Marital Status in Worcester County, Massachusetts (County)

Marital Status#1

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of Massachusetts and Worcester County
Female Male
Massachusetts
Worcester County
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40%20%0%20%40%FMNever MarriedMarriedSeparated/DivorcedWidowed-30.148927%-33.984239%-30.148927%30%30.148927%7.248505%33.984239%5.426624%37.397432%37%102,860103k122,054122k-46.927805%-44.348990%-46.927805%47%46.927805%2.238479%44.348990%4.245318%49.166284%49%160,105160k160,464160k-10.857003%-3.476488%-9.508780%-3.575676%-14.333491%14%10.857003%9.508780%10.857003%11%48,90248.9k35,43435.4k-2.579281%-6.010496%-2.486049%-6.096266%-8.589777%9%2.579281%2.486049%2.579281%3%29,30629.3k8,418

Detailed Marital Status#2

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of Massachusetts and Worcester County
Female Male
Massachusetts
Worcester County
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40%20%0%20%40%FMNever MarriedNow MarriedSeparatedAbsent SpouseWidowedDivorced-30.148927%-33.984239%-30.148927%30%30.148927%7.248505%33.984239%5.426624%37.397432%37%102,860103k122,054122k-44.726283%-42.029467%-44.726283%45%44.726283%2.110437%42.029467%3.934409%46.836719%47%152,594153k152,861153k-1.511475%-0.537925%-1.523400%-0.548075%-2.049400%2%1.511475%1.523400%1.511475%2%6,9924,933-2.201522%-2.319522%-2.201522%2%2.201522%0.128042%2.319522%0.310909%2.329565%2%7,5117,603-2.579281%-6.010496%-2.486049%-6.096266%-8.589777%9%2.579281%2.486049%2.579281%3%29,30629.3k8,418-9.345528%-2.938562%-7.985379%-3.027601%-12.284090%12%9.345528%7.985379%9.345528%9%41,91041.9k30,50130.5k

The Married by Sex and Age#4

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Massachusetts and Worcester County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1715.029%15.0%49.923%49.9%35.852%35.9%68.519%68.5%54.979%55.0%71.189%71.2%61.257%61.3%69.331%69.3%65.454%65.5%68.894%68.9%65.417%65.4%64.466%64.5%62.596%62.6%64.795%64.8%66.153%66.2%67.219%67.2%65.519%65.5%57.984%58.0%54.094%54.1%45.089%45.1%30.138%30.1%18.337%18.3%5.763%5.76%3.301%3.30%1.921%1.92%0.568%0.57%0.252%0.25%0.188%0.19%

The Divorced1 by Sex and Age#5

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Massachusetts and Worcester County
Female
Male
0%5%10%15%20%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 178.332%8.33%6.465%6.46%11.744%11.7%8.081%8.08%18.863%18.9%15.279%15.3%22.241%22.2%18.302%18.3%22.325%22.3%18.006%18.0%21.134%21.1%19.715%19.7%23.541%23.5%16.112%16.1%19.493%19.5%12.018%12.0%14.626%14.6%11.535%11.5%10.103%10.1%6.342%6.34%4.282%4.28%1.941%1.94%0.833%0.83%0.644%0.64%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.082%0.08%

The Never Married by Sex and Age#6

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Massachusetts and Worcester County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%100%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 176.060%6.06%4.224%4.22%6.723%6.72%5.790%5.79%6.421%6.42%7.374%7.37%7.194%7.19%10.169%10.2%7.920%7.92%11.883%11.9%10.544%10.5%14.341%14.3%12.002%12.0%18.427%18.4%13.871%13.9%20.417%20.4%19.385%19.4%30.110%30.1%35.803%35.8%48.398%48.4%65.552%65.6%79.617%79.6%93.371%93.4%96.025%96.0%98.079%98.1%99.432%99.4%99.748%99.7%99.730%99.7%

