Marital Status in Bergen County, New Jersey (County)

Marital Status#1

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of New Jersey and Bergen County
Female Male
New Jersey
Bergen County
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50%0%50%FMNever MarriedMarriedSeparated/DivorcedWidowed-27.487108%-31.376315%-27.487108%27%27.487108%5.755258%31.376315%6.094149%33.242365%33%109,800110k121,688122k-51.600661%-46.760005%-51.600661%52%51.600661%5.730454%46.760005%4.816076%57.331115%57%206,124206k209,868210k-7.043323%-4.105728%-8.392932%-3.959471%-11.149051%11%7.043323%8.392932%7.043323%7%44,53644.5k25,78325.8k-2.383196%-7.379984%-2.560523%-6.950754%-9.763180%10%2.383196%2.560523%2.383196%2%39,00039.0k8,724

Detailed Marital Status#2

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of New Jersey and Bergen County
Female Male
New Jersey
Bergen County
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40%20%0%20%40%FMNever MarriedNow MarriedSeparatedAbsent SpouseWidowedDivorced-27.487108%-31.376315%-27.487108%27%27.487108%5.755258%31.376315%6.094149%33.242365%33%109,800110k121,688122k-49.321083%-44.345538%-49.321083%49%49.321083%5.192211%44.345538%4.220374%54.513294%55%197,018197k199,553200k-1.127948%-0.544810%-1.598591%-0.654106%-1.672758%2%1.127948%1.598591%1.127948%1%6,6824,129-2.279577%-2.414466%-2.279577%2%2.279577%0.538244%2.414466%0.595702%2.817821%3%9,10610,31510.3k-2.383196%-7.379984%-2.560523%-6.950754%-9.763180%10%2.383196%2.560523%2.383196%2%39,00039.0k8,724-5.915375%-3.560918%-6.794341%-3.305365%-9.476293%9%5.915375%6.794341%5.915375%6%37,85437.9k21,65421.7k

The Married by Sex and Age#4

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of New Jersey and Bergen County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1715.349%15.3%55.414%55.4%37.518%37.5%73.630%73.6%58.276%58.3%79.159%79.2%62.097%62.1%76.490%76.5%66.644%66.6%75.051%75.1%68.417%68.4%75.328%75.3%72.408%72.4%76.166%76.2%73.713%73.7%72.310%72.3%70.337%70.3%68.207%68.2%58.583%58.6%54.511%54.5%33.107%33.1%20.153%20.2%6.318%6.32%2.509%2.51%0.989%0.99%0.257%0.26%0.490%0.49%0.734%0.73%

The Divorced1 by Sex and Age#5

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of New Jersey and Bergen County
Female
Male
0%5%10%15%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 175.863%5.86%7.104%7.10%11.800%11.8%8.149%8.15%14.784%14.8%9.660%9.66%18.574%18.6%11.280%11.3%18.793%18.8%13.002%13.0%17.548%17.5%11.546%11.5%14.424%14.4%8.198%8.20%12.448%12.4%8.430%8.43%9.195%9.20%6.896%6.90%6.986%6.99%2.980%2.98%2.876%2.88%1.286%1.29%0.537%0.54%0.081%0.08%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.098%0.10%0.057%0.06%

The Never Married by Sex and Age#6

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of New Jersey and Bergen County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%100%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 174.975%4.97%4.153%4.15%5.061%5.06%5.118%5.12%7.289%7.29%6.628%6.63%10.489%10.5%9.980%9.98%9.191%9.19%10.294%10.3%11.512%11.5%12.180%12.2%11.280%11.3%15.179%15.2%12.965%13.0%19.187%19.2%19.927%19.9%24.619%24.6%34.359%34.4%42.509%42.5%63.901%63.9%78.487%78.5%92.969%93.0%97.358%97.4%99.011%99.0%99.743%99.7%99.412%99.4%99.173%99.2%

The Widowed by Sex and Age#7

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of New Jersey and Bergen County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1773.813%73.8%33.329%33.3%45.621%45.6%13.103%13.1%19.651%19.7%4.553%4.55%8.840%8.84%2.250%2.25%5.372%5.37%1.653%1.65%2.523%2.52%0.946%0.95%1.888%1.89%0.457%0.46%0.873%0.87%0.073%0.07%0.540%0.54%0.278%0.28%0.072%0.07%0.000%0%0.117%0.12%0.073%0.07%0.175%0.18%0.052%0.05%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.036%0.04%

