Marital Status in Berks County, Pennsylvania (County)

Marital Status#1

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of Pennsylvania and Berks County
Female Male
Pennsylvania
Berks County
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
40%20%0%20%40%FMNever MarriedMarriedSeparated/DivorcedWidowed-29.186276%-30.517988%-29.186276%29%29.186276%5.454163%30.517988%6.014360%34.640439%35%50,35850.4k56,74056.7k-47.200649%-46.126466%-47.200649%47%47.200649%3.784412%46.126466%3.763403%50.985061%51%81,44081.4k83,51283.5k-11.440380%-2.313532%-10.525239%-2.350821%-13.753912%14%11.440380%10.525239%11.440380%11%23,73123.7k18,73918.7k-2.934120%-6.925043%-3.052544%-7.426942%-9.859163%10%2.934120%3.052544%2.934120%3%17,01117.0k4,806

Detailed Marital Status#2

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of Pennsylvania and Berks County
Female Male
Pennsylvania
Berks County
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40%20%0%20%40%FMNever MarriedNow MarriedSeparatedAbsent SpouseWidowedDivorced-29.186276%-30.517988%-29.186276%29%29.186276%5.454163%30.517988%6.014360%34.640439%35%50,35850.4k56,74056.7k-45.423090%-44.382546%-45.423090%45%45.423090%3.853148%44.382546%3.347394%49.276238%49%78,37378.4k80,71380.7k-2.316282%-0.569426%-1.917255%-0.451064%-2.885708%3%2.316282%1.917255%2.316282%2%4,9793,794-1.708823%-0.068736%-1.743920%-1.777559%2%1.708823%1.743920%0.416009%1.708823%2%3,0672,799-2.934120%-6.925043%-3.052544%-7.426942%-9.859163%10%2.934120%3.052544%2.934120%3%17,01117.0k4,806-9.124099%-1.744106%-8.607984%-1.899757%-10.868204%11%9.124099%8.607984%9.124099%9%18,75218.8k14,94514.9k

The Married by Sex and Age#4

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Pennsylvania and Berks County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1714.606%14.6%50.873%50.9%35.945%35.9%69.657%69.7%57.679%57.7%74.145%74.1%65.144%65.1%73.083%73.1%68.191%68.2%67.620%67.6%67.347%67.3%66.563%66.6%62.277%62.3%62.503%62.5%61.230%61.2%66.399%66.4%61.344%61.3%58.613%58.6%53.670%53.7%47.977%48.0%34.857%34.9%26.962%27.0%8.775%8.78%6.195%6.19%1.568%1.57%0.767%0.77%0.218%0.22%0.306%0.31%

The Divorced1 by Sex and Age#5

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Pennsylvania and Berks County
Female
Male
0%5%10%15%20%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 176.419%6.42%4.819%4.82%10.844%10.8%7.896%7.90%16.139%16.1%14.193%14.2%19.895%19.9%15.317%15.3%18.482%18.5%20.540%20.5%18.975%19.0%18.792%18.8%21.820%21.8%20.293%20.3%22.634%22.6%13.436%13.4%17.325%17.3%13.212%13.2%13.432%13.4%9.338%9.34%5.954%5.95%3.845%3.84%1.519%1.52%0.206%0.21%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.113%0.11%

The Never Married by Sex and Age#6

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Pennsylvania and Berks County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%100%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 174.290%4.29%7.827%7.83%4.548%4.55%4.436%4.44%5.810%5.81%5.561%5.56%7.070%7.07%8.768%8.77%8.985%8.98%9.870%9.87%10.384%10.4%13.183%13.2%12.957%13.0%16.853%16.9%15.245%15.2%19.855%19.9%20.679%20.7%27.685%27.7%32.427%32.4%42.475%42.5%59.188%59.2%69.146%69.1%89.706%89.7%93.599%93.6%98.432%98.4%99.233%99.2%99.782%99.8%99.581%99.6%

The Widowed by Sex and Age#7

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Pennsylvania and Berks County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1774.685%74.7%36.481%36.5%48.663%48.7%18.010%18.0%20.371%20.4%6.101%6.10%7.891%7.89%2.832%2.83%4.342%4.34%1.970%1.97%3.294%3.29%1.462%1.46%2.945%2.95%0.352%0.35%0.891%0.89%0.310%0.31%0.652%0.65%0.490%0.49%0.471%0.47%0.210%0.21%0.000%0%0.047%0.05%0.000%0%0.000%0%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 Pennsylvania.
Scope: population of Pennsylvania and Berks County
Berks County
Pennsylvania
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 - 172,46510,55710.6k23,21023.2k17,25817.3k19,70319.7k20,88120.9k18,04218.0k16,87716.9k13,69613.7k12,19612.2k7,7532,12014945