The Widowed by Sex and Age#7

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Massachusetts and Worcester County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1770.578%70.6%39.388%39.4%45.682%45.7%17.611%17.6%19.737%19.7%6.158%6.16%9.307%9.31%2.198%2.20%4.301%4.30%1.216%1.22%2.904%2.90%1.478%1.48%1.861%1.86%0.667%0.67%0.483%0.48%0.346%0.35%0.470%0.47%0.371%0.37%0.000%0%0.170%0.17%0.028%0.03%0.105%0.10%0.033%0.03%0.031%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 Massachusetts.
Scope: population of Massachusetts and Worcester County
Worcester County
Massachusetts
Percentile:
0th - 100th
10th - 90th
20th - 80th
30th - 70th
40th - 60th
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%Count85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 174,71216,29416.3k40,15940.2k32,00132.0k40,34240.3k42,46842.5k39,06939.1k36,50236.5k29,51329.5k24,43824.4k12,14912.1k2,54430573

Marital Status by Race#9

Percentage of each ethno-racial group.
Scope: population of Massachusetts and Worcester County
Worcester County
Massachusetts
Divorced
Widowed
Separated
Married
Never Married
60%40%20%0%20%40%60%CountAsian2White1White HispanicBlack2Mixed2Other2-30.355368%-0.887564%-4.523491%-35.782394%-1.035487%-3.975363%-35.766423%36%60.864946%3.368630%56.007713%3.199042%64.233577%64%29,18129.2k-31.050862%-1.478851%-11.159896%-33.134047%-1.347403%-10.007622%-43.689608%44%50.090924%6.219468%49.092642%6.418286%56.310392%56%540,014540k-48.642669%-3.032366%-10.799081%-49.897992%-4.043445%-9.432516%-62.474116%62%34.161632%3.364253%33.977496%2.648550%37.525884%38%35,25335.3k-48.069517%-3.994910%-11.998125%-51.116142%-4.100762%-10.119707%-64.062552%64%32.361116%3.576332%30.499909%4.163479%35.937448%36%29,86329.9k-54.178240%-1.745893%-9.316721%-55.231504%-2.684211%-8.479470%-65.240854%65%32.449806%2.309341%30.582429%3.022385%34.759146%35%12,60112.6k-48.698560%-5.806796%-10.964083%-51.411715%-4.542962%-9.345092%-65.469439%65%31.573845%2.956716%31.985158%2.715074%34.530561%35%20,63120.6k

Map of Marital Status by County Subdivision in Worcester County

Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#10

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
34%41%48%54%60%67%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by County Subdivision#11

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
4.4%7.0%9.4%11.9%14.4%16.9%

Widowed Marital Status by County Subdivision#12

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
2.4%3.6%4.7%5.8%6.9%8.1%

Never Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#13

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
20.6%25.5%30.3%35.2%40.0%44.9%
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Map of Marital Status by Tract in Worcester County

Married Marital Status by Tract#14

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
0%15%28%42%56%70%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Tract#15

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
0.0%4.8%9.6%14.4%19.2%24.1%

Widowed Marital Status by Tract#16

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
0.0%3.5%7.1%10.6%14.1%17.7%

Never Married Marital Status by Tract#17

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
14%31%48%65%82%99%
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Marital Status by Place in Worcester County

There are 34 places that are fully or partially contained within Worcester County (33 fully and 1 partially). This section compares all 34 of those to each other, Worcester County, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Worcester County.