The Married by Age#8

Percentage of age cohort. Gray areas represent percentile bands from the counties in New Jersey.
Scope: population of New Jersey and Bergen County
Bergen County
New Jersey
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 - 177,07623,93523.9k53,82953.8k38,94938.9k48,63648.6k52,88452.9k52,73352.7k46,85046.9k42,36742.4k32,31532.3k13,75113.8k2,301134232

Marital Status by Race#9

Percentage of each ethno-racial group.
Scope: population of New Jersey and Bergen County
Bergen County
New Jersey
Divorced
Widowed
Separated
Married
Never Married
60%40%20%0%20%40%60%CountAsian2White1White HispanicOther2Mixed2Black2-25.708387%-0.887806%-3.870009%-26.156392%-0.910627%-3.264372%-30.466201%30%65.463930%4.069868%65.790274%3.878334%69.533799%70%121,085121k-27.365340%-0.951394%-8.028514%-28.769261%-1.205042%-8.997678%-36.345248%36%55.850454%7.804298%53.535667%7.492352%63.654752%64%460,272460k-36.716019%-2.624108%-9.745394%-41.029350%-3.252715%-9.250637%-49.085521%49%47.285971%3.628508%42.714553%3.752746%50.914479%51%88,41188.4k-41.446558%-3.509242%-8.738280%-46.060947%-4.034822%-7.981155%-53.694080%54%43.819984%2.485936%39.170320%2.752756%46.305920%46%37,33037.3k-48.035204%-3.242492%-5.836486%-50.260120%-2.923329%-7.888732%-57.114182%57%40.994364%1.891454%35.823250%3.104569%42.885818%43%12,95313.0k-44.530700%-2.874296%-11.512579%-51.370817%-3.708290%-9.644364%-58.917576%59%35.597730%5.484694%29.541966%5.734562%41.082424%41%45,47245.5k

Map of Marital Status by County Subdivision in Bergen County

Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#10

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
38%45%51%57%63%69%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by County Subdivision#11

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
3.4%6.1%8.7%11.3%13.9%16.5%

Widowed Marital Status by County Subdivision#12

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
2.4%6.8%11.1%15.5%19.8%24.1%

Never Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#13

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
17.5%21.9%26.2%30.6%34.9%39.3%
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Map of Marital Status by Tract in Bergen County

Married Marital Status by Tract#14

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
19%30%41%52%63%74%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Tract#15

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
2.3%6.6%10.7%14.9%19.1%23.3%

Widowed Marital Status by Tract#16

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
1.7%4.2%6.7%9.3%11.8%14.3%

Never Married Marital Status by Tract#17

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
17%29%41%52%64%76%
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Marital Status by Place in Bergen County

There are 61 places in Bergen County. This section compares all 61 of those to each other, Bergen County, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Bergen County.

Married by Place#18

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Bergen County, selected places in Bergen County, and entities that contain Bergen County
0%20%40%60%Count#Glen RockEnglewood CliffsWoodcliff LkHo-Ho-KusUpper Saddle RivFranklin LksHarrington PkTenaflyMidland ParkHaworthClosterAlpineDemarestCresskillOld TappanOradellRidgewoodNorwoodRamseyAllendaleWaldwickOaklandSaddle RiverHillsdaleEdgewaterNorthvaleRiver EdgeFair LawnFort LeeLeoniaParamusNew MilfordBergenRutherfordRidgefieldPalisades PkNew JerseyRidgefield PkUnited StatesNortheastMiddle AtlanticNew York AreaGarfieldFairviewTeterboroLodiHackensackRockleigh68.749310%68.749310%69%6,228168.676123%68.676123%69%2,905267.919851%67.919851%68%3,288367.905942%67.905942%68%2,137467.254085%67.254085%67%4,198566.319130%66.319130%66%5,852666.027178%66.027178%66%2,478765.741424%65.741424%66%7,129864.802632%64.802632%65%3,743964.801444%64.801444%65%1,7951064.545060%64.545060%65%4,4621164.446166%64.446166%64%8321264.413169%64.413169%64%2,5631363.985271%63.985271%64%4,5181463.874454%63.874454%64%3,0731563.571539%63.571539%64%4,1011663.446038%63.446038%63%12,12212.1k1762.752294%62.752294%63%3,0781862.546878%62.546878%63%7,6721962.266355%62.266355%62%3,1982062.071544%62.071544%62%4,9802161.461318%61.461318%61%6,4352259.686610%59.686610%60%1,6762359.650174%59.650174%60%4,9792458.651963%58.651963%59%5,6912558.517756%58.517756%59%2,2742658.278567%58.278567%58%5,4982757.816341%57.816341%58%15,75915.8k2857.214829%57.214829%57%18,05718.1k2957.161699%57.161699%57%4,3343056.668284%56.668284%57%12,84512.8k3155.344333%55.344333%55%7,7153554.340889%54.340889%54%415,992416k54.087766%54.087766%54%8,3693952.677355%52.677355%53%5,0274350.936037%50.936037%51%9,1424849.085963%49.085963%49%3,564,6013.56M48.956538%48.956538%49%5,1145248.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M46.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M46.534090%46.534090%47%15,835,43215.8M45.722984%45.722984%46%7,484,5167.48M44.784029%44.784029%45%11,23911.2k5642.092298%42.092298%42%5,1265741.772152%41.772152%42%335841.573534%41.573534%42%8,4075939.411279%39.411279%39%14,80814.8k6038.623327%38.623327%39%20261

