Marital Status in Fairfield County, Connecticut (County)

Marital Status#1

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of Connecticut and Fairfield County
Female Male
Connecticut
Fairfield County
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
0%50%FMNever MarriedMarriedSeparated/DivorcedWidowed-30.346371%-31.333488%-30.346371%30%30.346371%5.021615%31.333488%6.091303%35.367986%35%119,731120k129,444129k-48.473190%-45.946765%-48.473190%48%48.473190%5.064593%45.946765%4.056068%53.537782%54%191,250191k195,944196k-8.742814%-3.778096%-9.980392%-3.823094%-12.520910%13%8.742814%9.980392%8.742814%9%49,40149.4k31,99832.0k-2.351418%-6.308112%-2.591983%-6.324278%-8.659529%9%2.351418%2.591983%2.351418%2%34,16634.2k8,606
F number of females of given marital status
M number of males of given marital status

Detailed Marital Status#2

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of Connecticut and Fairfield County
Female Male
Connecticut
Fairfield County
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40%20%0%20%40%FMNever MarriedNow MarriedSeparatedAbsent SpouseWidowedDivorced-30.346371%-31.333488%-30.346371%30%30.346371%5.021615%31.333488%6.091303%35.367986%35%119,731120k129,444129k-46.237720%-43.888553%-46.237720%46%46.237720%4.393988%43.888553%3.665981%50.631708%51%182,430182k185,308185k-1.190190%-0.303164%-1.089314%-0.385800%-1.493354%1%1.190190%1.089314%1.190190%1%5,8924,356-2.235469%-2.058212%-2.235469%2%2.235469%0.670605%2.058212%0.390087%2.906074%3%8,82010,63610.6k-2.351418%-6.308112%-2.591983%-6.324278%-8.659529%9%2.351418%2.591983%2.351418%2%34,16634.2k8,606-7.552624%-3.474931%-8.891078%-3.437293%-11.027556%11%7.552624%8.891078%7.552624%8%43,50943.5k27,64227.6k
F number of females of given marital status
M number of males of given marital status

The Married by Sex and Age#4

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Connecticut and Fairfield County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1715.283%15.3%56.451%56.5%37.271%37.3%69.384%69.4%53.357%53.4%75.732%75.7%61.106%61.1%73.120%73.1%64.388%64.4%71.767%71.8%67.045%67.0%72.645%72.6%67.756%67.8%72.962%73.0%68.300%68.3%70.880%70.9%67.594%67.6%64.973%65.0%55.042%55.0%49.344%49.3%31.298%31.3%17.133%17.1%5.021%5.02%3.268%3.27%1.296%1.30%0.955%0.95%0.181%0.18%0.228%0.23%
F percentage of married females in age cohort
M percentage of married males in age cohort

The Divorced1 by Sex and Age#5

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Connecticut and Fairfield County
Female
Male
0%5%10%15%20%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 175.968%5.97%5.152%5.15%12.330%12.3%10.572%10.6%19.270%19.3%11.761%11.8%20.202%20.2%14.640%14.6%19.079%19.1%15.788%15.8%18.545%18.5%14.318%14.3%17.118%17.1%12.189%12.2%14.428%14.4%11.272%11.3%10.537%10.5%8.026%8.03%9.532%9.53%3.775%3.78%4.557%4.56%1.394%1.39%0.672%0.67%0.589%0.59%0.100%0.10%0.000%0%0.075%0.08%0.076%0.08%
F percentage of divorced females in age cohort
M percentage of divorced males in age cohort
1and Separated

