Marital Status in District of Columbia, District of Columbia (County)

Marital Status#1

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of District of Columbia and District of Columbia
Female Male
District of Columbia
District of Columbia
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
50%0%50%FMNever MarriedMarriedSeparated/DivorcedWidowed-55.074321%-55.074321%-55.074321%55%55.074321%2.145900%55.074321%2.145900%57.220221%57%163,731164k150,250150k-25.892812%-25.892812%-25.892812%26%25.892812%4.883860%25.892812%4.883860%30.776672%31%76,97777.0k80,81480.8k-10.085611%-2.293842%-10.085611%-2.293842%-12.379453%12%10.085611%10.085611%10.085611%10%36,80336.8k26,48326.5k-1.917496%-4.735917%-1.917496%-4.735917%-6.653414%7%1.917496%1.917496%1.917496%2%19,78019.8k5,035

Detailed Marital Status#2

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of District of Columbia and District of Columbia
Female Male
District of Columbia
District of Columbia
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50%0%50%FMNever MarriedNow MarriedSeparatedAbsent SpouseWidowedDivorced-55.074321%-55.074321%-55.074321%55%55.074321%2.145900%55.074321%2.145900%57.220221%57%163,731164k150,250150k-22.886330%-22.886330%-22.886330%23%22.886330%4.467030%22.886330%4.467030%27.353360%27%68,03968.0k71,82571.8k-2.125050%-0.082551%-2.125050%-0.082551%-2.207601%2%2.125050%2.125050%2.125050%2%6,5635,580-3.006482%-3.006482%-3.006482%3%3.006482%0.416830%3.006482%0.416830%3.423312%3%8,9388,989-1.917496%-4.735917%-1.917496%-4.735917%-6.653414%7%1.917496%1.917496%1.917496%2%19,78019.8k5,035-7.960561%-2.211291%-7.960561%-2.211291%-10.171852%10%7.960561%7.960561%7.960561%8%30,24030.2k20,90320.9k

The Married by Sex and Age#4

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of District of Columbia and District of Columbia
Female
Male
0%10%20%30%40%50%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1712.729%12.7%45.128%45.1%21.806%21.8%51.281%51.3%33.414%33.4%52.323%52.3%34.070%34.1%41.366%41.4%32.187%32.2%37.836%37.8%33.211%33.2%36.475%36.5%40.367%40.4%41.165%41.2%39.907%39.9%47.229%47.2%39.714%39.7%41.409%41.4%36.451%36.5%34.755%34.8%13.895%13.9%12.476%12.5%2.466%2.47%2.446%2.45%0.891%0.89%1.234%1.23%0.834%0.83%0.180%0.18%

The Divorced1 by Sex and Age#5

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of District of Columbia and District of Columbia
Female
Male
0%5%10%15%20%25%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1714.062%14.1%12.760%12.8%20.757%20.8%18.220%18.2%26.269%26.3%21.646%21.6%25.652%25.7%23.826%23.8%28.074%28.1%22.227%22.2%21.840%21.8%18.969%19.0%19.872%19.9%14.552%14.6%16.486%16.5%10.994%11.0%11.124%11.1%8.557%8.56%4.705%4.71%4.490%4.49%1.404%1.40%1.268%1.27%0.542%0.54%0.361%0.36%0.041%0.04%0.148%0.15%0.308%0.31%0.309%0.31%

The Never Married by Sex and Age#6

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of District of Columbia and District of Columbia
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%100%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1711.876%11.9%11.312%11.3%15.137%15.1%15.741%15.7%20.167%20.2%18.733%18.7%30.133%30.1%31.450%31.4%33.682%33.7%37.461%37.5%40.897%40.9%43.409%43.4%37.437%37.4%43.702%43.7%42.188%42.2%41.581%41.6%48.440%48.4%49.779%49.8%58.598%58.6%60.706%60.7%84.568%84.6%86.256%86.3%96.963%97.0%97.163%97.2%99.068%99.1%98.618%98.6%98.858%98.9%99.510%99.5%

