Marital Status in Montgomery County, Maryland (County)

Marital Status#1

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of Maryland and Montgomery County
Female Male
Maryland
Montgomery County
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50%0%50%FMNever MarriedMarriedSeparated/DivorcedWidowed-29.844662%-32.858421%-29.844662%30%29.844662%4.233680%32.858421%4.609105%34.078342%34%129,302129k133,613134k-50.195038%-44.469599%-50.195038%50%50.195038%6.499838%44.469599%5.106190%56.694875%57%217,470217k222,287222k-7.537059%-4.780310%-10.525823%-3.439803%-12.317369%12%7.537059%10.525823%7.537059%8%53,36553.4k29,55129.6k-1.689723%-5.953208%-2.430862%-6.275492%-7.642931%8%1.689723%2.430862%1.689723%2%33,11333.1k6,625

Detailed Marital Status#2

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of Maryland and Montgomery County
Female Male
Maryland
Montgomery County
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40%20%0%20%40%FMNever MarriedNow MarriedSeparatedAbsent SpouseWidowedDivorced-29.844662%-32.858421%-29.844662%30%29.844662%4.233680%32.858421%4.609105%34.078342%34%129,302129k133,613134k-46.454010%-41.794927%-46.454010%46%46.454010%6.113094%41.794927%4.651887%52.567104%53%201,262201k206,103206k-1.558116%-0.576217%-2.147940%-0.411202%-2.134334%2%1.558116%2.147940%1.558116%2%9,2476,109-3.741027%-2.674672%-3.741027%4%3.741027%0.386744%2.674672%0.454303%4.127771%4%16,20816.2k16,18416.2k-1.689723%-5.953208%-2.430862%-6.275492%-7.642931%8%1.689723%2.430862%1.689723%2%33,11333.1k6,625-5.978943%-4.204092%-8.377883%-3.028601%-10.183035%10%5.978943%8.377883%5.978943%6%44,11844.1k23,44223.4k

The Married by Sex and Age#4

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Maryland and Montgomery County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1716.432%16.4%59.495%59.5%38.770%38.8%77.085%77.1%55.916%55.9%80.659%80.7%61.725%61.7%78.052%78.1%65.024%65.0%75.867%75.9%66.068%66.1%74.728%74.7%67.339%67.3%76.454%76.5%67.618%67.6%72.930%72.9%67.209%67.2%65.291%65.3%58.395%58.4%50.561%50.6%31.617%31.6%22.289%22.3%8.992%8.99%4.915%4.92%1.248%1.25%1.525%1.53%0.698%0.70%0.617%0.62%

The Divorced1 by Sex and Age#5

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Maryland and Montgomery County
Female
Male
0%5%10%15%20%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 177.888%7.89%5.683%5.68%14.562%14.6%8.013%8.01%19.922%19.9%10.498%10.5%20.080%20.1%12.542%12.5%18.827%18.8%12.266%12.3%18.968%19.0%11.957%12.0%16.951%17.0%10.155%10.2%12.867%12.9%9.707%9.71%10.270%10.3%7.200%7.20%6.711%6.71%5.347%5.35%3.838%3.84%1.872%1.87%0.297%0.30%0.168%0.17%0.083%0.08%0.119%0.12%0.151%0.15%0.323%0.32%

The Never Married by Sex and Age#6

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Maryland and Montgomery County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%100%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 174.593%4.59%3.812%3.81%5.819%5.82%4.129%4.13%8.000%8.00%5.074%5.07%10.891%10.9%7.860%7.86%11.485%11.5%10.727%10.7%12.394%12.4%12.845%12.8%14.739%14.7%13.147%13.1%18.612%18.6%17.213%17.2%21.565%21.6%27.391%27.4%34.340%34.3%44.021%44.0%64.420%64.4%75.780%75.8%90.627%90.6%94.839%94.8%98.669%98.7%98.355%98.4%99.152%99.2%99.060%99.1%

The Widowed by Sex and Age#7

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Maryland and Montgomery County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1771.086%71.1%31.009%31.0%40.849%40.8%10.773%10.8%16.162%16.2%3.770%3.77%7.304%7.30%1.545%1.55%4.664%4.66%1.140%1.14%2.569%2.57%0.470%0.47%0.971%0.97%0.244%0.24%0.903%0.90%0.150%0.15%0.956%0.96%0.118%0.12%0.554%0.55%0.072%0.07%0.125%0.12%0.059%0.06%0.085%0.08%0.077%0.08%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 Maryland.
Scope: population of Maryland and Montgomery County
Montgomery County
Maryland
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 - 176,50222,44822.4k52,85452.9k42,37242.4k49,73149.7k53,58053.6k53,41253.4k49,71149.7k47,68947.7k39,00739.0k17,86117.9k4,008315267