Marital Status by Race#9

Percentage of each ethno-racial group.
Scope: population of Pennsylvania and Berks County
Berks County
Pennsylvania
Divorced
Widowed
Separated
Married
Never Married
60%40%20%0%20%40%60%CountAsian2White1Other2White HispanicBlack2Mixed2-34.390296%-0.936369%-2.894233%-32.839396%-1.304386%-3.597158%-38.220898%38%58.459247%3.319855%58.406776%3.852284%61.779102%62%4,699-27.357430%-1.897877%-10.242494%-29.161137%-1.766688%-9.794811%-39.497801%39%53.067891%7.434309%51.840618%7.436746%60.502199%61%261,450261k-46.069633%-5.785755%-8.261727%-51.065341%-4.505088%-9.240468%-60.117115%60%36.770416%3.112469%32.176596%3.012508%39.882885%40%15,71115.7k-47.395833%-5.706356%-8.162257%-46.533089%-4.092941%-8.325771%-61.264446%61%35.648571%3.086983%38.156669%2.891529%38.735554%39%26,30426.3k-49.327939%-3.895341%-13.884901%-55.524783%-4.180724%-10.344756%-67.108182%67%29.042151%3.849667%23.902918%6.046820%32.891818%33%15,32615.3k-52.082198%-5.915778%-9.410757%-56.356907%-2.888460%-8.718079%-67.408734%67%29.999222%2.592045%29.156773%2.879781%32.591266%33%12,84712.8k

Map of Marital Status by County Subdivision in Berks County

Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#10

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
8%26%45%63%82%100%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by County Subdivision#11

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
0.0%4.9%9.8%14.6%19.5%24.5%

Widowed Marital Status by County Subdivision#12

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
0.0%2.4%4.7%7.1%9.5%11.9%

Never Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#13

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
0%16%33%49%66%83%
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Map of Marital Status by Tract in Berks County

Married Marital Status by Tract#14

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
15%26%37%47%58%69%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Tract#15

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
3%9%14%20%25%31%

Widowed Marital Status by Tract#16

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
1.3%3.5%5.7%7.8%10.0%12.2%

Never Married Marital Status by Tract#17

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
18%29%39%50%60%71%
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Map of Marital Status by Block Group in Berks County

Married Marital Status by Block Group#18

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
2%17%32%47%62%77%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Block Group#19

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
0%11%21%31%41%52%

Widowed Marital Status by Block Group#20

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
0.0%4.2%8.4%12.6%16.8%21.1%

Never Married Marital Status by Block Group#21

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
8%26%42%59%75%92%
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Marital Status by Place in Berks County

There are 85 places that are fully or partially contained within Berks County (83 fully and 2 partially). This section compares all 85 of those to each other, Berks County, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Berks County.

Married by Place#22

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Berks County, selected places in Berks County, and entities that contain Berks County
0%50%100%Count#FrystownVirginvilleSchubertFox ChaseMontrose MnrPennwynBethelAlleghenyvilleRiverview PkLincoln ParkBaumstownColony ParkJacksonwaldMuhlenberg PkMount AetnaWhitfieldReifftonStrausstownKemptonBlandonEdenburgNew SchaefferstownOleyLoraneFleetwoodShartlesvilleW WyomissingMohrsvilleDaubervilleGrillSouth TempleSpring RidgeMorgantownRehrersburgWyomissingReading AreaBerksSt. LawrenceUnited StatesPennsylvaniaCenterportNortheastMiddle AtlanticHamburgTempleShillingtonWest LawnReadingMertztownDouglassvilleNew MorganKutztown Univ100.000000%100.000000%100%236182.075472%82.075472%82%174276.978417%76.978417%77%107371.137521%71.137521%71%838470.612245%70.612245%71%346568.273717%68.273717%68%439667.658730%67.658730%68%341767.456897%67.456897%67%626865.571672%65.571672%66%1,537965.465214%65.465214%65%7811064.556962%64.556962%65%2041163.979417%63.979417%64%7461263.554217%63.554217%64%1,6881362.982341%62.982341%63%9631462.962963%62.962963%63%2211562.222222%62.222222%62%2,3241660.642782%60.642782%61%2,3021760.273973%60.273973%60%1321860.000000%60.000000%60%601959.114583%59.114583%59%3,6322058.573388%58.573388%59%4272158.083832%58.083832%58%972257.700422%57.700422%58%5472357.540799%57.540799%58%2,0452457.290687%57.290687%57%1,8272556.637168%56.637168%57%2562656.359649%56.359649%56%1,5422756.210526%56.210526%56%2672855.508475%55.508475%56%3932955.483871%55.483871%55%6883055.112400%55.112400%55%7603153.643216%53.643216%54%4273751.783518%51.783518%52%4214350.781250%50.781250%51%1304950.557872%50.557872%51%4,4865149.043668%49.043668%49%164,952165k49.043668%49.043668%49%164,952165k48.423707%48.423707%48%7685548.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.950206%47.950206%48%5,064,1675.06M46.875000%46.875000%47%1206146.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M46.534090%46.534090%47%15,835,43215.8M43.578888%43.578888%44%1,5446741.614907%41.614907%42%5367341.270208%41.270208%41%1,7877432.426920%32.426920%32%4777929.643510%29.643510%30%19,45819.5k8123.119266%23.119266%23%1268219.577465%19.577465%20%139838.064516%8.064516%8%5841.653109%1.653109%2%6385

