46.179775%46%8,900-45.277045%-3.922603%-9.885664%-40.707375%-2.528299%-12.081391%-59.085312%59%33.526825%7.387863%38.835142%5.847793%40.914688%41%5,685-45.611565%-4.408191%-14.613432%-47.221345%-4.387122%-12.737503%-64.633188%65%28.741354%6.625458%28.987054%6.666976%35.366812%35%220,181220k

Map of Marital Status by County Subdivision in Jefferson County

Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#10

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
35%41%47%52%57%63%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by County Subdivision#11

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
9.1%12.1%15.1%18.0%21.0%24.0%

Widowed Marital Status by County Subdivision#12

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
5.3%6.6%7.8%9.0%10.2%11.4%

Never Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#13

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
19.5%23.5%27.4%31.3%35.2%39.1%
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Map of Marital Status by Tract in Jefferson County

Married Marital Status by Tract#14

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
3%18%32%47%61%76%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Tract#15

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
4%10%15%21%26%32%

Widowed Marital Status by Tract#16

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
0.4%3.7%7.0%10.2%13.5%16.8%

Never Married Marital Status by Tract#17

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
13%28%43%59%74%90%
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Map of Marital Status by Block Group in Jefferson County

Married Marital Status by Block Group#18

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
0%17%33%50%67%84%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Block Group#19

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
1%13%25%37%48%60%

Widowed Marital Status by Block Group#20

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
0%6%12%18%24%31%

Never Married Marital Status by Block Group#21

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
7%24%41%58%75%92%
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Marital Status by Place in Jefferson County

There are 47 places that are fully or partially contained within Jefferson County (36 fully and 11 partially). This section compares all 47 of those to each other, Jefferson County, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Jefferson County.

Married by Place#22

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Jefferson County, selected places in Jefferson County, and entities that contain Jefferson County
0%20%40%60%80%Count#County LineMtn BrkCardiffTrussvilleMinorVestavia HlsHelenaKimberlyMount OliveLake ViewMorrisHooverArgoW JeffersonRock CreekSylvan SpgsLeedsGardendaleFultondaleClayPinsonMaytownConcordGraysvilleTraffordSumitonPleasant GrvWarriorBirminghamEast South CentralUnited StatesSouthAlabamaNorth JohnsAdamsvilleHueytownBrooksideEdgewaterForestdaleHomewoodIrondaleJeffersonMulgaGrayson VlyLipscombMidfieldCenter PointMcDonald ChapelBessemerTarrantBirminghamFairfieldBrighton80.851064%80.851064%81%228172.454155%72.454155%72%11,14211.1k272.413793%72.413793%72%21364.301235%64.301235%64%10,35710.4k463.822526%63.822526%64%561562.274348%62.274348%62%16,59316.6k661.628610%61.628610%62%8,151759.647537%59.647537%60%1,320859.471496%59.471496%59%2,003959.017113%59.017113%59%1,3451058.912595%58.912595%59%8561158.227810%58.227810%58%38,71838.7k1258.214181%58.214181%58%1,9951357.957958%57.957958%58%1931457.695473%57.695473%58%7011556.879433%56.879433%57%8021656.800533%56.800533%57%5,1201756.756283%56.756283%57%6,4811856.745442%56.745442%57%4,2021956.614212%56.614212%57%4,6052055.307974%55.307974%55%3,4752155.102041%55.102041%55%1622253.687500%53.687500%54%8592350.680693%50.680693%51%8192450.279330%50.279330%50%2702549.879169%49.879169%50%1,0322649.007092%49.007092%49%4,1462748.591549%48.591549%49%1,3802848.447362%48.447362%48%445,832446k48.285867%48.285867%48%7,332,9257.33M48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.878945%47.878945%48%1,881,0231.88M47.368421%47.368421%47%902946.924523%46.924523%47%1,7473046.683694%46.683694%47%5,8493146.462513%46.462513%46%4403246.240000%46.240000%46%2893344.630249%44.630249%45%3,6033444.362083%44.362083%44%9,0373543.510856%43.510856%44%4,4693643.276573%43.276573%43%230,105230k41.844920%41.844920%42%3133738.315283%38.315283%38%1,5923837.632135%37.632135%38%7123934.844869%34.844869%35%1,4604034.100597%34.100597%34%4,4004134.047619%34.047619%34%1434229.830383%29.830383%30%6,4724329.454478%29.454478%29%1,5824427.949199%27.949199%28%48,87748.9k4527.746244%27.746244%28%2,4934620.993521%20.993521%21%48647