The Widowed by Sex and Age#7

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of District of Columbia and District of Columbia
Female
Male
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1761.333%61.3%30.799%30.8%42.300%42.3%14.759%14.8%20.151%20.2%7.298%7.30%10.145%10.1%3.358%3.36%6.056%6.06%2.477%2.48%4.053%4.05%1.147%1.15%2.324%2.32%0.582%0.58%1.419%1.42%0.195%0.20%0.722%0.72%0.256%0.26%0.246%0.25%0.050%0.05%0.133%0.13%0.000%0%0.028%0.03%0.029%0.03%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 District of Columbia.
Scope: population of District of Columbia and District of Columbia
District of Columbia
District of Columbia
Percentile:
0th - 100th
10th - 90th
20th - 80th
30th - 70th
40th - 60th
0%10%20%30%40%Count85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 172,4227,29517,78517.8k12,25712.3k12,62412.6k13,46713.5k15,57815.6k18,47818.5k20,44220.4k25,33925.3k10,34410.3k1,44623579

Marital Status by Race#9

Percentage of each ethno-racial group.
Scope: population of District of Columbia and District of Columbia
District of Columbia
District of Columbia
Divorced
Widowed
Separated
Married
Never Married
60%40%20%0%20%CountWhite HispanicAsian2White1Other2Mixed2Black2-52.468000%-1.860712%-6.735370%-52.468000%-1.860712%-6.735370%-61.064082%61%36.584468%2.351450%36.584468%2.351450%38.935918%39%24,45324.5k-55.597518%-0.989120%-4.666847%-55.597518%-0.989120%-4.666847%-61.253484%61%36.165812%2.580703%36.165812%2.580703%38.746516%39%22,24222.2k-54.796179%-0.919477%-6.400492%-54.796179%-0.919477%-6.400492%-62.116147%62%35.894989%1.988864%35.894989%1.988864%37.883853%38%214,796215k-57.503587%-2.045501%-6.411150%-57.503587%-2.045501%-6.411150%-65.960238%66%32.301701%1.738061%32.301701%1.738061%34.039762%34%24,39524.4k-61.499922%-1.800532%-8.439017%-61.499922%-1.800532%-8.439017%-71.739471%72%25.606701%2.653828%25.606701%2.653828%28.260529%28%12,77412.8k-57.118520%-3.355116%-12.276571%-57.118520%-3.355116%-12.276571%-72.750208%73%20.117299%7.132493%20.117299%7.132493%27.249792%27%261,213261k

Map of Marital Status by Tract in District of Columbia

Married Marital Status by Tract#10

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
0%14%28%42%56%71%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Tract#11

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
0%5%10%16%21%27%

Widowed Marital Status by Tract#12

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
0.0%3.2%6.4%9.7%12.9%16.2%

Never Married Marital Status by Tract#13

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
23%39%54%69%85%100%
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Map of Marital Status by Block Group in District of Columbia

Married Marital Status by Block Group#14

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
0%17%33%50%66%83%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Block Group#15

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
0%12%25%37%50%63%

Widowed Marital Status by Block Group#16

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
0%6%13%19%26%32%

Never Married Marital Status by Block Group#17

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
9%27%46%64%82%100%
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Marital Status by Place in District of Columbia

There is 1 place in District of Columbia. This section compares all 1 of those to each other, District of Columbia, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with District of Columbia.

Married by Place#18

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of District of Columbia, selected places in District of Columbia, and entities that contain District of Columbia
0%10%20%30%40%Count#WashingtonUnited StatesSouthSouth AtlanticD.C.WashingtonDist of ColumbiaDistrict of ColumbiaDistrict of Colum…48.547447%48.547447%49%2,349,1262.35M48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.295823%47.295823%47%24,135,51924.1M28.183356%28.183356%28%157,791158k28.183356%28.183356%28%157,791158k28.183356%28.183356%28%157,791158k28.183356%28.183356%28%157,791158k

Marital Status by County Subdivision in District of Columbia

There is 1 county subdivision in District of Columbia. This section compares all 1 of those to each other, District of Columbia, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with District of Columbia.

Married by County Subdivision#22

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of District of Columbia, selected county subdivisions in District of Columbia, and entities that contain District of Columbia
0%10%20%30%40%Count#WashingtonUnited StatesSouthSouth AtlanticD.C.WashingtonDist of ColumbiaDistrict of ColumbiaDistrict of Colum…Washington48.547447%48.547447%49%2,349,1262.35M48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.295823%47.295823%47%24,135,51924.1M28.183356%28.183356%28%157,791158k28.183356%28.183356%28%157,791158k28.183356%28.183356%28%157,791158k28.183356%28.183356%28%157,791158k28.183356%28.183356%28%157,791158k1

Marital Status by County in the Washington Area

There are 24 counties in the Washington Area. This section compares District of Columbia to all of the counties in the Washington Area and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with District of Columbia.