Marital Status by County Subdivision in Berks County

There are 74 county subdivisions in Berks County. This section compares the 50 most populous of those to each other, Berks County, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Berks County. The least populous of the compared county subdivisions has a population of 2,350.

Married by County Subdivision#26

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Berks County, selected county subdivisions in Berks County, and entities that contain Berks County
0%20%40%60%Count#BethelRobesonBrecknockPerryWashingtonCaernarvonHerefordWindsorMaidencreekEarl TownshipLower HeidelbergUnionCentreAmityOntelauneeExeterTulpehockenGreenwichRuscombmanorFleetwoodOley TownshipLongswampRocklandAlsaceColebrookdaleBirdsboroDouglassSpgS HeidelbergLaureldaleRichmondWernersvilleMohntonMuhlenbergWomelsdorfWyomissingTildenReading AreaBerksCumruKenhorstUnited StatesPennsylvaniaNortheastMiddle AtlanticSinking SpgLower AlsaceHamburgKutztownBern TownshipMount PennShillingtonBoyertownWest ReadingReadingMaxatawny70.916335%70.916335%71%2,136168.034273%68.034273%68%4,129265.396579%65.396579%65%2,523365.052060%65.052060%65%1,437464.298725%64.298725%64%2,118564.157591%64.157591%64%2,003661.940594%61.940594%62%1,564761.667489%61.667489%62%1,250860.943976%60.943976%61%4,558960.855728%60.855728%61%1,7211060.676856%60.676856%61%2,7791159.884837%59.884837%60%1,8721259.871119%59.871119%60%2,0441359.708295%59.708295%60%5,8951459.259259%59.259259%59%1,0721558.970366%58.970366%59%12,49712.5k1658.704762%58.704762%59%1,5411758.515284%58.515284%59%1,8761857.710345%57.710345%58%2,0921957.290687%57.290687%57%1,8272057.201002%57.201002%57%1,8272156.447844%56.447844%56%2,6572255.985267%55.985267%56%1,8242355.151515%55.151515%55%1,7292454.870056%54.870056%55%2,4282554.399623%54.399623%54%2,3062654.297549%54.297549%54%1,5732754.159253%54.159253%54%12,17512.2k2853.687601%53.687601%54%3,3342952.646593%52.646593%53%1,6613052.640604%52.640604%53%1,5353152.552693%52.552693%53%1,1223252.156389%52.156389%52%1,2943352.060062%52.060062%52%8,5293451.175917%51.175917%51%1,0883550.557872%50.557872%51%4,4863649.710786%49.710786%50%1,4613749.043668%49.043668%49%164,952165k49.043668%49.043668%49%164,952165k48.995740%48.995740%49%6,4403848.090948%48.090948%48%1,1213948.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.950206%47.950206%48%5,064,1675.06M46.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M46.534090%46.534090%47%15,835,43215.8M46.087235%46.087235%46%1,4374044.607707%44.607707%45%1,6094143.578888%43.578888%44%1,5444243.187950%43.187950%43%1,9214342.391659%42.391659%42%2,6024442.318841%42.318841%42%1,0224541.270208%41.270208%41%1,7874639.632701%39.632701%40%1,3384730.760165%30.760165%31%1,0444829.643510%29.643510%30%19,45819.5k4922.507082%22.507082%23%1,58950

Marital Status by County in Pennsylvania

There are 67 counties in Pennsylvania. This section compares Berks County to the 50 most populous counties in Pennsylvania and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Berks County. The least populous of the compared counties has a population of 44,575.

