Marital Status in Benton County, Iowa (County)

Marital Status#1

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of Iowa and Benton County
Female Male
Iowa
Benton County
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
50%0%50%FMNever MarriedMarriedSeparated/DivorcedWidowed-17.571235%-25.791205%-17.571235%18%17.571235%7.234509%25.791205%6.633859%24.805744%25%1,8132,522-60.391463%-0.298594%-51.670394%-60.690056%61%60.391463%51.670394%2.082097%60.391463%60%6,2626,140-10.893584%-11.148739%-1.675081%-10.893584%11%10.893584%0.447028%11.148739%11.340612%11%1,1241,153-3.462182%-7.382943%-2.673705%-7.040875%-10.845125%11%3.462182%2.673705%3.462182%3%1,119352

Detailed Marital Status#2

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of Iowa and Benton County
Female Male
Iowa
Benton County
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
50%0%50%FMNever MarriedNow MarriedSeparatedAbsent SpouseWidowedDivorced-17.571235%-25.791205%-17.571235%18%17.571235%7.234509%25.791205%6.633859%24.805744%25%1,8132,522-59.536732%-50.029052%-59.536732%60%59.536732%0.077707%50.029052%1.921799%59.614439%60%6,1436,061-0.895053%-0.568409%-1.000064%-0.437086%-1.463462%1%0.895053%1.000064%0.895053%1%15191-0.777024%-0.376301%-1.641342%-1.153324%1%0.777024%1.641342%0.160298%0.777024%1%11979-3.462182%-7.382943%-2.673705%-7.040875%-10.845125%11%3.462182%2.673705%3.462182%3%1,119352-9.430122%-10.148675%-1.237995%-9.430122%9%9.430122%1.015437%10.148675%10.445559%10%9731,062

The Married by Sex and Age#4

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Iowa and Benton County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1711.653%11.7%52.071%52.1%55.292%55.3%69.466%69.5%66.300%66.3%72.163%72.2%72.136%72.1%75.177%75.2%70.091%70.1%72.700%72.7%83.868%83.9%76.284%76.3%78.095%78.1%78.198%78.2%63.845%63.8%74.783%74.8%78.404%78.4%62.685%62.7%77.215%77.2%74.429%74.4%65.996%66.0%50.871%50.9%27.854%27.9%6.722%6.72%1.195%1.20%4.153%4.15%0.000%0%0.000%0%

The Divorced1 by Sex and Age#5

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Iowa and Benton County
Female
Male
0%5%10%15%20%25%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 173.178%3.18%0.592%0.59%2.646%2.65%2.595%2.60%12.447%12.4%15.869%15.9%12.164%12.2%20.804%20.8%15.005%15.0%18.600%18.6%13.396%13.4%16.993%17.0%15.450%15.4%13.014%13.0%29.867%29.9%13.188%13.2%6.052%6.05%15.148%15.1%6.329%6.33%9.143%9.14%14.991%15.0%2.962%2.96%0.304%0.30%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%

The Never Married by Sex and Age#6

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Iowa and Benton County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%100%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 175.508%5.51%5.917%5.92%0.975%0.97%1.527%1.53%1.693%1.69%3.280%3.28%3.960%3.96%3.783%3.78%3.021%3.02%8.500%8.50%1.604%1.60%6.256%6.26%6.243%6.24%8.565%8.57%6.167%6.17%12.029%12.0%15.543%15.5%22.167%22.2%16.315%16.3%16.429%16.4%19.013%19.0%46.167%46.2%71.842%71.8%93.278%93.3%98.805%98.8%95.847%95.8%100.000%100%100.000%100%

The Widowed by Sex and Age#7

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Iowa and Benton County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1779.661%79.7%41.420%41.4%41.086%41.1%26.412%26.4%19.560%19.6%8.688%8.69%11.740%11.7%0.236%0.24%11.883%11.9%0.200%0.20%1.132%1.13%0.467%0.47%0.212%0.21%0.222%0.22%0.121%0.12%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.141%0.14%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%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 Iowa.
Scope: population of Iowa and Benton County
Benton County
Iowa
Percentile:
0th - 100th
10th - 90th
20th - 80th
30th - 70th
40th - 60th
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%Count85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 171438521,5971,1461,4231,7061,4411,0441,0791,070653232160

Marital Status by Race#9

Percentage of each ethno-racial group.
Scope: population of Iowa and Benton County
Benton County
Iowa
Divorced
Widowed
Separated
Married
Never Married
50%0%50%CountOther2White HispanicBlack2White1Asian2Mixed2-6.250000%-43.887435%-2.939791%-9.489529%-6.250000%6%-0.000000%87.500000%-0.000000%6.250000%41.193717%2.489529%93.750000%94%32-22.058824%-41.208380%-2.955678%-7.865752%-22.058824%22%-0.000000%70.588235%7.352941%-0.000000%46.067758%1.902432%77.941176%78%68-25.454545%-1.818182%-53.508713%-2.370186%-11.941366%-27.272727%27%65.454545%7.272727%-0.000000%28.721638%3.458097%72.727273%73%55-20.868313%-1.107744%-10.034275%-26.983396%-1.086774%-11.023949%-32.010332%32%60.737172%7.252496%54.202926%6.702955%67.989668%68%20,13120.1k-50.000000%-5.357143%-37.732297%-1.131592%-4.496244%-55.357143%55%44.642857%0.000000%-0.000000%54.162038%2.477829%44.642857%45%56-64.335664%-9.090909%-55.689605%-1.788759%-9.979732%-73.426573%73%26.573427%-0.000000%0.000000%30.434643%2.107261%26.573427%27%143