Marital Status by County Subdivision in Jefferson County

There are 17 county subdivisions in Jefferson County. This section compares all 17 of those to each other, Jefferson County, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Jefferson County.

Married by County Subdivision#26

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Jefferson County, selected county subdivisions in Jefferson County, and entities that contain Jefferson County
0%20%40%60%Count#TrussvilleGreenwoodHooverClayLeedsWarriorNorth JohnsGardendaleBrooksideConcord-Rock CrkPalmerdaleRobbins CrossroadsKimberly-MorrisMaytown-Sylvan SpgsMaytown-Sylvan S…Graysville-AdamsvilleBirminghamEast South CentralUnited StatesSouthAlabamaJeffersonBirminghamW Jefferson62.510630%62.510630%63%9,556162.455109%62.455109%62%11,47811.5k259.710744%59.710744%60%23,12023.1k359.018746%59.018746%59%6,580458.836671%58.836671%59%7,111558.310823%58.310823%58%3,238658.270065%58.270065%58%2,149757.878804%57.878804%58%10,89810.9k857.286096%57.286096%57%1,714956.264237%56.264237%56%3,7051056.048387%56.048387%56%2,6411154.378910%54.378910%54%2,4341253.785592%53.785592%54%4,0991352.095238%52.095238%52%1,6411450.507146%50.507146%51%4,3821548.447362%48.447362%48%445,832446k48.285867%48.285867%48%7,332,9257.33M48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.878945%47.878945%48%1,881,0231.88M43.276573%43.276573%43%230,105230k36.610399%36.610399%37%134,012134k1635.853074%35.853074%36%1,34717

Marital Status by County in the Birmingham Area

There are 7 counties in the Birmingham Area. This section compares Jefferson County to all of the counties in the Birmingham Area and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Jefferson County.

Married by County#30

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Jefferson County, selected other counties in the Birmingham Area, and entities that contain Jefferson County
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#BlountShelbySt. ClairChiltonWalkerBirminghamEast South CentralUnited StatesSouthAlabamaBibbJefferson59.201273%59.201273%59%27,52827.5k156.997649%56.997649%57%93,81393.8k255.559045%55.559045%56%38,92338.9k353.277354%53.277354%53%18,65418.7k452.007755%52.007755%52%27,89827.9k548.447362%48.447362%48%445,832446k48.285867%48.285867%48%7,332,9257.33M48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.878945%47.878945%48%1,881,0231.88M47.576081%47.576081%48%8,911643.276573%43.276573%43%230,105230k7

Marital Status by County in Alabama

There are 67 counties in Alabama. This section compares Jefferson County to the 50 most populous counties in Alabama and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Jefferson County. The least populous of the compared counties has a population of 19,684.

