Marital Status in Palo Alto County, Iowa (County)

Marital Status#1

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of Iowa and Palo Alto County
Female Male
Iowa
Palo Alto County
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
50%0%50%FMNever MarriedMarriedSeparated/DivorcedWidowed-16.769025%-25.791205%-16.769025%17%16.769025%11.322703%25.791205%6.633859%28.091728%28%6281,029-56.893257%-0.516623%-51.670394%-57.409880%57%56.893257%51.670394%2.082097%56.893257%57%2,1502,084-10.292110%-0.709225%-11.148739%-1.675081%-11.001335%11%10.292110%11.148739%10.292110%10%412377-4.722905%-10.096855%-2.673705%-7.040875%-14.819760%15%4.722905%2.673705%4.722905%5%555173
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 Iowa and Palo Alto County
Female Male
Iowa
Palo Alto County
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
40%20%0%20%40%FMNever MarriedNow MarriedSeparatedAbsent SpouseWidowedDivorced-16.769025%-25.791205%-16.769025%17%16.769025%11.322703%25.791205%6.633859%28.091728%28%6281,029-54.681955%-1.579728%-50.029052%-56.261682%56%54.681955%50.029052%1.921799%54.681955%55%2,1072,003-0.436800%-0.711397%-1.000064%-0.437086%-1.148198%1%0.436800%1.000064%0.436800%0%4316-1.148198%-1.641342%-1.148198%1%1.148198%1.063105%1.641342%0.160298%2.211302%2%4381-4.722905%-10.096855%-2.673705%-7.040875%-14.819760%15%4.722905%2.673705%4.722905%5%555173-9.853138%-10.148675%-1.237995%-9.853138%10%9.853138%0.002172%10.148675%9.855310%10%369361
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 Iowa and Palo Alto County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1733.585%33.6%55.357%55.4%44.146%44.1%68.421%68.4%67.500%67.5%81.710%81.7%72.667%72.7%74.895%74.9%75.074%75.1%73.839%73.8%76.846%76.8%70.060%70.1%68.148%68.1%57.028%57.0%85.859%85.9%55.844%55.8%71.600%71.6%65.116%65.1%67.660%67.7%68.821%68.8%50.813%50.8%48.536%48.5%26.295%26.3%13.289%13.3%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%
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 Iowa and Palo Alto County
Female
Male
0%5%10%15%20%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 173.774%3.77%1.190%1.19%7.805%7.80%6.140%6.14%5.000%5.00%8.314%8.31%11.667%11.7%18.410%18.4%16.024%16.0%22.494%22.5%15.772%15.8%12.275%12.3%24.444%24.4%24.498%24.5%10.606%10.6%17.316%17.3%23.200%23.2%8.527%8.53%10.638%10.6%3.042%3.04%10.569%10.6%4.184%4.18%6.375%6.37%2.658%2.66%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%
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 Iowa and Palo Alto County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%100%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 170.755%0.75%0.000%0%0.732%0.73%0.439%0.44%0.682%0.68%1.663%1.66%5.667%5.67%6.695%6.69%3.264%3.26%2.689%2.69%2.013%2.01%17.066%17.1%5.185%5.19%18.474%18.5%3.535%3.54%26.840%26.8%5.200%5.20%25.581%25.6%18.298%18.3%28.137%28.1%38.618%38.6%47.280%47.3%67.331%67.3%84.053%84.1%100.000%100%100.000%100%100.000%100%100.000%100%
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 Iowa and Palo Alto County
Female
Male
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1761.887%61.9%43.452%43.5%47.317%47.3%25.000%25.0%26.818%26.8%8.314%8.31%10.000%10.0%0.000%0%5.638%5.64%0.978%0.98%5.369%5.37%0.599%0.60%2.222%2.22%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.775%0.78%3.404%3.40%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%
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 Iowa.
Scope: population of Iowa and Palo Alto County
Palo Alto County
Iowa
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 - 1718233764139755546332629934734024110600
Count number of married in age cohort in Palo Alto County

