Marital Status in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (County)

Marital Status#1

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of Pennsylvania and Lancaster County
Female Male
Pennsylvania
Lancaster County
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50%0%50%FMNever MarriedMarriedSeparated/DivorcedWidowed-26.887444%-30.517988%-26.887444%27%26.887444%4.729490%30.517988%6.014360%31.616934%32%59,20459.2k65,18465.2k-53.134991%-46.126466%-53.134991%53%53.134991%3.777818%46.126466%3.763403%56.912809%57%116,999117k117,336117k-8.722013%-2.189827%-10.525239%-2.350821%-10.911841%11%8.722013%10.525239%8.722013%9%24,02724.0k17,98218.0k-2.748244%-6.317480%-3.052544%-7.426942%-9.065724%9%2.748244%3.052544%2.748244%3%19,96220.0k5,666

Detailed Marital Status#2

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of Pennsylvania and Lancaster County
Female Male
Pennsylvania
Lancaster County
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40%20%0%20%40%FMNever MarriedNow MarriedSeparatedAbsent SpouseWidowedDivorced-26.887444%-30.517988%-26.887444%27%26.887444%4.729490%30.517988%6.014360%31.616934%32%59,20459.2k65,18465.2k-51.614046%-44.382546%-51.614046%52%51.614046%3.641377%44.382546%3.347394%55.255423%55%113,650114k113,919114k-1.641380%-0.322361%-1.917255%-0.451064%-1.963741%2%1.641380%1.917255%1.641380%2%4,3243,384-1.520945%-1.743920%-1.520945%2%1.520945%0.136441%1.743920%0.416009%1.657386%2%3,3493,417-2.748244%-6.317480%-3.052544%-7.426942%-9.065724%9%2.748244%3.052544%2.748244%3%19,96220.0k5,666-7.080633%-1.867467%-8.607984%-1.899757%-8.948100%9%7.080633%8.607984%7.080633%7%19,70319.7k14,59814.6k

The Married by Sex and Age#4

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Pennsylvania and Lancaster County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1719.259%19.3%62.352%62.4%47.252%47.3%74.375%74.4%61.818%61.8%79.307%79.3%71.738%71.7%79.510%79.5%70.839%70.8%73.431%73.4%70.870%70.9%71.745%71.7%68.324%68.3%68.510%68.5%71.111%71.1%70.854%70.9%69.020%69.0%65.620%65.6%61.841%61.8%58.323%58.3%46.244%46.2%38.686%38.7%17.344%17.3%10.367%10.4%1.090%1.09%0.440%0.44%0.503%0.50%0.842%0.84%

The Divorced1 by Sex and Age#5

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Pennsylvania and Lancaster County
Female
Male
0%5%10%15%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 175.086%5.09%3.541%3.54%7.285%7.29%7.100%7.10%16.315%16.3%10.928%10.9%15.733%15.7%11.146%11.1%15.956%16.0%15.360%15.4%16.919%16.9%15.735%15.7%18.353%18.4%14.421%14.4%13.536%13.5%10.950%10.9%14.263%14.3%10.832%10.8%8.024%8.02%7.518%7.52%4.883%4.88%1.939%1.94%0.900%0.90%0.492%0.49%0.000%0%0.133%0.13%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 Lancaster County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%100%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 175.032%5.03%3.737%3.74%4.418%4.42%3.439%3.44%6.081%6.08%4.515%4.52%5.736%5.74%6.022%6.02%8.482%8.48%9.335%9.34%9.158%9.16%11.537%11.5%11.191%11.2%16.628%16.6%14.174%14.2%18.053%18.1%16.222%16.2%23.549%23.5%29.744%29.7%33.804%33.8%48.754%48.8%59.117%59.1%81.756%81.8%89.141%89.1%98.910%98.9%99.427%99.4%99.497%99.5%99.158%99.2%

The Widowed by Sex and Age#7

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Pennsylvania and Lancaster County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1770.623%70.6%30.370%30.4%41.045%41.0%15.087%15.1%15.786%15.8%5.250%5.25%6.794%6.79%3.323%3.32%4.723%4.72%1.874%1.87%3.053%3.05%0.982%0.98%2.132%2.13%0.442%0.44%1.178%1.18%0.142%0.14%0.495%0.49%0.000%0%0.391%0.39%0.354%0.35%0.120%0.12%0.257%0.26%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 Lancaster County
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania
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 - 174,94216,03216.0k32,13232.1k24,49724.5k25,57625.6k26,56026.6k22,92622.9k21,86421.9k20,41820.4k19,34419.3k14,88714.9k4,897113147

