Marital Status in Wayne County, Michigan (County)

Marital Status#1

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of Michigan and Wayne County
Female Male
Michigan
Wayne County
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40%20%0%20%40%FMNever MarriedMarriedSeparated/DivorcedWidowed-38.481215%-29.997089%-38.481215%38%38.481215%5.535504%29.997089%6.060515%44.016719%44%286,737287k295,177295k-36.216390%-46.631047%-36.216390%36%36.216390%4.176570%46.631047%2.778150%40.392960%40%269,861270k270,876271k-12.480577%-2.826448%-11.783011%-2.359012%-15.307025%15%12.480577%11.783011%12.480577%12%114,058114k83,69583.7k-3.109743%-6.885627%-2.750188%-6.479654%-9.995370%10%3.109743%2.750188%3.109743%3%74,47974.5k20,85420.9k

Detailed Marital Status#2

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of Michigan and Wayne County
Female Male
Michigan
Wayne County
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40%20%0%20%40%FMNever MarriedNow MarriedSeparatedAbsent SpouseWidowedDivorced-38.481215%-29.997089%-38.481215%38%38.481215%5.535504%29.997089%6.060515%44.016719%44%286,737287k295,177295k-34.096640%-44.935835%-34.096640%34%34.096640%3.788872%44.935835%2.531926%37.885512%38%254,066254k254,061254k-2.038020%-0.304912%-1.206320%-0.339268%-2.342931%2%2.038020%1.206320%2.038020%2%17,45817.5k13,66713.7k-2.119750%-1.695212%-2.119750%2%2.119750%0.387698%1.695212%0.246224%2.507449%3%15,79515.8k16,81516.8k-3.109743%-6.885627%-2.750188%-6.479654%-9.995370%10%3.109743%2.750188%3.109743%3%74,47974.5k20,85420.9k-10.442558%-2.521536%-10.576690%-2.019743%-12.964094%13%10.442558%10.576690%10.442558%10%96,60096.6k70,02870.0k

The Married by Sex and Age#4

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Michigan and Wayne County
Female
Male
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1710.809%10.8%46.476%46.5%28.858%28.9%60.397%60.4%41.240%41.2%61.981%62.0%46.885%46.9%57.197%57.2%48.739%48.7%52.946%52.9%50.937%50.9%52.154%52.2%51.478%51.5%52.652%52.7%49.178%49.2%51.746%51.7%47.913%47.9%49.120%49.1%42.753%42.8%39.377%39.4%24.977%25.0%18.197%18.2%8.394%8.39%4.277%4.28%1.599%1.60%0.726%0.73%0.442%0.44%0.393%0.39%

The Divorced1 by Sex and Age#5

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Michigan and Wayne County
Female
Male
0%5%10%15%20%25%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1710.502%10.5%7.074%7.07%16.209%16.2%13.794%13.8%25.180%25.2%18.873%18.9%25.752%25.8%22.690%22.7%24.649%24.6%22.435%22.4%22.094%22.1%19.808%19.8%22.495%22.5%18.295%18.3%17.620%17.6%16.179%16.2%14.178%14.2%11.501%11.5%8.818%8.82%6.426%6.43%4.578%4.58%2.325%2.32%0.975%0.98%0.371%0.37%0.144%0.14%0.000%0%0.051%0.05%0.225%0.23%

The Never Married by Sex and Age#6

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Michigan and Wayne County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%100%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 176.335%6.34%7.056%7.06%6.230%6.23%7.338%7.34%9.577%9.58%10.443%10.4%15.446%15.4%16.596%16.6%18.949%18.9%21.767%21.8%22.618%22.6%26.283%26.3%23.523%23.5%28.110%28.1%31.771%31.8%31.782%31.8%36.958%37.0%38.953%39.0%48.019%48.0%53.979%54.0%70.223%70.2%79.302%79.3%90.573%90.6%95.294%95.3%98.160%98.2%99.230%99.2%99.349%99.3%99.246%99.2%

The Widowed by Sex and Age#7

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Michigan and Wayne County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1772.354%72.4%39.393%39.4%48.702%48.7%18.472%18.5%24.003%24.0%8.703%8.70%11.916%11.9%3.516%3.52%7.663%7.66%2.852%2.85%4.351%4.35%1.754%1.75%2.505%2.50%0.943%0.94%1.431%1.43%0.293%0.29%0.951%0.95%0.425%0.43%0.409%0.41%0.218%0.22%0.222%0.22%0.176%0.18%0.058%0.06%0.058%0.06%0.097%0.10%0.044%0.04%0.158%0.16%0.136%0.14%

