Marital Status in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania (County)

Marital Status#1

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of Pennsylvania and Lackawanna County
Female Male
Pennsylvania
Lackawanna County
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40%20%0%20%40%FMNever MarriedMarriedSeparated/DivorcedWidowed-31.373372%-30.517988%-31.373372%31%31.373372%5.798390%30.517988%6.014360%37.171762%37%29,14929.1k31,52531.5k-42.452911%-46.126466%-42.452911%42%42.452911%5.993598%46.126466%3.763403%48.446509%48%39,44339.4k41,08741.1k-10.622693%-3.031380%-10.525239%-2.350821%-13.654074%14%10.622693%10.525239%10.622693%11%12,68612.7k9,009-3.759035%-8.760608%-3.052544%-7.426942%-12.519643%13%3.759035%3.052544%3.759035%4%11,63211.6k3,188

Detailed Marital Status#2

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of Pennsylvania and Lackawanna County
Female Male
Pennsylvania
Lackawanna County
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40%20%0%20%40%FMNever MarriedNow MarriedSeparatedAbsent SpouseWidowedDivorced-31.373372%-30.517988%-31.373372%31%31.373372%5.798390%30.517988%6.014360%37.171762%37%29,14929.1k31,52531.5k-40.529545%-44.382546%-40.529545%41%40.529545%5.803981%44.382546%3.347394%46.333526%46%37,65637.7k39,29539.3k-1.722695%-0.574152%-1.917255%-0.451064%-2.296846%2%1.722695%1.917255%1.722695%2%2,1341,461-1.923367%-1.743920%-1.923367%2%1.923367%0.189617%1.743920%0.416009%2.112983%2%1,7871,792-3.759035%-8.760608%-3.052544%-7.426942%-12.519643%13%3.759035%3.052544%3.759035%4%11,63211.6k3,188-8.899999%-2.457229%-8.607984%-1.899757%-11.357227%11%8.899999%8.607984%8.899999%9%10,55210.6k7,548

The Married by Sex and Age#4

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Pennsylvania and Lackawanna County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1712.734%12.7%53.608%53.6%32.133%32.1%66.631%66.6%53.345%53.3%72.991%73.0%58.404%58.4%64.631%64.6%58.571%58.6%63.824%63.8%58.059%58.1%63.680%63.7%59.687%59.7%59.888%59.9%58.018%58.0%57.949%57.9%58.867%58.9%57.905%57.9%49.336%49.3%41.277%41.3%30.805%30.8%21.733%21.7%5.014%5.01%3.431%3.43%0.414%0.41%0.230%0.23%0.760%0.76%0.840%0.84%

The Divorced1 by Sex and Age#5

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Pennsylvania and Lackawanna County
Female
Male
0%5%10%15%20%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 173.787%3.79%5.180%5.18%9.619%9.62%7.507%7.51%15.444%15.4%11.121%11.1%21.446%21.4%16.022%16.0%21.893%21.9%20.905%20.9%22.706%22.7%16.456%16.5%23.931%23.9%19.920%19.9%20.235%20.2%13.644%13.6%14.525%14.5%12.283%12.3%11.374%11.4%5.672%5.67%4.575%4.58%2.416%2.42%1.053%1.05%0.577%0.58%0.064%0.06%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%

The Never Married by Sex and Age#6

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Pennsylvania and Lackawanna County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%100%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1710.175%10.2%8.233%8.23%8.787%8.79%8.115%8.11%9.343%9.34%8.084%8.08%9.514%9.51%15.817%15.8%12.468%12.5%10.707%10.7%14.086%14.1%17.934%17.9%14.216%14.2%19.719%19.7%20.403%20.4%26.889%26.9%26.364%26.4%29.569%29.6%39.290%39.3%53.003%53.0%64.322%64.3%75.850%75.9%93.934%93.9%95.992%96.0%99.522%99.5%99.770%99.8%99.240%99.2%99.160%99.2%

The Widowed by Sex and Age#7

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Pennsylvania and Lackawanna County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1773.304%73.3%32.979%33.0%49.461%49.5%17.748%17.7%21.867%21.9%7.803%7.80%10.637%10.6%3.530%3.53%7.069%7.07%4.564%4.56%5.150%5.15%1.931%1.93%2.167%2.17%0.474%0.47%1.344%1.34%1.518%1.52%0.244%0.24%0.243%0.24%0.000%0%0.048%0.05%0.298%0.30%0.000%0%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 Lackawanna County
Lackawanna 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 - 171,7715,42613,23113.2k8,8339,4189,3838,4407,4266,7095,6433,5696002061