The Never Married by Sex and Age#6

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Connecticut and Fairfield County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%100%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 175.156%5.16%3.741%3.74%5.987%5.99%4.692%4.69%7.873%7.87%6.917%6.92%10.674%10.7%10.595%10.6%12.563%12.6%10.710%10.7%12.336%12.3%12.188%12.2%13.732%13.7%14.269%14.3%16.407%16.4%17.739%17.7%21.501%21.5%26.871%26.9%35.313%35.3%46.881%46.9%64.099%64.1%81.472%81.5%94.308%94.3%96.068%96.1%98.605%98.6%98.963%99.0%99.694%99.7%99.639%99.6%
F percentage of never married females in age cohort
M percentage of never married males in age cohort

The Widowed by Sex and Age#7

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Connecticut and Fairfield County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1773.594%73.6%34.656%34.7%44.412%44.4%15.352%15.4%19.499%19.5%5.590%5.59%8.018%8.02%1.645%1.65%3.970%3.97%1.735%1.74%2.074%2.07%0.849%0.85%1.394%1.39%0.580%0.58%0.865%0.86%0.109%0.11%0.368%0.37%0.130%0.13%0.113%0.11%0.000%0%0.046%0.05%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.075%0.08%0.000%0%0.082%0.08%0.050%0.05%0.057%0.06%
F percentage of widowed females in age cohort
M percentage of widowed males in age cohort

The Married by Age#8

Percentage of age cohort. Gray areas represent percentile bands from the counties in Connecticut.
Scope: population of Connecticut and Fairfield County
Fairfield County
Connecticut
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 - 176,14520,99121.0k46,37846.4k36,25636.3k45,81645.8k52,45652.5k51,23751.2k44,88044.9k38,27138.3k29,31629.3k12,72912.7k2,33829784
Count number of married in age cohort in Fairfield County

Marital Status by Race#9

Percentage of each ethno-racial group.
Scope: population of Connecticut and Fairfield County
Fairfield County
Connecticut
Divorced
Widowed
Separated
Married
Never Married
50%0%50%CountAsian2White1White HispanicOther2Mixed2Black2-26.274581%-0.860487%-4.457480%-28.672240%-0.821403%-4.234881%-31.592548%32%64.898318%3.509135%63.132339%3.139137%68.407452%68%38,69938.7k-27.476637%-0.593282%-9.565495%-29.298401%-0.751245%-11.123976%-37.635413%38%55.693121%6.671465%51.972000%6.854379%62.364587%62%498,751499k-39.880522%-2.622785%-9.481853%-45.340046%-2.604673%-9.741664%-51.985161%52%44.850584%3.164255%39.518488%2.795129%48.014839%48%73,31973.3k-44.390398%-3.804722%-8.198271%-48.886713%-3.614449%-9.979657%-56.393391%56%41.099667%2.506942%34.575410%2.943770%43.606609%44%50,77950.8k-49.169915%-3.450267%-8.632886%-57.560747%-2.355675%-8.543354%-61.253068%61%36.949617%1.797315%29.337830%2.202394%38.746932%39%13,85413.9k-50.945524%-3.080880%-11.049120%-51.686586%-2.960482%-11.595530%-65.075524%65%29.876201%5.048275%29.306708%4.450694%34.924476%35%85,13885.1k
Count number of people of given race
1non-Hispanic 2including Hispanic

Map of Marital Status by County Subdivision in Fairfield County

Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#10

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
33%41%48%56%63%71%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by County Subdivision#11

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
5.7%7.4%9.0%10.6%12.2%13.8%

Widowed Marital Status by County Subdivision#12

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
2.0%3.2%4.4%5.5%6.7%7.9%

Never Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#13

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
20%26%31%37%42%48%
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Map of Marital Status by Tract in Fairfield County

Married Marital Status by Tract#14

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
11%24%37%49%62%75%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Tract#15

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
2%7%13%18%23%28%

Widowed Marital Status by Tract#16

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
1.1%3.8%6.5%9.1%11.8%14.5%

Never Married Marital Status by Tract#17

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
13%26%37%49%61%73%
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Marital Status by Place in Fairfield County

There are 23 places in Fairfield County. This section compares all 23 of those to each other, Fairfield County, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Fairfield County.