The Married by Age#8

Percentage of age cohort. Gray areas represent percentile bands from the counties in Michigan.
Scope: population of Michigan and Wayne County
Wayne County
Michigan
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 - 177,75129,90129.9k69,18469.2k55,09755.1k64,14064.1k65,05965.1k61,92561.9k57,69857.7k51,35051.4k43,92143.9k25,78825.8k8,099509315

Marital Status by Race#9

Percentage of each ethno-racial group.
Scope: population of Michigan and Wayne County
Wayne County
Michigan
Divorced
Widowed
Separated
Married
Never Married
50%0%50%CountAsian2White1Other2White HispanicMixed2Black2-26.748861%-0.526303%-3.640262%-31.533651%-0.545272%-3.702842%-30.915426%31%64.469677%4.614897%60.836114%3.382120%69.084574%69%41,04141.0k-30.698749%-1.149296%-11.945084%-28.404956%-1.009921%-11.788890%-43.793129%44%49.264486%6.942385%52.395394%6.400839%56.206871%56%731,665732k-39.652437%-2.960052%-8.674647%-39.832515%-2.679443%-11.428023%-51.287136%51%45.219210%3.493654%42.539952%3.520068%48.712864%49%27,73627.7k-40.854119%-2.078609%-9.563964%-43.045654%-2.025080%-9.506242%-52.496693%52%43.405140%4.098167%42.359085%3.063938%47.503307%48%42,33642.3k-52.114608%-2.163603%-9.881237%-54.604964%-1.759718%-10.417404%-64.159448%64%31.748520%4.092032%30.020725%3.197190%35.840552%36%25,51325.5k-55.664668%-3.698447%-12.560143%-53.580862%-3.364937%-12.843388%-71.923258%72%20.971749%7.104993%24.149425%6.061389%28.076742%28%547,446547k

Map of Marital Status by County Subdivision in Wayne County

Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#10

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
16%27%37%47%57%68%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by County Subdivision#11

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
6.0%9.0%11.9%14.9%17.8%20.8%

Widowed Marital Status by County Subdivision#12

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
4.1%5.8%7.4%9.0%10.6%12.2%

Never Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#13

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
17%25%33%40%47%55%
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Map of Marital Status by Tract in Wayne County

Married Marital Status by Tract#14

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
0%15%31%46%62%78%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Tract#15

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
2%9%16%23%30%38%

Widowed Marital Status by Tract#16

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
0.0%3.8%7.6%11.4%15.2%19.0%

Never Married Marital Status by Tract#17

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
15%30%44%58%73%88%
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Marital Status by Place in Wayne County

There are 34 places that are fully or partially contained within Wayne County (31 fully and 3 partially). This section compares all 34 of those to each other, Wayne County, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Wayne County.

Married by Place#18

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Wayne County, selected places in Wayne County, and entities that contain Wayne County
0%20%40%60%Count#Grosse Pt FarmsVlg of Grosse Pt ShrsVlg of Grosse Pt S…Grosse Pt WdsGrosse Pt PkNorthvilleGrosse PointeLivoniaAllen ParkDearbornPlymouthGibraltarWoodhavenTrentonMidwestFlat RockEast North CentralUnited StatesMichiganRockwoodDearborn HtsDetroit AreaWyandotteHamtramckSouthgateRiverviewGarden CityTaylorBellevilleLincoln ParkRomulusWestlandMelvindaleWayneWayneHarper WoodsRiver RougeInksterEcorseDetroitHighland Park65.677845%65.677845%66%4,583161.517077%61.517077%62%1,549259.678032%59.678032%60%7,859357.854068%57.854068%58%5,241457.605437%57.605437%58%2,882555.182999%55.182999%55%2,337654.769696%54.769696%55%43,85343.9k752.903674%52.903674%53%12,19812.2k851.453715%51.453715%51%36,95237.0k951.156148%51.156148%51%3,7611051.066098%51.066098%51%1,9161150.855605%50.855605%51%5,2901250.401554%50.401554%50%7,7821349.375331%49.375331%49%26,998,09027.0M48.645833%48.645833%49%3,7361448.446718%48.446718%48%18,331,77818.3M48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.983566%47.983566%48%3,880,2763.88M47.374220%47.374220%47%1,2901546.798876%46.798876%47%20,97921.0k1646.299539%46.299539%46%1,616,4721.62M46.014052%46.014052%46%9,8241745.007786%45.007786%45%7,2261843.846427%43.846427%44%11,11211.1k1943.666442%43.666442%44%4,5402043.571900%43.571900%44%9,8932140.858683%40.858683%41%20,08020.1k2240.575916%40.575916%41%1,2402340.301746%40.301746%40%11,88711.9k2439.923204%39.923204%40%7,2782539.629175%39.629175%40%27,12327.1k2639.137561%39.137561%39%3,1042738.194735%38.194735%38%540,737541k37.559520%37.559520%38%5,2852833.378464%33.378464%33%3,6982927.086360%27.086360%27%1,6783027.000689%27.000689%27%5,0983125.259989%25.259989%25%1,8463222.633004%22.633004%23%122,402122k3316.662799%16.662799%17%1,43634