Marital Status by Race#9

Percentage of each ethno-racial group.
Scope: population of Maryland and Montgomery County
Montgomery County
Maryland
Divorced
Widowed
Separated
Married
Never Married
60%40%20%0%20%40%60%CountAsian2White1White HispanicBlack2Other2Mixed2-24.892048%-1.089570%-4.077645%-27.395764%-1.170782%-4.099748%-30.059263%30%65.346049%4.594688%63.207487%4.126219%69.940737%70%124,361124k-26.278761%-1.326895%-8.606597%-27.922981%-1.764388%-10.121157%-36.212253%36%57.945537%5.842210%53.600945%6.590529%63.787747%64%397,846398k-37.469559%-2.479787%-7.730201%-40.619008%-2.853016%-7.196621%-47.679548%48%49.278468%3.041984%46.860844%2.470511%52.320452%52%71,86171.9k-41.040430%-3.251693%-11.330770%-46.412189%-3.612784%-11.683395%-55.622893%56%39.853437%4.523670%32.808432%5.483200%44.377107%44%143,556144k-47.699239%-2.794465%-6.756886%-47.909199%-2.838397%-7.385337%-57.250591%57%40.757014%1.992395%39.769671%2.097397%42.749409%43%62,58862.6k-46.643307%-2.082504%-8.752090%-51.510151%-2.249930%-8.877352%-57.477901%57%39.121605%3.400494%34.248633%3.113933%42.522099%43%25,11425.1k

Map of Marital Status by County Subdivision in Montgomery County

Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#10

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
47.6%51.4%55.2%58.9%62.7%66.5%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by County Subdivision#11

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
6.6%7.6%8.5%9.5%10.4%11.5%

Widowed Marital Status by County Subdivision#12

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
2.9%3.6%4.3%5.0%5.7%6.5%

Never Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#13

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
22.5%25.3%28.1%30.8%33.6%36.4%
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Map of Marital Status by Tract in Montgomery County

Married Marital Status by Tract#14

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
26%37%48%59%69%81%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Tract#15

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
2.8%7.6%12.2%16.9%21.6%26.3%

Widowed Marital Status by Tract#16

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
0%9%17%26%34%43%

Never Married Marital Status by Tract#17

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
6%17%28%39%50%61%
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Map of Marital Status by Block Group in Montgomery County

Married Marital Status by Block Group#18

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
15%30%43%57%71%85%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Block Group#19

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
0%6%12%18%24%30%

Widowed Marital Status by Block Group#20

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
0%14%28%42%56%70%

Never Married Marital Status by Block Group#21

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
3%17%31%44%58%72%
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Marital Status by Place in Montgomery County

There are 56 places that are fully or partially contained within Montgomery County (54 fully and 2 partially). This section compares all 56 of those to each other, Montgomery County, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Montgomery County.

Married by Place#22

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Montgomery County, selected places in Montgomery County, and entities that contain Montgomery County
0%20%40%60%Count#Chevy Chase Section FiveChevy Chase Secti…Chevy ChaseChevy Chase VlgMartin's AdditionsChevy Chase Section ThreeChevy Chase Secti…N Chevy ChaseSomersetClarksburgTravilahPotomacNorth PotomacDarnestownChevy Chase VwGlen EchoBarnesvilleBrookevilleDerwoodChevy ChaseS KensingtonDamascusFour CornersCloverlySpencervilleKemp MillKensingtonOlneyGarrett ParkBethesdaPoolesvilleCabin JohnBrookmontHillandaleMontgomery CoMontgomeryRockvilleGermantownAshton-Sandy SpgGaithersburgN BethesdaWashingtonUnited StatesSouthSouth AtlanticAspen HillMarylandCalvertonFriendship Hts VlgSilver SpringLeisure WorldWhite Oak73.824131%73.824131%74%361172.714993%72.714993%73%1,615271.304348%71.304348%71%1,148370.605187%70.605187%71%490469.270833%69.270833%69%399569.156627%69.156627%69%287668.598525%68.598525%69%651768.467406%68.467406%68%9,873868.344399%68.344399%68%6,382966.925662%66.925662%67%24,89324.9k1066.143730%66.143730%66%12,77512.8k1166.034931%66.034931%66%3,5541265.554072%65.554072%66%4911365.447154%65.447154%65%1611464.754098%64.754098%65%791564.705882%64.705882%65%881664.245810%64.245810%64%1,0351763.888520%63.888520%64%4,8141863.461249%63.461249%63%4,2171961.812432%61.812432%62%7,4282061.251504%61.251504%61%4,0722160.620928%60.620928%61%7,5372260.341556%60.341556%60%9542360.117361%60.117361%60%5,9422460.000000%60.000000%60%9572559.408396%59.408396%59%17,01117.0k2659.039191%59.039191%59%4672758.608456%58.608456%59%29,73529.7k2858.045555%58.045555%58%2,3702957.812500%57.812500%58%9253057.319933%57.319933%57%1,7113254.217115%54.217115%54%2,6423653.282824%53.282824%53%439,757440k53.282824%53.282824%53%439,757440k52.285151%52.285151%52%27,83427.8k3852.047184%52.047184%52%36,53436.5k3951.180472%51.180472%51%2,5584050.983361%50.983361%51%26,59726.6k4149.301669%49.301669%49%20,61520.6k4448.547447%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%24,135,51924.1M47.012028%47.012028%47%19,73819.7k4846.912785%46.912785%47%2,271,9742.27M44.878933%44.878933%45%6,9325244.250058%44.250058%44%1,8975344.246699%44.246699%44%28,04428.0k5443.181310%43.181310%43%3,8635540.647219%40.647219%41%6,11756

Marital Status by County Subdivision in Montgomery County

There are 13 county subdivisions in Montgomery County. This section compares all 13 of those to each other, Montgomery County, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Montgomery County.