Map of Marital Status by County Subdivision in Benton County

Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#10

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
31%44%56%69%82%95%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by County Subdivision#11

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
1.3%4.3%7.3%10.2%13.2%16.2%

Widowed Marital Status by County Subdivision#12

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
0.0%2.8%5.6%8.4%11.2%14.1%

Never Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#13

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
0%13%26%39%52%66%
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Map of Marital Status by Tract in Benton County

Married Marital Status by Tract#14

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
48.4%52.6%56.8%60.9%65.1%69.3%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Tract#15

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
7.0%8.7%10.3%11.9%13.6%15.3%

Widowed Marital Status by Tract#16

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
2.4%4.7%6.9%9.1%11.3%13.6%

Never Married Marital Status by Tract#17

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
13.5%15.4%17.2%19.1%21.0%22.9%
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Map of Marital Status by Block Group in Benton County

Married Marital Status by Block Group#18

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
41%49%56%63%69%77%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Block Group#19

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
2.7%6.8%10.8%14.8%18.9%22.9%

Widowed Marital Status by Block Group#20

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
1.0%5.8%10.6%15.4%20.3%25.1%

Never Married Marital Status by Block Group#21

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
13.3%16.8%20.2%23.6%27.1%30.5%
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Marital Status by Place in Benton County

There are 15 places that are fully or partially contained within Benton County (14 fully and 1 partially). This section compares all 15 of those to each other, Benton County, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Benton County.

Married by Place#22

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Benton County, selected places in Benton County, and entities that contain Benton County
0%20%40%60%Count#AtkinsWalfordLuzerneUrbanaKeystoneBlairstownBentonNewhallGarrisonMount AuburnShellsburgVan HorneBelle PlaineCedar RapidsIowaWest North CentralMidwestUnited StatesVintonWatkinsNorway74.649963%74.649963%75%1,013172.990654%72.990654%73%781269.523810%69.523810%70%73368.482143%68.482143%68%767461.904762%61.904762%62%312561.808118%61.808118%62%335660.541860%60.541860%61%12,40212.4k58.040201%58.040201%58%462757.735849%57.735849%58%153855.769231%55.769231%56%58954.745370%54.745370%55%4731053.700516%53.700516%54%3121153.340185%53.340185%53%1,0381253.081648%53.081648%53%112,609113k52.696629%52.696629%53%1,318,0661.32M51.461869%51.461869%51%8,666,3128.67M49.375331%49.375331%49%26,998,09027.0M48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.921587%47.921587%48%2,0291346.666667%46.666667%47%491443.863636%43.863636%44%19315

Marital Status by County Subdivision in Benton County

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

Married by County Subdivision#26

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Benton County, selected county subdivisions in Benton County, and entities that contain Benton County
0%20%40%60%80%Count#Big GrvIowa TownshipMonroeSt. ClairCedarFremontBentonPolk TownshipCantonTaylorKane TownshipLeroyJacksonEden TownshipUnionHarrisonBentonBruceFlorenceShellsburgBelle PlaineCedar RapidsIowaWest North CentralEldoradoMidwestUnited StatesVintonHomer94.202899%94.202899%94%130191.379310%91.379310%91%265281.578947%81.578947%82%124374.545455%74.545455%75%205472.576832%72.576832%73%307570.777778%70.777778%71%1,274670.539419%70.539419%71%510770.248447%70.248447%70%1,131868.604651%68.604651%69%472968.138425%68.138425%68%5711066.376812%66.376812%66%4581166.231156%66.231156%66%6591266.148532%66.148532%66%3831363.601533%63.601533%64%1661460.743802%60.743802%61%4411560.666667%60.666667%61%1821660.541860%60.541860%61%12,40212.4k59.708738%59.708738%60%1231757.894737%57.894737%58%8251854.745370%54.745370%55%4731953.340185%53.340185%53%1,0382053.081648%53.081648%53%112,609113k52.696629%52.696629%53%1,318,0661.32M51.461869%51.461869%51%8,666,3128.67M50.742358%50.742358%51%5812149.375331%49.375331%49%26,998,09027.0M48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.921587%47.921587%48%2,0292231.073446%31.073446%31%5523

Marital Status by County in the Cedar Rapids Area

There are 3 counties in the Cedar Rapids Area. This section compares Benton County to all of the counties in the Cedar Rapids Area and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Benton County.