Married by Place#18

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Fairfield County, selected places in Fairfield County, and entities that contain Fairfield County
0%20%40%60%Count#Old GreenwichDarienSouthportRidgefieldRiversideWestportNewtownCos CobTrumbullGeorgetownSheltonGlenvilleCannondaleBethelPemberwickBridgeportFairfieldByramGreenwichStratfordUnited StatesConnecticutStamfordNew EnglandNorwalkNortheastDanburyBridgeportWilton Center70.802621%70.802621%71%3,458165.583475%65.583475%66%10,41410.4k264.564139%64.564139%65%911364.049080%64.049080%64%3,654462.898551%62.898551%63%3,906562.084797%62.084797%62%13,25213.3k660.303413%60.303413%60%954758.861004%58.861004%59%3,049858.311950%58.311950%58%17,04417.0k956.993007%56.993007%57%8151054.249563%54.249563%54%18,95119.0k1154.037886%54.037886%54%1,0841252.307692%52.307692%52%341352.015032%52.015032%52%4,0141451.572327%51.572327%52%1,8041550.910406%50.910406%51%387,194387k50.910406%50.910406%51%387,194387k50.835655%50.835655%51%1,8251649.027765%49.027765%49%5,4211748.947628%48.947628%49%21,81421.8k1848.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.905195%47.905195%48%1,418,3091.42M47.708686%47.708686%48%49,87849.9k1947.628680%47.628680%48%5,811,6825.81M47.315482%47.315482%47%34,52834.5k2046.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M45.364071%45.364071%45%31,40631.4k2133.142369%33.142369%33%38,76038.8k2227.816901%27.816901%28%15823
Count number of this marital status
# rank of place out of 23 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County Subdivision in Fairfield County

There are 24 county subdivisions in Fairfield County. This section compares all 24 of those to each other, Fairfield County, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Fairfield County.

Married by County Subdivision#22

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Fairfield County, selected county subdivisions in Fairfield County, and entities that contain Fairfield County
0%20%40%60%Count#WestonRidgefieldWiltonDarienReddingNew CanaanWestportBrookfieldShermanEastonNew FairfieldMonroeNewtownGreenwichTrumbullFairfieldBethelSheltonBridgeportFairfieldStratfordUnited StatesConnecticutStamfordNew EnglandNorwalkNortheastDanburyBridgeport70.624439%70.624439%71%5,508166.992906%66.992906%67%12,93712.9k265.806681%65.806681%66%9,259365.583475%65.583475%66%10,41410.4k464.538349%64.538349%65%4,872564.335207%64.335207%64%9,842662.084797%62.084797%62%13,25213.3k761.586929%61.586929%62%8,406861.112908%61.112908%61%1,889960.828383%60.828383%61%3,7891059.283359%59.283359%59%6,8331159.198841%59.198841%59%9,3991259.002073%59.002073%59%13,37413.4k1358.482161%58.482161%58%28,75128.8k1458.311950%58.311950%58%17,04417.0k1556.372438%56.372438%56%27,48127.5k1655.358602%55.358602%55%8,8071754.249563%54.249563%54%18,95119.0k1850.910406%50.910406%51%387,194387k50.910406%50.910406%51%387,194387k48.947628%48.947628%49%21,81421.8k1948.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.905195%47.905195%48%1,418,3091.42M47.708686%47.708686%48%49,87849.9k2047.628680%47.628680%48%5,811,6825.81M47.315482%47.315482%47%34,52834.5k2146.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M45.364071%45.364071%45%31,40631.4k2233.142369%33.142369%33%38,76038.8k23
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county subdivision out of 23 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County in Connecticut

There are 8 counties in Connecticut. This section compares Fairfield County to all of the counties in Connecticut and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Fairfield County.