Married by County Subdivision#26

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Montgomery County, selected county subdivisions in Montgomery County, and entities that contain Montgomery County
0%20%40%60%Count#106121871132Montgomery CoMontgomery495WashingtonUnited StatesSouth13South AtlanticMaryland66.422833%66.422833%66%20,34020.3k164.031716%64.031716%64%26,48826.5k260.691921%60.691921%61%9,789360.375180%60.375180%60%10,46010.5k459.741746%59.741746%60%24,01224.0k559.296245%59.296245%59%47,74047.7k658.131683%58.131683%58%1,033757.387387%57.387387%57%3,185856.529751%56.529751%57%23,31423.3k953.282824%53.282824%53%439,757440k53.282824%53.282824%53%439,757440k53.126309%53.126309%53%55,78955.8k1050.276932%50.276932%50%71,34971.3k1149.406239%49.406239%49%44,39244.4k1248.547447%48.547447%49%2,349,1262.35M48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.637665%47.637665%48%101,866102k1347.295823%47.295823%47%24,135,51924.1M46.912785%46.912785%47%2,271,9742.27M

Marital Status by County in the Washington Area

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

Married by County#30

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Montgomery County, selected other counties in the Washington Area, and entities that contain Montgomery County
0%20%40%60%Count#RappahannockLoudounStaffordFauquierFairfaxSpotsylvaniaCulpeperPrince WilliamFrederickManassasJeffersonMontgomery CoMontgomeryFairfaxCalvertFalls ChurchManassas ParkClarkeWarrenCharlesWashingtonUnited StatesSouthSouth AtlanticMarylandAlexandriaArlingtonPrince George'sFredericksburgDistrict of Columbia63.384079%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%439,757440k53.282824%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%24,135,51924.1M46.912785%46.912785%47%2,271,9742.27M43.885344%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%157,791158k24

Marital Status by County in Maryland

There are 24 counties in Maryland. This section compares Montgomery County to all of the counties in Maryland and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Montgomery County.

Married by County#34

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Montgomery County, selected other counties in Maryland, and entities that contain Montgomery County
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#HowardQueen Anne'sCarrollGarrettFrederickHarfordTalbotMontgomery CoMontgomerySt. Mary'sCalvertCecilAnne ArundelWorcesterCharlesCarolineWashingtonDorchesterWashingtonUnited StatesSouthSouth AtlanticKentMarylandBaltimoreAlleganyWicomicoPrince George'sSomersetBaltimore58.124127%58.124127%58%143,176143k157.280823%57.280823%57%22,83522.8k256.624778%56.624778%57%77,77377.8k355.318978%55.318978%55%13,79613.8k454.814187%54.814187%55%107,290107k554.570570%54.570570%55%110,811111k654.385414%54.385414%54%17,33117.3k753.282824%53.282824%53%439,757440k53.282824%53.282824%53%439,757440k853.010113%53.010113%53%46,54546.5k952.932483%52.932483%53%38,68238.7k1051.929089%51.929089%52%42,85542.9k1151.339992%51.339992%51%233,062233k1250.433556%50.433556%50%22,16022.2k1350.028365%50.028365%50%61,73061.7k1449.735794%49.735794%50%12,98913.0k1548.884157%48.884157%49%59,69059.7k1648.604460%48.604460%49%12,99113.0k1748.547447%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%24,135,51924.1M47.138757%47.138757%47%8,0481846.912785%46.912785%47%2,271,9742.27M46.219045%46.219045%46%313,165313k1944.284207%44.284207%44%27,69827.7k2044.212988%44.212988%44%36,67636.7k2138.336967%38.336967%38%278,704279k2232.528875%32.528875%33%7,2382326.884245%26.884245%27%136,972137k24

Marital Status by County in the United States

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

Married by County#38

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Montgomery County, selected other counties in the United States, and entities that contain Montgomery County
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#FairfaxSanta ClaraMontgomery CoMontgomeryNassauOaklandSalt LakeContra CostaWakeSuffolkFairfieldOrangeHonoluluMiddlesexWestchesterKingTarrantWashingtonAlamedaSt. LouisRiversideUnited StatesSouthSouth AtlanticSan DiegoHarrisHennepinPalm BeachMarylandMaricopaQueensAlleghenySan BernardinoMecklenburgSacramentoPimaDallasHillsboroughBexarClarkFresnoTravisBrowardOrangeLos AngelesFranklinCookMiami-DadeCuyahogaKingsWayneFultonMilwaukeeNew YorkBronxPhiladelphia55.728918%55.728918%56%505,225505k153.294394%53.294394%53%809,423809k253.282824%53.282824%53%439,757440k53.282824%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%551,403551k2346.912785%46.912785%47%2,271,9742.27M46.897917%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 Montgomery 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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