Married by Place#18

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Worcester County, selected places in Worcester County, and entities that contain Worcester County
0%20%40%60%Count#CordavilleNorthboroughSturbridgeS AshburnhamWestboroughPetershamN BrookfieldRutlandFiskdaleUptonMilfordHopedaleE BrookfieldOxfordWhitinsvilleUnited StatesWorcesterWorcesterLunenburgNew EnglandS LancasterBaldwinvilleNortheastMassachusettsLeominsterW BrookfieldSpencerSouthbridge TownClintonFitchburgWinchendonGardnerBrookfieldWebsterWarrenEast DouglasAtholBarreWorcesterDevens67.286064%67.286064%67%1,376159.870811%59.870811%60%2,966258.521363%58.521363%59%1,219357.810219%57.810219%58%396455.975395%55.975395%56%1,911554.326923%54.326923%54%113653.468962%53.468962%53%1,025751.984127%51.984127%52%1,048851.383812%51.383812%51%984951.362021%51.362021%51%1,3011050.931950%50.931950%51%10,41110.4k1150.871424%50.871424%51%1,5471250.153531%50.153531%50%4901349.918765%49.918765%50%2,4581448.700306%48.700306%49%2,5481548.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M48.022225%48.022225%48%320,569321k47.868734%47.868734%48%366,158366k47.762999%47.762999%48%7901647.628680%47.628680%48%5,811,6825.81M47.472809%47.472809%47%7421747.049090%47.049090%47%8531846.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M46.385590%46.385590%46%2,599,0632.60M45.700727%45.700727%46%15,40815.4k1945.333333%45.333333%45%4762043.728956%43.728956%44%2,0782141.795847%41.795847%42%5,7162240.610484%40.610484%41%2,4482340.331542%40.331542%40%13,21113.2k2439.739190%39.739190%40%1,1582539.290203%39.290203%39%6,5652639.082278%39.082278%39%2472738.312724%38.312724%38%3,8422836.277303%36.277303%36%3822936.051282%36.051282%36%7033035.716357%35.716357%36%2,4633135.321970%35.321970%35%3733234.956260%34.956260%35%53,26653.3k3318.536009%18.536009%19%31434

Marital Status by County Subdivision in Worcester County

There are 60 county subdivisions in Worcester County. This section compares the 50 most populous of those to each other, Worcester County, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Worcester County. The least populous of the compared county subdivisions has a population of 3,451.

Married by County Subdivision#22

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Worcester County, selected county subdivisions in Worcester County, and entities that contain Worcester County
0%20%40%60%Count#BoltonMendonNorthboroughSterlingSouthboroughWestboroughSturbridgeBoylstonPrincetonHoldenHubbardstonW BrookfieldGraftonAshburnhamRutlandShrewsburyN BrookfieldHopedaleWestminsterSuttonTempletonTown of UptonDouglasWinchendonLunenburgHarvardCharltonBlackstoneMillburyAuburnPaxtonSpencerMilfordNorthbridgeUxbridgeWarrenOxfordUnited StatesWorcesterTown of BarreWorcesterNew EnglandLancasterLeicesterNortheastMassachusettsLeominsterWebsterDudleyClintonTown of AtholSouthbridge TownW BoylstonFitchburgGardnerWorcester66.378031%66.378031%66%2,683165.273715%65.273715%65%3,124262.670139%62.670139%63%7,459362.065713%62.065713%62%3,948461.899778%61.899778%62%4,731561.463447%61.463447%61%9,139660.698805%60.698805%61%4,621759.864682%59.864682%60%2,212859.364081%59.364081%59%1,699958.177886%58.177886%58%8,6081058.150134%58.150134%58%2,1691157.353865%57.353865%57%1,8251257.226999%57.226999%57%8,4531357.113862%57.113862%57%2,8141457.057949%57.057949%57%3,8401557.019571%57.019571%57%16,78216.8k1657.006048%57.006048%57%2,2621756.962288%56.962288%57%2,7491856.909507%56.909507%57%3,4841956.814516%56.814516%57%4,2272056.310254%56.310254%56%3,8552156.277955%56.277955%56%3,5232255.863570%55.863570%56%3,8492355.655108%55.655108%56%4,7832455.447279%55.447279%55%5,0642555.318373%55.318373%55%3,0322655.223053%55.223053%55%5,9792754.602371%54.602371%55%4,0992854.288296%54.288296%54%6,0072954.284893%54.284893%54%7,5573052.626363%52.626363%53%2,1243151.982873%51.982873%52%5,0993251.846803%51.846803%52%11,79111.8k3351.437410%51.437410%51%6,8173450.736137%50.736137%51%5,7553549.559981%49.559981%50%2,1403649.112373%49.112373%49%5,4503748.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M48.022225%48.022225%48%320,569321k47.919877%47.919877%48%2,1773847.868734%47.868734%48%366,158366k47.628680%47.628680%48%5,811,6825.81M46.991940%46.991940%47%3,2653946.934570%46.934570%47%4,5554046.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M46.385590%46.385590%46%2,599,0632.60M45.700727%45.700727%46%15,40815.4k4145.157143%45.157143%45%6,3224244.372588%44.372588%44%4,2544343.812738%43.812738%44%5,0634442.186858%42.186858%42%4,1094541.795847%41.795847%42%5,7164640.612536%40.612536%41%2,8514740.331542%40.331542%40%13,21113.2k4839.290203%39.290203%39%6,5654934.956260%34.956260%35%53,26653.3k50