Married by County#30

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Benton County, selected other counties in the Cedar Rapids Area, and entities that contain Benton County
0%20%40%60%Count#BentonJonesCedar RapidsIowaLinnWest North CentralMidwestUnited States60.541860%60.541860%61%12,40212.4k156.986497%56.986497%57%9,580253.081648%53.081648%53%112,609113k52.696629%52.696629%53%1,318,0661.32M51.832173%51.832173%52%90,62790.6k351.461869%51.461869%51%8,666,3128.67M49.375331%49.375331%49%26,998,09027.0M48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M

Marital Status by County in Iowa

There are 99 counties in Iowa. This section compares Benton County to the 50 most populous counties in Iowa and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Benton County. The least populous of the compared counties has a population of 15,552.

Married by County#34

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Benton County, selected other counties in Iowa, and entities that contain Benton County
0%20%40%60%Count#MadisonDallasIowaSiouxBentonCedarDickinsonPlymouthDelawareBuchananBremerCrawfordCarrollFloydJonesTamaWashingtonJacksonClaytonMarionWarrenClayHardinWinneshiekMarshallPageMuscatineBooneBuena VistaDubuqueJasperCedar RapidsFayetteMahaskaIowaWapelloClintonLinnHenryWest North CentralLeeCerro GordoScottPolkPottawattamieDes MoinesMidwestPoweshiekWoodburyJeffersonUnited StatesBlack HawkWebsterJohnsonStory62.123421%62.123421%62%7,671162.059336%62.059336%62%36,66936.7k261.304216%61.304216%61%8,113360.984183%60.984183%61%16,30916.3k460.541860%60.541860%61%12,40212.4k560.484629%60.484629%60%9,011659.860286%59.860286%60%8,569758.699482%58.699482%59%11,66311.7k858.555595%58.555595%59%8,189958.134823%58.134823%58%9,4691057.396596%57.396596%57%11,60111.6k1157.332241%57.332241%57%7,6981257.261158%57.261158%57%9,4041357.080292%57.080292%57%7,4291456.986497%56.986497%57%9,5801556.967096%56.967096%57%7,9641656.921852%56.921852%57%10,00810.0k1756.568365%56.568365%57%9,0731856.555908%56.555908%57%8,2041956.454467%56.454467%56%14,99615.0k2056.386293%56.386293%56%21,53921.5k2155.587263%55.587263%56%7,4022255.557889%55.557889%56%7,9372354.790555%54.790555%55%9,6532454.790094%54.790094%55%17,63217.6k2554.519380%54.519380%55%7,0332654.416930%54.416930%54%18,43718.4k2754.257617%54.257617%54%11,80711.8k2853.843764%53.843764%54%8,6642953.536352%53.536352%54%41,70041.7k3053.392517%53.392517%53%15,99816.0k3153.081648%53.081648%53%112,609113k53.044357%53.044357%53%8,9213253.040861%53.040861%53%9,5153352.696629%52.696629%53%1,318,0661.32M52.667598%52.667598%53%15,08415.1k3452.249794%52.249794%52%20,29820.3k3551.832173%51.832173%52%90,62790.6k3651.831725%51.831725%52%8,4893751.461869%51.461869%51%8,666,3128.67M51.145934%51.145934%51%14,81814.8k3851.126584%51.126584%51%18,35718.4k3950.855776%50.855776%51%69,52969.5k4050.245913%50.245913%50%181,440181k4150.157796%50.157796%50%37,50837.5k4249.556732%49.556732%50%16,09916.1k4349.375331%49.375331%49%26,998,09027.0M48.977236%48.977236%49%7,6384448.579336%48.579336%49%38,79438.8k4548.118190%48.118190%48%7,1984648.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M45.772082%45.772082%46%49,75749.8k4744.584507%44.584507%45%13,61713.6k4844.142398%44.142398%44%51,93051.9k4941.266247%41.266247%41%33,52833.5k50

Marital Status by County in the United States

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

Married by County#38

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Benton County, selected other counties in the United States, and entities that contain Benton County
0%20%40%60%Count#BentonFairfaxSanta ClaraMontgomeryNassauCedar RapidsIowaOaklandSalt LakeContra CostaWakeWest North CentralSuffolkFairfieldOrangeHonoluluMiddlesexWestchesterKingMidwestTarrantAlamedaSt. LouisRiversideUnited StatesSan DiegoHarrisHennepinPalm BeachMaricopaQueensAlleghenySan BernardinoMecklenburgSacramentoPimaDallasHillsboroughBexarClarkFresnoTravisBrowardOrangeLos AngelesFranklinCookMiami-DadeCuyahogaKingsWayneFultonMilwaukeeNew YorkBronxPhiladelphia60.541860%60.541860%61%12,40212.4k55.728918%55.728918%56%505,225505k153.294394%53.294394%53%809,423809k253.282824%53.282824%53%439,757440k353.245234%53.245234%53%593,014593k453.081648%53.081648%53%112,609113k52.696629%52.696629%53%1,318,0661.32M52.141990%52.141990%52%528,360528k551.927590%51.927590%52%431,457431k651.731163%51.731163%52%462,130462k751.579426%51.579426%52%407,446407k851.461869%51.461869%51%8,666,3128.67M51.112208%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%851,934852k1549.375331%49.375331%49%26,998,09027.0M49.287172%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

Definitions

This page reports on the marital status of the residents of Benton 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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