Married by County#30

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Berks County, selected other counties in Pennsylvania, and entities that contain Berks County
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#PerryBedfordButlerBucksChesterAdamsFranklinJeffersonLancasterBradfordPikeWestmorelandMontgomerySomersetArmstrongVenangoMifflinWashingtonYorkLebanonCumberlandCrawfordCarbonNorthamptonBeaverClearfieldHuntingdonLawrenceWayneNorthumberlandMercerBlairLycomingReading AreaBerksSchuylkillMonroeCambriaIndianaColumbiaUnited StatesLehighPennsylvaniaDauphinNortheastUnionMiddle AtlanticFayetteErieDelawareAlleghenyLackawannaLuzerneCentrePhiladelphia57.189333%57.189333%57%21,44621.4k156.578333%56.578333%57%23,03723.0k255.628475%55.628475%56%85,95186.0k355.505436%55.505436%56%287,693288k455.391528%55.391528%55%228,921229k555.251557%55.251557%55%46,75046.8k655.077643%55.077643%55%68,27768.3k755.029859%55.029859%55%20,27320.3k854.961769%54.961769%55%234,335234k954.533938%54.533938%55%27,55027.6k1054.277305%54.277305%54%25,81725.8k1154.253785%54.253785%54%165,161165k1254.050690%54.050690%54%361,344361k1353.968499%53.968499%54%34,95035.0k1453.641602%53.641602%54%30,44030.4k1553.454342%53.454342%53%23,85423.9k1652.582544%52.582544%53%19,92319.9k1752.576693%52.576693%53%91,70991.7k1852.576183%52.576183%53%188,769189k1952.116648%52.116648%52%57,65357.7k2051.984597%51.984597%52%105,431105k2151.612768%51.612768%52%37,01137.0k2251.283239%51.283239%51%27,67527.7k2351.117743%51.117743%51%127,778128k2450.931331%50.931331%51%72,15972.2k2550.896339%50.896339%51%34,97835.0k2650.865347%50.865347%51%19,66219.7k2750.365438%50.365438%50%37,21237.2k2850.311389%50.311389%50%22,21622.2k2949.825708%49.825708%50%39,02239.0k3049.773110%49.773110%50%47,82347.8k3149.676622%49.676622%50%51,84651.8k3249.311032%49.311032%49%47,52447.5k3349.043668%49.043668%49%164,952165k49.043668%49.043668%49%164,952165k3448.880658%48.880658%49%59,65259.7k3548.869385%48.869385%49%68,09968.1k3648.656436%48.656436%49%56,40456.4k3748.341417%48.341417%48%35,87935.9k3848.318699%48.318699%48%27,46027.5k3948.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M48.001621%48.001621%48%139,798140k4047.950206%47.950206%48%5,064,1675.06M47.596308%47.596308%48%105,353105k4146.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M46.536656%46.536656%47%17,94517.9k4246.534090%46.534090%47%15,835,43215.8M46.466919%46.466919%46%52,45052.5k4346.073726%46.073726%46%105,413105k4445.720544%45.720544%46%209,791210k4545.369877%45.369877%45%470,384470k4645.313107%45.313107%45%80,53080.5k4745.312442%45.312442%45%121,373121k4840.697490%40.697490%41%56,59856.6k4929.523746%29.523746%30%374,491374k50

Marital Status by County in the United States

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

Married by County#34

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Berks County, selected other counties in the United States, and entities that contain Berks County
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#FairfaxSanta ClaraMontgomeryNassauOaklandSalt LakeContra CostaWakeSuffolkFairfieldOrangeHonoluluMiddlesexWestchesterKingTarrantReading AreaBerksAlamedaSt. LouisRiversideUnited StatesPennsylvaniaSan DiegoHarrisHennepinPalm BeachMaricopaNortheastMiddle AtlanticQueensAlleghenySan 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%742,044742k1649.043668%49.043668%49%164,952165k49.043668%49.043668%49%164,952165k48.279556%48.279556%48%635,456635k1748.178006%48.178006%48%393,649394k1848.085207%48.085207%48%875,082875k1948.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.950206%47.950206%48%5,064,1675.06M47.276963%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%15,835,43215.8M45.377673%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 Berks 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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