Marital Status by Race#9

Percentage of each ethno-racial group.
Scope: population of Iowa and Palo Alto County
Palo Alto County
Iowa
Divorced
Widowed
Separated
Married
Never Married
50%0%50%CountWhite1Asian2White HispanicOther2Black2Mixed2-21.540836%-0.827954%-9.640752%-26.983396%-1.086774%-11.023949%-32.009543%32%57.774347%10.216110%54.202926%6.702955%67.990457%68%7,126-36.111111%-37.732297%-1.131592%-4.496244%-36.111111%36%63.888889%-0.000000%0.000000%-0.000000%54.162038%2.477829%63.888889%64%36-5.882353%-36.764706%-41.208380%-2.955678%-7.865752%-42.647059%43%57.352941%-0.000000%0.000000%46.067758%1.902432%57.352941%57%68-42.857143%-43.887435%-2.939791%-9.489529%-42.857143%43%57.142857%-0.000000%0.000000%-0.000000%41.193717%2.489529%57.142857%57%28-69.724771%-2.752294%-53.508713%-2.370186%-11.941366%-72.477064%72%27.522936%-0.000000%0.000000%28.721638%3.458097%27.522936%28%109-41.463415%-36.585366%-55.689605%-1.788759%-9.979732%-78.048780%78%21.951220%-0.000000%0.000000%30.434643%2.107261%21.951220%22%41
Count number of people of given race
1non-Hispanic 2including Hispanic

Map of Marital Status by County Subdivision in Palo Alto County

Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#10

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
31%45%59%72%86%100%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by County Subdivision#11

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
0%6%11%17%22%28%

Widowed Marital Status by County Subdivision#12

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
0.0%3.0%6.0%9.0%12.0%15.1%

Never Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#13

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
0%7%13%20%27%34%
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Map of Marital Status by Tract in Palo Alto County

Married Marital Status by Tract#14

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
53.2%55.7%58.1%60.5%63.0%65.5%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Tract#15

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
6.9%9.2%11.4%13.7%15.9%18.2%

Widowed Marital Status by Tract#16

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
6.8%7.9%8.9%9.9%10.9%12.0%

Never Married Marital Status by Tract#17

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
15.7%18.2%20.7%23.1%25.5%28.0%
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Map of Marital Status by Block Group in Palo Alto County

Married Marital Status by Block Group#18

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
45%51%58%64%70%77%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Block Group#19

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
4.9%8.1%11.2%14.3%17.4%20.5%

Widowed Marital Status by Block Group#20

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
3.4%6.0%8.6%11.1%13.7%16.3%

Never Married Marital Status by Block Group#21

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
9.6%14.6%19.6%24.6%29.5%34.6%
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Marital Status by Place in Palo Alto County

There are 9 places that are fully or partially contained within Palo Alto County (8 fully and 1 partially). This section compares all 9 of those to each other, Palo Alto County, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Palo Alto County.

Married by Place#22

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Palo Alto County, selected places in Palo Alto County, and entities that contain Palo Alto County
0%20%40%60%Count#CylinderMallardWest BendPalo AltoCurlewEmmetsburgIowaWest North CentralMidwestUnited StatesRuthvenGraettingerRodmanAyrshire73.584906%73.584906%74%39161.157025%61.157025%61%148257.997218%57.997218%58%417357.154428%57.154428%57%4,23454.098361%54.098361%54%33452.707006%52.707006%53%1,655552.696629%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%123,770,934124M47.279550%47.279550%47%252645.826235%45.826235%46%269735.135135%35.135135%35%13835.087719%35.087719%35%409
Count number of this marital status
# rank of place out of 9 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County Subdivision in Palo Alto County

There are 16 county subdivisions in Palo Alto County. This section compares all 16 of those to each other, Palo Alto County, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Palo Alto County.