Marital Status by County Subdivision in Wayne County

There are 43 county subdivisions in Wayne County. This section compares all 43 of those to each other, Wayne County, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Wayne County.

Married by County Subdivision#22

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Wayne County, selected county subdivisions in Wayne County, and entities that contain Wayne County
0%20%40%60%Count#Grosse IleGrosse Pt FarmsVlg of Grosse Pt ShrsVlg of Grosse Pt S…NorthvilleNorthvillePlymouthGrosse Pt WdsCantonHuronGrosse Pt PkGrosse PointeLivoniaBrownstownAllen ParkDearbornPlymouthGibraltarWoodhavenTrentonMidwestFlat RockEast North CentralUnited StatesMichiganSumpterRockwoodDearborn HtsDetroit AreaWyandotteHamtramckSouthgateRiverviewGarden CityVan BurenTaylorBellevilleLincoln ParkRomulusRedfordWestlandMelvindaleWayneWayneHarper WoodsRiver RougeInksterEcorseDetroitHighland Park67.017098%67.017098%67%5,801165.677845%65.677845%66%4,583262.286412%62.286412%62%1,531362.232594%62.232594%62%14,40014.4k460.719101%60.719101%61%1,351560.549804%60.549804%61%13,56813.6k659.678032%59.678032%60%7,859759.044340%59.044340%59%41,84041.8k858.896379%58.896379%59%7,514957.854068%57.854068%58%5,2411055.182999%55.182999%55%2,3371154.769696%54.769696%55%43,85343.9k1254.370002%54.370002%54%13,32513.3k1352.903674%52.903674%53%12,19812.2k1451.453715%51.453715%51%36,95237.0k1551.156148%51.156148%51%3,7611651.066098%51.066098%51%1,9161750.855605%50.855605%51%5,2901850.401554%50.401554%50%7,7821949.375331%49.375331%49%26,998,09027.0M48.645833%48.645833%49%3,7362048.446718%48.446718%48%18,331,77818.3M48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.983566%47.983566%48%3,880,2763.88M47.683631%47.683631%48%3,5512147.374220%47.374220%47%1,2902246.798876%46.798876%47%20,97921.0k2346.299539%46.299539%46%1,616,4721.62M46.014052%46.014052%46%9,8242445.007786%45.007786%45%7,2262543.846427%43.846427%44%11,11211.1k2643.666442%43.666442%44%4,5402743.571900%43.571900%44%9,8932843.189239%43.189239%43%9,9212940.858683%40.858683%41%20,08020.1k3040.575916%40.575916%41%1,2403140.301746%40.301746%40%11,88711.9k3239.923204%39.923204%40%7,2783339.883002%39.883002%40%15,40815.4k3439.629175%39.629175%40%27,12327.1k3539.137561%39.137561%39%3,1043638.194735%38.194735%38%540,737541k37.559520%37.559520%38%5,2853733.378464%33.378464%33%3,6983827.086360%27.086360%27%1,6783927.000689%27.000689%27%5,0984025.259989%25.259989%25%1,8464122.633004%22.633004%23%122,402122k4216.662799%16.662799%17%1,43643

Marital Status by County in the Detroit Area

There are 6 counties in the Detroit Area. This section compares Wayne County to all of the counties in the Detroit Area and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Wayne County.

Married by County#26

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Wayne County, selected other counties in the Detroit Area, and entities that contain Wayne County
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#LivingstonLapeerSt. ClairOaklandMidwestMacombEast North CentralUnited StatesMichiganDetroit AreaWayne59.060929%59.060929%59%89,63589.6k155.905068%55.905068%56%40,68140.7k252.556419%52.556419%53%69,19069.2k352.141990%52.141990%52%528,360528k449.375331%49.375331%49%26,998,09027.0M49.265972%49.265972%49%347,869348k548.446718%48.446718%48%18,331,77818.3M48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.983566%47.983566%48%3,880,2763.88M46.299539%46.299539%46%1,616,4721.62M38.194735%38.194735%38%540,737541k6

Marital Status by County in Michigan

There are 83 counties in Michigan. This section compares Wayne County to the 50 most populous counties in Michigan and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Wayne County. The least populous of the compared counties has a population of 28,755.