Marital Status by Race#9

Percentage of each ethno-racial group.
Scope: population of Pennsylvania and Lancaster County
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania
Divorced
Widowed
Separated
Married
Never Married
60%40%20%0%20%40%60%CountWhite1Asian2Mixed2White HispanicOther2Black2-26.229711%-1.487554%-8.039404%-29.161137%-1.766688%-9.794811%-35.756669%36%57.761451%6.481879%51.840618%7.436746%64.243331%64%363,012363k-33.524816%-1.114430%-2.791820%-32.839396%-1.304386%-3.597158%-37.431066%37%58.972886%3.596048%58.406776%3.852284%62.568934%63%8,704-47.034798%-2.777324%-8.495344%-56.356907%-2.888460%-8.718079%-58.307466%58%38.555792%3.136742%29.156773%2.879781%41.692534%42%6,121-45.698951%-4.012999%-9.956177%-46.533089%-4.092941%-8.325771%-59.668127%60%37.328278%3.003594%38.156669%2.891529%40.331873%40%20,30920.3k-48.222186%-4.751761%-9.118466%-51.065341%-4.505088%-9.240468%-62.092414%62%35.646403%2.261183%32.176596%3.012508%37.907586%38%12,20612.2k-51.268116%-4.035482%-7.614943%-55.524783%-4.180724%-10.344756%-62.918541%63%32.664918%4.416542%23.902918%6.046820%37.081459%37%16,00816.0k

Map of Marital Status by County Subdivision in Lancaster County

Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#10

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
26%35%44%52%61%70%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by County Subdivision#11

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
2.3%6.4%10.4%14.4%18.4%22.5%

Widowed Marital Status by County Subdivision#12

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
2.0%4.8%7.5%10.2%13.0%15.7%

Never Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#13

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
18%27%36%45%53%62%
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Map of Marital Status by Tract in Lancaster County

Married Marital Status by Tract#14

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
23%33%43%53%63%73%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Tract#15

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
2.8%6.9%11.0%15.1%19.2%23.3%

Widowed Marital Status by Tract#16

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
1.7%4.6%7.5%10.4%13.3%16.2%

Never Married Marital Status by Tract#17

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
17%27%36%45%55%64%
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Map of Marital Status by Block Group in Lancaster County

Married Marital Status by Block Group#18

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
6%22%37%52%68%84%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Block Group#19

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
0%8%17%25%34%43%

Widowed Marital Status by Block Group#20

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
0%7%15%22%30%38%

Never Married Marital Status by Block Group#21

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
8%23%38%52%67%82%
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Marital Status by Place in Lancaster County

There are 63 places that are fully or partially contained within Lancaster County (61 fully and 2 partially). This section compares all 63 of those to each other, Lancaster County, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Lancaster County.

Married by Place#22

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Lancaster County, selected places in Lancaster County, and entities that contain Lancaster County
0%20%40%60%80%Count#East EarlSmoketownSchoeneckChurchtownFivepointvilleGapBird-in-HandRheemsBrickervilleGoodvilleLandisvilleReftonClayGeorgetownWillow StreetRothsvilleKirkwoodPenrynBrownstownAkronIntercourseGordonvilleConestogaSalungaBlue BallStrasburgE PetersburgMaytownWitmerReamstownTerre HillDenverEphrataLancasterLancasterAdamstownHopelandStevensUnited StatesPennsylvaniaColumbiaNortheastMiddle AtlanticManheimElizabethtownMountvilleFarmersvilleSoudersburgFalmouthLancasterMillersville86.327504%86.327504%86%543180.198020%80.198020%80%324275.265957%75.265957%75%566374.848485%74.848485%75%247472.668810%72.668810%73%678570.410783%70.410783%70%1,097668.980477%68.980477%69%318768.663594%68.663594%69%745868.402778%68.402778%68%788968.292683%68.292683%68%3081067.562254%67.562254%68%1,0311167.039106%67.039106%67%1201265.933413%65.933413%66%1,1091365.400844%65.400844%65%4651464.999305%64.999305%65%4,6781564.844084%64.844084%65%1,5181664.794007%64.794007%65%1731764.053751%64.053751%64%5721863.619316%63.619316%64%1,3571963.401404%63.401404%63%1,9872062.898331%62.898331%63%8292162.642369%62.642369%63%2752262.327416%62.327416%62%6322361.812582%61.812582%62%1,4052461.276596%61.276596%61%4322561.163793%61.163793%61%1,4192660.611702%60.611702%61%2,2792760.174520%60.174520%60%1,7242859.971098%59.971098%60%4152958.526247%58.526247%59%1,7953057.092511%57.092511%57%6483255.358899%55.358899%55%1,6893655.117194%55.117194%55%6,1613954.961769%54.961769%55%234,335234k54.961769%54.961769%55%234,335234k53.967328%53.967328%54%9254051.669941%51.669941%52%2634549.875931%49.875931%50%2014948.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.950206%47.950206%48%5,064,1675.06M47.438283%47.438283%47%3,8245246.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M46.534090%46.534090%47%15,835,43215.8M44.082840%44.082840%44%1,7885442.861489%42.861489%43%4,2275740.710514%40.710514%41%8485839.314286%39.314286%39%3445938.347458%38.347458%38%1816036.968085%36.968085%37%1396132.482668%32.482668%32%15,27415.3k6226.932084%26.932084%27%2,07063