Married by County#26

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Fairfield County, selected other counties in Connecticut, and entities that contain Fairfield County
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#LitchfieldMiddlesexBridgeportFairfieldNew LondonUnited StatesConnecticutNew EnglandNortheastWindhamHartfordTollandNew Haven53.724859%53.724859%54%84,08884.1k151.977316%51.977316%52%72,31572.3k250.910406%50.910406%51%387,194387k50.910406%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
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county out of 8 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County in the United States

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

Married by County#30

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Fairfield County, selected other counties in the United States, and entities that contain Fairfield County
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#FairfaxSanta ClaraMontgomeryNassauOaklandSalt LakeContra CostaWakeSuffolkBridgeportFairfieldOrangeHonoluluMiddlesexWestchesterKingTarrantAlamedaSt. LouisRiversideUnited StatesConnecticutNew EnglandSan DiegoHarrisHennepinPalm BeachMaricopaNortheastQueensAlleghenySan 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%387,194387k50.910406%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%123,770,934124M47.905195%47.905195%48%1,418,3091.42M47.628680%47.628680%48%5,811,6825.81M47.276963%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%1,517,5651.52M2446.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M45.377673%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
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county out of 50 by percentage of this marital status

Definitions

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

For additional information about the data presented on this site, including our sources, please see the About Page.

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Principal Cities:
Bridgeport, Stamford, Norwalk, Danbury
Principal Unincorporated Place:
Stratford
Boroughs:
Newtown
Cities:
Bridgeport, Danbury, Norwalk, Shelton, Stamford
Towns:
Bethel, Bridgeport, Brookfield, Danbury, Darien, Easton, Fairfield, Greenwich, Monroe, New Canaan, New Fairfield, Newtown, Norwalk, Redding, Ridgefield, Shelton, Sherman, Stamford, Stratford, Trumbull, Weston, Westport, Wilton
Unincorporated Places:
Bethel, Byram, Cannondale, Cos Cob, Darien, Georgetown, Glenville, Greenwich, Old Greenwich, Pemberwick, Ridgefield, Riverside, Southport, Stratford, Trumbull, Westport, Wilton Center
ZIP Codes:
06468, 06470, 06482, 06484, 06604, 06605, 06606, 06607, 06608, 06610, 06611, 06612, 06614, 06615, 06776, 06784, 06801, 06804, 06807, 06810, 06811, 06812, 06820, 06824, 06825, 06830, 06831, 06840, 06850, 06851, 06853, 06854, 06855, 06856, 06870, 06877, 06878, 06880, 06883, 06890, 06896, 06897, 06901, 06902, 06903, 06905, 06906, 06907
Unified School Districts:
Bethel, Bridgeport, Brookfield, Danbury, Darien, Fairfield, Greenwich, Monroe, New Canaan, New Fairfield, Newtown, Norwalk, Ridgefield, Shelton, Stamford, Stratford, Trumbull, Weston, Westport, Wilton
Elementary School Districts:
Easton, Redding, Sherman
Secondary School District:
Regional 09
Congressional Districts:
CT-3, CT-4, CT-5
State Senate Districts:
CT-21, CT-22, CT-23, CT-24, CT-25, CT-26, CT-27, CT-28, CT-30, CT-36
State House Districts:
CT-2, CT-106, CT-107, CT-108, CT-109, CT-110, CT-111, CT-112, CT-113, CT-120, CT-121, CT-122, CT-123, CT-124, CT-125, CT-126, CT-127, CT-128, CT-129, CT-130, CT-132, CT-133, CT-134, CT-135, CT-136, CT-137, CT-138, CT-140, CT-141, CT-142, CT-143, CT-144, CT-145, CT-146, CT-147, CT-148, CT-149, CT-150, CT-151
Neighboring Counties:
Dutchess, Litchfield, Nassau, New Haven, Putnam, Suffolk, Westchester
Nearby Counties:
Bergen, Bronx, Essex, Hartford, Hudson, Kings, Middlesex, New York, Queens, Rockland