Married by County#30

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Wayne County, selected other counties in Michigan, and entities that contain Wayne County
0%20%40%60%Count#BarryLivingstonAlleganMidlandEmmetOttawaHuronClintonTuscolaLapeerNewaygoCassMasonSanilacShiawasseeWexfordSt. JosephDeltaMonroeHillsdaleAlpenaSt. ClairBranchOaklandEatonClareMontcalmGrand TraverseVan BurenBerrienIoniaMidwestBayLenaweeMacombKentEast North CentralUnited StatesMichiganJacksonMuskegonCalhounDetroit AreaMarquetteGratiotSaginawGeneseeKalamazooChippewaWashtenawHoughtonMecostaInghamWayneIsabella60.357298%60.357298%60%29,12329.1k159.060929%59.060929%59%89,63589.6k258.137427%58.137427%58%52,60152.6k356.801412%56.801412%57%38,95139.0k456.582095%56.582095%57%15,61115.6k556.312530%56.312530%56%123,771124k656.254634%56.254634%56%15,17315.2k756.003764%56.003764%56%35,11135.1k855.953073%55.953073%56%25,03925.0k955.905068%55.905068%56%40,68140.7k1055.291121%55.291121%55%21,49021.5k1155.160350%55.160350%55%23,65023.7k1254.583525%54.583525%55%13,03413.0k1354.462824%54.462824%54%18,63518.6k1454.246643%54.246643%54%30,66430.7k1554.080200%54.080200%54%14,25514.3k1653.993200%53.993200%54%26,04226.0k1753.764536%53.764536%54%16,36716.4k1853.026597%53.026597%53%65,03565.0k1952.814750%52.814750%53%19,88019.9k2052.610228%52.610228%53%12,83912.8k2152.556419%52.556419%53%69,19069.2k2252.393170%52.393170%52%18,37918.4k2352.141990%52.141990%52%528,360528k2451.621289%51.621289%52%46,07246.1k2551.377292%51.377292%51%13,16813.2k2651.226147%51.226147%51%26,17426.2k2751.183180%51.183180%51%38,41438.4k2851.012629%51.012629%51%30,78030.8k2950.340992%50.340992%50%63,62963.6k3049.452967%49.452967%49%25,62925.6k3149.375331%49.375331%49%26,998,09027.0M49.315162%49.315162%49%43,35043.4k3249.308449%49.308449%49%40,00040.0k3349.265972%49.265972%49%347,869348k3448.792608%48.792608%49%242,712243k3548.446718%48.446718%48%18,331,77818.3M48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.983566%47.983566%48%3,880,2763.88M47.552126%47.552126%48%62,05662.1k3646.935355%46.935355%47%64,95965.0k3746.404821%46.404821%46%50,52050.5k3846.299539%46.299539%46%1,616,4721.62M46.271053%46.271053%46%26,51126.5k3945.556194%45.556194%46%15,84915.8k4045.290602%45.290602%45%72,45572.5k4145.119330%45.119330%45%150,505151k4244.479473%44.479473%44%93,96694.0k4344.401592%44.401592%44%14,39114.4k4444.034752%44.034752%44%132,287132k4542.977814%42.977814%43%13,07613.1k4642.716110%42.716110%43%15,62015.6k4738.488609%38.488609%38%91,21391.2k4838.194735%38.194735%38%540,737541k4934.940978%34.940978%35%21,07521.1k50

Marital Status by County in the United States

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

Married by County#34

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Wayne County, selected other counties in the United States, and entities that contain Wayne County
0%20%40%Count#FairfaxSanta ClaraMontgomeryNassauOaklandSalt LakeContra CostaWakeSuffolkFairfieldOrangeHonoluluMiddlesexWestchesterKingMidwestTarrantEast North CentralAlamedaSt. LouisRiversideUnited StatesMichiganSan DiegoHarrisHennepinPalm BeachMaricopaDetroit AreaQueensAlleghenySan 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%851,934852k1549.375331%49.375331%49%26,998,09027.0M49.287172%49.287172%49%742,044742k1648.446718%48.446718%48%18,331,77818.3M48.279556%48.279556%48%635,456635k1748.178006%48.178006%48%393,649394k1848.085207%48.085207%48%875,082875k1948.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.983566%47.983566%48%3,880,2763.88M47.276963%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%1,517,5651.52M2446.299539%46.299539%46%1,616,4721.62M45.377673%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 Wayne 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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