Marital Status by Race#9

Percentage of each ethno-racial group.
Scope: population of Pennsylvania and Lackawanna County
Lackawanna County
Pennsylvania
Divorced
Widowed
Separated
Married
Never Married
50%0%50%CountAsian2White1Other2Mixed2White HispanicBlack2-26.940524%-0.201613%-1.310484%-32.839396%-1.304386%-3.597158%-28.452621%28%64.037298%7.510081%58.406776%3.852284%71.547379%72%3,968-32.235536%-1.950662%-10.520763%-29.161137%-1.766688%-9.794811%-44.706961%45%46.476122%8.816917%51.840618%7.436746%55.293039%55%159,228159k-41.448517%-4.275742%-6.544503%-51.065341%-4.505088%-9.240468%-52.268761%52%41.273997%6.457243%32.176596%3.012508%47.731239%48%1,146-54.427524%-0.564016%-7.614213%-56.356907%-2.888460%-8.718079%-62.605753%63%34.066554%3.327693%29.156773%2.879781%37.394247%37%1,773-55.848459%-3.730913%-8.167675%-46.533089%-4.092941%-8.325771%-67.747047%68%28.738116%3.514837%38.156669%2.891529%32.252953%32%6,942-63.492063%-3.496353%-11.132561%-55.524783%-4.180724%-10.344756%-78.120978%78%19.605320%2.273702%23.902918%6.046820%21.879022%22%4,662

Map of Marital Status by County Subdivision in Lackawanna County

Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#10

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
36%44%51%59%66%74%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by County Subdivision#11

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
5.1%8.0%10.8%13.6%16.4%19.3%

Widowed Marital Status by County Subdivision#12

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
3.3%5.9%8.4%10.9%13.4%15.9%

Never Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#13

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
15%21%26%32%37%43%
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Map of Marital Status by Tract in Lackawanna County

Married Marital Status by Tract#14

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
8%19%30%41%51%63%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Tract#15

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
2.5%6.2%10.0%13.7%17.4%21.2%

Widowed Marital Status by Tract#16

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
3.9%5.9%7.8%9.8%11.7%13.7%

Never Married Marital Status by Tract#17

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
18%31%44%58%71%84%
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Map of Marital Status by Block Group in Lackawanna County

Married Marital Status by Block Group#18

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
2%17%31%45%60%74%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Block Group#19

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
1%7%13%19%25%32%

Widowed Marital Status by Block Group#20

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
0.0%4.7%9.5%14.2%18.9%23.7%

Never Married Marital Status by Block Group#21

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
2%21%40%59%78%97%
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Marital Status by Place in Lackawanna County

There are 26 places that are fully or partially contained within Lackawanna County (25 fully and 1 partially). This section compares all 26 of those to each other, Lackawanna County, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Lackawanna County.

Married by Place#22

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Lackawanna County, selected places in Lackawanna County, and entities that contain Lackawanna County
0%20%40%60%Count#WaverlyDaltonGlenburnMount CobbClarks GreenChinchillaBig Bass LakeClarks SummitMoscowMayfieldArchbaldOlyphantVandlingMoosicUnited StatesPennsylvaniaBlakelyNortheastMiddle AtlanticScranton AreaJermynLackawannaSimpsonOld ForgeThroopJessupDickson CityTaylorCarbondaleDunmoreScranton68.127490%68.127490%68%342166.422690%66.422690%66%726262.988827%62.988827%63%451357.656362%57.656362%58%802456.880734%56.880734%57%682555.943293%55.943293%56%1,026655.806452%55.806452%56%692754.847977%54.847977%55%2,291854.505495%54.505495%55%992953.075328%53.075328%53%7681052.055774%52.055774%52%2,9121150.598451%50.598451%51%2,1561250.162338%50.162338%50%3091350.031733%50.031733%50%2,3651448.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.950206%47.950206%48%5,064,1675.06M47.782914%47.782914%48%2,7911546.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M46.534090%46.534090%47%15,835,43215.8M45.595160%45.595160%46%213,803214k45.449818%45.449818%45%8741645.313107%45.313107%45%80,53080.5k45.223577%45.223577%45%4451745.069622%45.069622%45%3,1721844.940747%44.940747%45%1,4791943.845535%43.845535%44%1,6352043.171894%43.171894%43%2,1752142.848746%42.848746%43%2,1872242.683608%42.683608%43%3,0572341.489912%41.489912%41%4,8122436.625339%36.625339%37%23,21923.2k25

Marital Status by County Subdivision in Lackawanna County

There are 40 county subdivisions in Lackawanna County. This section compares all 40 of those to each other, Lackawanna County, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Lackawanna County.