Marital Status by County Subdivision in Bergen County

There are 70 county subdivisions in Bergen County. This section compares the 50 most populous of those to each other, Bergen County, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Bergen County. The least populous of the compared county subdivisions has a population of 8,109.

Married by County Subdivision#22

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Bergen County, selected county subdivisions in Bergen County, and entities that contain Bergen County
0%20%40%60%Count#Glen RockUpper Saddle RivWashingtonFranklin LksRiv ValeTenaflyClosterCresskillOradellRidgewoodWyckoffRamseyWaldwickOaklandHillsdaleEdgewaterRiver EdgeFair LawnFort LeeLeoniaParamusWood-RidgeDumontNew MilfordWestwoodMontvaleSaddle BrkPark RidgeBergenRutherfordWallingtonHasbrouck HtsN ArlingtonRidgefieldElmwood ParkMaywoodLyndhurstTeaneckPalisades PkCliffside PkBergenfieldE RutherfordNew JerseyRidgefield PkUnited StatesLittle FerryEnglewoodNortheastMiddle AtlanticMahwahBogotaNew York AreaGarfieldFairviewLodiHackensack68.749310%68.749310%69%6,228167.254085%67.254085%67%4,198266.532048%66.532048%67%5,107366.319130%66.319130%66%5,852466.167104%66.167104%66%5,298565.741424%65.741424%66%7,129664.545060%64.545060%65%4,462763.985271%63.985271%64%4,518863.571539%63.571539%64%4,101963.446038%63.446038%63%12,12212.1k1062.770087%62.770087%63%8,5701162.546878%62.546878%63%7,6721262.071544%62.071544%62%4,9801361.461318%61.461318%61%6,4351459.650174%59.650174%60%4,9791558.651963%58.651963%59%5,6911658.278567%58.278567%58%5,4981757.816341%57.816341%58%15,75915.8k1857.214829%57.214829%57%18,05718.1k1957.161699%57.161699%57%4,3342056.668284%56.668284%57%12,84512.8k2156.361268%56.361268%56%3,8942255.600953%55.600953%56%8,1652355.344333%55.344333%55%7,7152455.082690%55.082690%55%4,9962554.943736%54.943736%55%3,6622654.808345%54.808345%55%6,4632754.491859%54.491859%54%3,8822854.340889%54.340889%54%415,992416k54.087766%54.087766%54%8,3692953.939704%53.939704%54%5,2783052.929095%52.929095%53%5,4123152.764008%52.764008%53%7,0253252.677355%52.677355%53%5,0273352.248289%52.248289%52%8,5523451.946144%51.946144%52%4,2443551.506073%51.506073%52%9,4563651.411826%51.411826%51%16,84216.8k3750.936037%50.936037%51%9,1423850.730591%50.730591%51%10,86710.9k3950.647463%50.647463%51%11,49911.5k4050.492139%50.492139%50%3,9504149.085963%49.085963%49%3,564,6013.56M48.956538%48.956538%49%5,1144248.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.997416%47.997416%48%4,4584346.969829%46.969829%47%10,80410.8k4446.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M46.534090%46.534090%47%15,835,43215.8M46.425881%46.425881%46%10,47610.5k4546.199422%46.199422%46%3,1974645.722984%45.722984%46%7,484,5167.48M44.784029%44.784029%45%11,23911.2k4742.092298%42.092298%42%5,1264841.573534%41.573534%42%8,4074939.411279%39.411279%39%14,80814.8k50

Marital Status by County in the New York Area

There are 25 counties in the New York Area. This section compares Bergen County to all of the counties in the New York Area and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Bergen County.