Marital Status by County in the Worcester Area

There are 2 counties in the Worcester Area. This section compares Worcester County to all of the counties in the Worcester Area and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Worcester County.

Married by County#26

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Worcester County, selected other counties in the Worcester Area, and entities that contain Worcester County
0%10%20%30%40%Count#United StatesWorcesterWorcesterNew EnglandNortheastWindhamMassachusetts48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M48.022225%48.022225%48%320,569321k147.868734%47.868734%48%366,158366k47.628680%47.628680%48%5,811,6825.81M46.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M46.816529%46.816529%47%45,58945.6k246.385590%46.385590%46%2,599,0632.60M

Marital Status by County in Massachusetts

There are 14 counties in Massachusetts. This section compares Worcester County to all of the counties in Massachusetts and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Worcester County.

Married by County#30

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Worcester County, selected other counties in Massachusetts, and entities that contain Worcester County
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#BarnstableNorfolkPlymouthMiddlesexNantucketEssexUnited StatesWorcesterFranklinWorcesterNew EnglandNortheastBristolMassachusettsDukesBerkshireHampdenHampshireSuffolk53.260631%53.260631%53%99,68199.7k152.091033%52.091033%52%296,249296k250.778142%50.778142%51%210,384210k349.887583%49.887583%50%649,460649k448.644068%48.644068%49%4,305548.358170%48.358170%48%305,009305k648.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M48.022225%48.022225%48%320,569321k747.885714%47.885714%48%28,91128.9k847.868734%47.868734%48%366,158366k47.628680%47.628680%48%5,811,6825.81M46.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M46.441339%46.441339%46%213,058213k946.385590%46.385590%46%2,599,0632.60M45.437782%45.437782%45%6,6531045.060591%45.060591%45%49,64149.6k1141.917433%41.917433%42%160,304160k1238.848605%38.848605%39%54,80854.8k1330.466987%30.466987%30%200,031200k14

Marital Status by County in the United States

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

Married by County#34

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Worcester County, selected other counties in the United States, and entities that contain Worcester County
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#FairfaxSanta ClaraMontgomeryNassauOaklandSalt LakeContra CostaWakeSuffolkFairfieldOrangeHonoluluMiddlesexWestchesterKingTarrantAlamedaSt. LouisRiversideUnited StatesWorcesterWorcesterNew EnglandSan DiegoHarrisHennepinPalm BeachMaricopaNortheastMassachusettsQueensAlleghenySan 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%387,194387k1050.294014%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%123,770,934124M48.022225%48.022225%48%320,569321k47.868734%47.868734%48%366,158366k47.628680%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%21,647,11421.6M46.385590%46.385590%46%2,599,0632.60M45.377673%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 Worcester 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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