Married by County#26

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of District of Columbia, selected other counties in the Washington Area, and entities that contain District of Columbia
0%20%40%60%Count#RappahannockLoudounStaffordFauquierFairfaxSpotsylvaniaCulpeperPrince WilliamFrederickManassasJeffersonMontgomeryFairfaxCalvertFalls ChurchManassas ParkClarkeWarrenCharlesWashingtonUnited StatesSouthSouth AtlanticAlexandriaArlingtonPrince George'sFredericksburgD.C.WashingtonDist of ColumbiaDistrict of ColumbiaDistrict of Colum…63.384079%63.384079%63%3,997160.849335%60.849335%61%165,697166k256.867732%56.867732%57%62,15762.2k356.757250%56.757250%57%31,12031.1k455.728918%55.728918%56%505,225505k555.388496%55.388496%55%56,43756.4k654.987954%54.987954%55%21,22721.2k754.825602%54.825602%55%186,060186k854.814187%54.814187%55%107,290107k954.609884%54.609884%55%17,33717.3k1053.497274%53.497274%53%24,03924.0k1153.282824%53.282824%53%439,757440k1252.973028%52.973028%53%10,37010.4k1352.932483%52.932483%53%38,68238.7k1452.211405%52.211405%52%5,6311551.431384%51.431384%51%6,2701651.427372%51.427372%51%6,1251751.007969%51.007969%51%16,06716.1k1850.028365%50.028365%50%61,73061.7k1948.547447%48.547447%49%2,349,1262.35M48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.295823%47.295823%47%24,135,51924.1M43.885344%43.885344%44%55,91355.9k2043.751105%43.751105%44%84,16484.2k2138.336967%38.336967%38%278,704279k2232.124715%32.124715%32%7,3362328.183356%28.183356%28%157,791158k28.183356%28.183356%28%157,791158k28.183356%28.183356%28%157,791158k28.183356%28.183356%28%157,791158k24

Marital Status by County in District of Columbia

There is 1 county in District of Columbia. This section compares District of Columbia to all of the counties in District of Columbia and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with District of Columbia.

Married by County#30

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of District of Columbia, selected other counties in District of Columbia, and entities that contain District of Columbia
0%10%20%30%40%Count#WashingtonUnited StatesSouthSouth AtlanticD.C.WashingtonDist of ColumbiaDistrict of ColumbiaDistrict of Colum…48.547447%48.547447%49%2,349,1262.35M48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.295823%47.295823%47%24,135,51924.1M28.183356%28.183356%28%157,791158k28.183356%28.183356%28%157,791158k28.183356%28.183356%28%157,791158k28.183356%28.183356%28%157,791158k1

Marital Status by County in the United States

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

Married by County#34

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of District of Columbia, selected other counties in the United States, and entities that contain District of Columbia
0%20%40%Count#FairfaxSanta ClaraMontgomeryNassauOaklandSalt LakeContra CostaWakeSuffolkFairfieldOrangeHonoluluMiddlesexWestchesterKingTarrantWashingtonAlamedaSt. LouisRiversideUnited StatesSouthSouth AtlanticSan DiegoHarrisHennepinPalm BeachMaricopaQueensAlleghenySan BernardinoMecklenburgSacramentoPimaDallasHillsboroughBexarClarkFresnoTravisBrowardOrangeLos AngelesFranklinCookMiami-DadeCuyahogaKingsWayneFultonMilwaukeeNew YorkBronxPhiladelphiaD.C.WashingtonDist of ColumbiaDistrict of ColumbiaDistrict of Colum…55.728918%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%742,044742k1648.547447%48.547447%49%2,349,1262.35M48.279556%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%46,160,11846.2M47.295823%47.295823%47%24,135,51924.1M47.276963%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%374,491374k5028.183356%28.183356%28%157,791158k28.183356%28.183356%28%157,791158k28.183356%28.183356%28%157,791158k28.183356%28.183356%28%157,791158k

Definitions

This page reports on the marital status of the residents of District of Columbia 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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