Married by County#34

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Jefferson County, selected other counties in Alabama, and entities that contain Jefferson County
0%20%40%60%Count#CherokeeBlountShelbyMarionCullmanAutaugaSt. ClairLawrenceJacksonWinstonChiltonBaldwinRandolphLimestoneMarshallGenevaCovingtonWalkerDeKalbMorganLauderdaleColbertCoffeeElmoreFranklinTallapoosaMadisonDaleEtowahCalhounBirminghamEast South CentralUnited StatesSouthAlabamaBibbClarkeTalladegaHoustonChambersMobileEscambiaButlerMonroeJeffersonLeeRussellPickensTuscaloosaBarbourMarengoMontgomeryPikeDallasMacon61.250812%61.250812%61%13,20213.2k159.201273%59.201273%59%27,52827.5k256.997649%56.997649%57%93,81393.8k356.909113%56.909113%57%14,29514.3k456.557092%56.557092%57%37,42137.4k556.080696%56.080696%56%24,57424.6k655.559045%55.559045%56%38,92338.9k755.516471%55.516471%56%15,15115.2k854.322783%54.322783%54%23,53123.5k954.041803%54.041803%54%10,73010.7k1053.277354%53.277354%53%18,65418.7k1152.801688%52.801688%53%86,06286.1k1252.730514%52.730514%53%9,7621352.607200%52.607200%53%38,38838.4k1452.437872%52.437872%52%39,39539.4k1552.233410%52.233410%52%11,41311.4k1652.144894%52.144894%52%16,09416.1k1752.007755%52.007755%52%27,89827.9k1851.971866%51.971866%52%29,33529.3k1951.955839%51.955839%52%50,26050.3k2051.767068%51.767068%52%39,95940.0k2151.375142%51.375142%51%22,99523.0k2251.115821%51.115821%51%20,98121.0k2350.921077%50.921077%51%33,44733.4k2450.623758%50.623758%51%12,74212.7k2550.286189%50.286189%50%16,95617.0k2649.698155%49.698155%50%141,844142k2749.456031%49.456031%49%19,72919.7k2849.061874%49.061874%49%41,62941.6k2948.553810%48.553810%49%46,06346.1k3048.447362%48.447362%48%445,832446k48.285867%48.285867%48%7,332,9257.33M48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.878945%47.878945%48%1,881,0231.88M47.576081%47.576081%48%8,9113147.550248%47.550248%48%9,6763247.414404%47.414404%47%31,42231.4k3346.008461%46.008461%46%38,38938.4k3445.357920%45.357920%45%12,71712.7k3544.720213%44.720213%45%148,472148k3643.602710%43.602710%44%13,45113.5k3743.564236%43.564236%44%7,1383843.488020%43.488020%43%7,7503943.276573%43.276573%43%230,105230k4043.273546%43.273546%43%54,57454.6k4143.266817%43.266817%43%19,99120.0k4243.106352%43.106352%43%7,1664342.177869%42.177869%42%70,41370.4k4441.163004%41.163004%41%8,9904540.549343%40.549343%41%6,5994639.880549%39.880549%40%73,05073.1k4737.697053%37.697053%38%10,45010.5k4834.566175%34.566175%35%11,37411.4k4930.459053%30.459053%30%5,12950

Marital Status by County in the United States

There are 3,142 counties in the United States. This section compares Jefferson County to the 50 most populous counties in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Jefferson County. The least populous of the compared counties has a population of 941,618.

Married by County#38

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Jefferson County, selected other counties in the United States, and entities that contain Jefferson County
0%20%40%Count#FairfaxSanta ClaraMontgomeryNassauOaklandSalt LakeContra CostaWakeSuffolkFairfieldOrangeHonoluluMiddlesexWestchesterKingTarrantBirminghamEast South CentralAlamedaSt. LouisRiversideUnited StatesSouthAlabamaSan DiegoHarrisHennepinPalm BeachMaricopaQueensAlleghenySan BernardinoMecklenburgSacramentoPimaDallasHillsboroughBexarClarkFresnoTravisJeffersonBrowardOrangeLos 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%742,044742k1648.447362%48.447362%48%445,832446k48.285867%48.285867%48%7,332,9257.33M48.279556%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%46,160,11846.2M47.878945%47.878945%48%1,881,0231.88M47.276963%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%402,654403k3643.276573%43.276573%43%230,105230k43.023143%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

Definitions

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

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