Married by County Subdivision#26

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Palo Alto County, selected county subdivisions in Palo Alto County, and entities that contain Palo Alto County
0%50%100%Count#NevadaBoothEllingtonLost IsFairfieldIndependenceVernonFern VlyRush LkW BendPalo AltoEmmetsburgFreedomHighlandSilver LkIowaWest North CentralWalnutMidwestUnited StatesGreat Oak100.000000%100.000000%100%68188.888889%88.888889%89%72282.051282%82.051282%82%64381.560284%81.560284%82%115467.948718%67.948718%68%106567.052023%67.052023%67%116666.666667%66.666667%67%16761.271676%61.271676%61%106860.674157%60.674157%61%216958.958069%58.958069%59%4641057.154428%57.154428%57%4,23455.474138%55.474138%55%1,2871154.757785%54.757785%55%6331253.157122%53.157122%53%3621353.100775%53.100775%53%1371452.696629%52.696629%53%1,318,0661.32M51.461869%51.461869%51%8,666,3128.67M51.332561%51.332561%51%4431549.375331%49.375331%49%26,998,09027.0M48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M31.182796%31.182796%31%2916
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county subdivision out of 16 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County in Iowa

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

Married by County#30

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Palo Alto County, selected other counties in Iowa, and entities that contain Palo Alto County
0%20%40%60%Count#MadisonDallasIowaSiouxBentonCedarDickinsonPlymouthDelawareBuchananBremerCrawfordCarrollPalo AltoFloydJonesTamaWashingtonJacksonClaytonMarionWarrenClayHardinWinneshiekMarshallPageMuscatineBooneBuena VistaDubuqueJasperFayetteMahaskaIowaWapelloClintonLinnHenryWest 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%9,4041357.154428%57.154428%57%4,23457.080292%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%15,99816.0k3153.044357%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
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county out of 50 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 Palo Alto County to the 50 most populous counties in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Palo Alto County. The least populous of the compared counties has a population of 941,618.

Married by County#34

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Palo Alto County, selected other counties in the United States, and entities that contain Palo Alto County
0%20%40%Count#Palo AltoFairfaxSanta ClaraMontgomeryNassauIowaOaklandSalt LakeContra CostaWakeWest North CentralSuffolkFairfieldOrangeHonoluluMiddlesexWestchesterKingMidwestTarrantAlamedaSt. LouisRiversideUnited StatesSan DiegoHarrisHennepinPalm BeachMaricopaQueensAlleghenySan BernardinoMecklenburgSacramentoPimaDallasHillsboroughBexarClarkFresnoTravisBrowardOrangeLos AngelesFranklinCookMiami-DadeCuyahogaKingsWayneFultonMilwaukeeNew YorkBronxPhiladelphia57.154428%57.154428%57%4,23455.728918%55.728918%56%505,225505k153.294394%53.294394%53%809,423809k253.282824%53.282824%53%439,757440k353.245234%53.245234%53%593,014593k452.696629%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
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 Palo Alto 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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Cities:
Ayrshire, Curlew, Cylinder, Emmetsburg, Graettinger, Mallard, Rodman, Ruthven, West Bend
Townships:
Booth, Ellington, Emmetsburg, Fairfield, Fern Valley, Freedom, Great Oak, Highland, Independence, Lost Island, Nevada, Rush Lake, Silver Lake, Vernon, Walnut, West Bend
ZIP Codes:
50515, 50527, 50528, 50536, 50539, 50554, 50562, 50578, 50581, 50597, 50598, 51342, 51358
Unified School Districts:
Emmetsburg, Graettinger-Terril, Laurens-Marathon, North Union, Pocahontas Area, Ruthven-Ayrshire, West Bend-Mallard
Congressional District:
IA-4
State Senate District:
IA-1
State House District:
IA-2
Neighboring Counties:
Buena Vista, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Humboldt, Kossuth, Pocahontas
Nearby Counties:
Calhoun, Faribault, Jackson, Martin, Sac, Webster