Married by County#26

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Bergen County, selected other counties in the New York Area, and entities that contain Bergen County
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#PutnamHunterdonMorrisSomersetSussexBergenPikeNassauOceanMonmouthRocklandMiddlesexRichmondSuffolkOrangeWestchesterNew JerseyDutchessUnited StatesNortheastUnionMiddle AtlanticNew York AreaQueensPassaicHudsonKingsEssexNew YorkBronx57.798221%57.798221%58%47,68747.7k157.736925%57.736925%58%60,77160.8k256.181183%56.181183%56%229,608230k355.702513%55.702513%56%150,057150k455.064124%55.064124%55%66,12166.1k554.340889%54.340889%54%415,992416k654.277305%54.277305%54%25,81725.8k753.245234%53.245234%53%593,014593k853.128336%53.128336%53%249,819250k953.041209%53.041209%53%273,167273k1052.916462%52.916462%53%131,490131k1151.864831%51.864831%52%352,546353k1251.162423%51.162423%51%197,643198k1351.112208%51.112208%51%627,478627k1449.898971%49.898971%50%147,678148k1549.779598%49.779598%50%392,203392k1649.085963%49.085963%49%3,564,6013.56M48.281974%48.281974%48%119,860120k1748.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M46.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M46.626448%46.626448%47%205,894206k1846.534090%46.534090%47%15,835,43215.8M45.722984%45.722984%46%7,484,5167.48M45.377673%45.377673%45%868,275868k1944.477998%44.477998%44%179,982180k2041.825972%41.825972%42%230,564231k2140.197400%40.197400%40%840,930841k2239.195679%39.195679%39%248,267248k2333.355074%33.355074%33%477,149477k2431.190048%31.190048%31%352,504353k25

Marital Status by County in New Jersey

There are 21 counties in New Jersey. This section compares Bergen County to all of the counties in New Jersey and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Bergen County.

Married by County#30

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Bergen County, selected other counties in New Jersey, and entities that contain Bergen County
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#HunterdonMorrisSomersetSussexBergenWarrenCape MayOceanMonmouthMiddlesexBurlingtonGloucesterNew JerseyUnited StatesSalemMercerNortheastUnionMiddle AtlanticNew York AreaAtlanticPassaicCamdenHudsonEssexCumberland57.736925%57.736925%58%60,77160.8k156.181183%56.181183%56%229,608230k255.702513%55.702513%56%150,057150k355.064124%55.064124%55%66,12166.1k454.340889%54.340889%54%415,992416k554.166385%54.166385%54%48,06448.1k653.153839%53.153839%53%43,31443.3k753.128336%53.128336%53%249,819250k853.041209%53.041209%53%273,167273k951.864831%51.864831%52%352,546353k1050.867752%50.867752%51%188,581189k1150.860369%50.860369%51%120,446120k1249.085963%49.085963%49%3,564,6013.56M48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M48.021978%48.021978%48%25,34625.3k1346.970825%46.970825%47%143,176143k1446.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M46.626448%46.626448%47%205,894206k1546.534090%46.534090%47%15,835,43215.8M45.722984%45.722984%46%7,484,5167.48M45.208534%45.208534%45%101,372101k1644.477998%44.477998%44%179,982180k1744.270359%44.270359%44%182,787183k1841.825972%41.825972%42%230,564231k1939.195679%39.195679%39%248,267248k2039.082589%39.082589%39%48,72748.7k21

Marital Status by County in the United States

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

Married by County#34

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Bergen County, selected other counties in the United States, and entities that contain Bergen County
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#FairfaxBergenSanta ClaraMontgomeryNassauOaklandSalt LakeContra CostaWakeSuffolkFairfieldOrangeHonoluluMiddlesexWestchesterKingTarrantNew JerseyAlamedaSt. LouisRiversideUnited StatesSan DiegoHarrisHennepinPalm BeachMaricopaNortheastMiddle AtlanticNew York AreaQueensAlleghenySan BernardinoMecklenburgSacramentoPimaDallasHillsboroughBexarClarkFresnoTravisBrowardOrangeLos AngelesFranklinCookMiami-DadeCuyahogaKingsWayneFultonMilwaukeeNew YorkBronxPhiladelphia55.728918%55.728918%56%505,225505k154.340889%54.340889%54%415,992416k53.294394%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%742,044742k1649.085963%49.085963%49%3,564,6013.56M48.279556%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%1,517,5651.52M2446.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M46.534090%46.534090%47%15,835,43215.8M45.722984%45.722984%46%7,484,5167.48M45.377673%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 Bergen 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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