Married by County Subdivision#26

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Lackawanna County, selected county subdivisions in Lackawanna County, and entities that contain Lackawanna County
0%20%40%60%Count#WaverlyN AbingtonRoaring BrkDaltonScottGlenburnMadisonNewtonBentonSpg BrkThornhurstClarks GreenJeffersonGreenfieldClarks SummitRansomMoscowW AbingtonMayfieldS AbingtonCovingtonArchbaldCarbondaleOlyphantCliftonFell TownshipVandlingMoosicElmhurstUnited StatesPennsylvaniaBlakelyNortheastMiddle AtlanticScranton AreaJermynLackawannaOld ForgeThroopJessupDickson CityTaylorCarbondaleDunmoreLa PlumeScranton73.172628%73.172628%73%941168.165468%68.165468%68%379267.133333%67.133333%67%1,007366.422690%66.422690%66%726461.510618%61.510618%62%2,549559.474261%59.474261%59%543659.054054%59.054054%59%1,311759.033522%59.033522%59%1,356858.662420%58.662420%59%921958.398950%58.398950%58%1,3351057.172343%57.172343%57%5541156.880734%56.880734%57%6821256.403270%56.403270%56%1,6561355.257732%55.257732%55%1,0721454.847977%54.847977%55%2,2911554.629630%54.629630%55%7081654.505495%54.505495%55%9921753.777778%53.777778%54%1211853.075328%53.075328%53%7681952.792888%52.792888%53%3,9792052.062500%52.062500%52%8332152.055774%52.055774%52%2,9122251.570415%51.570415%52%5092350.598451%50.598451%51%2,1562450.527108%50.527108%51%6712550.268657%50.268657%50%8422650.162338%50.162338%50%3092750.031733%50.031733%50%2,3652849.577167%49.577167%50%4692948.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.950206%47.950206%48%5,064,1675.06M47.782914%47.782914%48%2,7913046.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M46.534090%46.534090%47%15,835,43215.8M45.595160%45.595160%46%213,803214k45.449818%45.449818%45%8743145.313107%45.313107%45%80,53080.5k45.069622%45.069622%45%3,1723244.940747%44.940747%45%1,4793343.845535%43.845535%44%1,6353443.171894%43.171894%43%2,1753542.848746%42.848746%43%2,1873642.683608%42.683608%43%3,0573741.489912%41.489912%41%4,8123837.885463%37.885463%38%1723936.625339%36.625339%37%23,21923.2k40

Marital Status by County in the Scranton Area

There are 3 counties in the Scranton Area. This section compares Lackawanna County to all of the counties in the Scranton Area and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Lackawanna County.

Married by County#30

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Lackawanna County, selected other counties in the Scranton Area, and entities that contain Lackawanna County
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#WyomingUnited StatesPennsylvaniaNortheastMiddle AtlanticScranton AreaLackawannaLuzerne50.987617%50.987617%51%11,90011.9k148.062966%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%15,835,43215.8M45.595160%45.595160%46%213,803214k45.313107%45.313107%45%80,53080.5k245.312442%45.312442%45%121,373121k3

Marital Status by County in Pennsylvania

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

Married by County#34

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Lackawanna County, selected other counties in Pennsylvania, and entities that contain Lackawanna County
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#PerryBedfordButlerBucksChesterAdamsFranklinJeffersonLancasterBradfordPikeWestmorelandMontgomerySomersetArmstrongVenangoMifflinWashingtonYorkLebanonCumberlandCrawfordCarbonNorthamptonBeaverClearfieldHuntingdonLawrenceWayneNorthumberlandMercerBlairLycomingBerksSchuylkillMonroeCambriaIndianaColumbiaUnited StatesLehighPennsylvaniaDauphinNortheastUnionMiddle AtlanticFayetteErieDelawareScranton AreaAlleghenyLackawannaLuzerneCentrePhiladelphia57.189333%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%164,952165k3448.880658%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%209,791210k4545.595160%45.595160%46%213,803214k45.369877%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 Lackawanna County to the 50 most populous counties in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Lackawanna County. The least populous of the compared counties has a population of 941,618.

Married by County#38

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Lackawanna County, selected other counties in the United States, and entities that contain Lackawanna County
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#FairfaxSanta ClaraMontgomeryNassauOaklandSalt LakeContra CostaWakeSuffolkFairfieldOrangeHonoluluMiddlesexWestchesterKingTarrantAlamedaSt. LouisRiversideUnited StatesPennsylvaniaSan DiegoHarrisHennepinPalm BeachMaricopaNortheastMiddle AtlanticScranton AreaQueensAlleghenySan BernardinoMecklenburgLackawannaSacramentoPimaDallasHillsboroughBexarClarkFresnoTravisBrowardOrangeLos 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%123,770,934124M47.950206%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%15,835,43215.8M45.595160%45.595160%46%213,803214k45.377673%45.377673%45%868,275868k2545.369877%45.369877%45%470,384470k2645.337491%45.337491%45%739,678740k2745.335632%45.335632%45%363,609364k2845.313107%45.313107%45%80,53080.5k45.220904%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 Lackawanna 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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