Marital Status by County Subdivision in Lancaster County

There are 60 county subdivisions in Lancaster County. This section compares the 50 most populous of those to each other, Lancaster County, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Lancaster County. The least populous of the compared county subdivisions has a population of 3,249.

Married by County Subdivision#26

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Lancaster County, selected county subdivisions in Lancaster County, and entities that contain Lancaster County
0%20%40%60%Count#StrasburgBart TownshipClay TownshipColerainBrecknockE DrumorePenn TownshipW LampeterConestogaSadsburyMarticElizabethAkronLeacockPequeaSalisburyW CocalicoProvidenceWarwickE CocalicoCaernarvonW DonegalUpper LeacockE PetersburgW HempfieldE HempfieldRaphoEarl TownshipManheimMt JoyE EarlLittle BritainW EarlE DonegalEphrataParadiseE LampeterLititzDenverEphrataMnrLancasterLancasterNew HollandConoyUnited StatesPennsylvaniaColumbiaLancasterNortheastMount JoyMiddle AtlanticManheimElizabethtownLancasterMillersville69.315602%69.315602%69%2,137167.583677%67.583677%68%1,474266.359624%66.359624%66%3,458366.222048%66.222048%66%1,688465.963649%65.963649%66%3,847565.885947%65.885947%66%1,941664.216687%64.216687%64%4,718764.135496%64.135496%64%8,539863.948100%63.948100%64%2,070963.811563%63.811563%64%1,4901063.748225%63.748225%64%2,6941163.718821%63.718821%64%1,9671263.401404%63.401404%63%1,9871363.120040%63.120040%63%2,5451462.688090%62.688090%63%2,4581562.079807%62.079807%62%5,1341661.782769%61.782769%62%3,5211761.480574%61.480574%61%3,5131861.364719%61.364719%61%9,0201961.284599%61.284599%61%5,1812061.215470%61.215470%61%2,2162161.175986%61.175986%61%4,4532260.946654%60.946654%61%3,9532360.611702%60.611702%61%2,2792460.548148%60.548148%61%8,1742560.520035%60.520035%61%11,91711.9k2660.442571%60.442571%60%5,7362760.274938%60.274938%60%3,4202860.032062%60.032062%60%19,09819.1k2960.004714%60.004714%60%5,0923059.821429%59.821429%60%3,0153159.487952%59.487952%59%1,9753258.933507%58.933507%59%3,6253358.865137%58.865137%59%3,7453458.497384%58.497384%58%4,6953558.247032%58.247032%58%2,3063656.380784%56.380784%56%7,6523755.984355%55.984355%56%4,2943855.358899%55.358899%55%1,6893955.117194%55.117194%55%6,1614055.074975%55.074975%55%9,2194154.961769%54.961769%55%234,335234k54.961769%54.961769%55%234,335234k52.997763%52.997763%53%2,3694252.221413%52.221413%52%1,4344348.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.950206%47.950206%48%5,064,1675.06M47.438283%47.438283%47%3,8244447.415304%47.415304%47%6,4944546.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M46.607170%46.607170%47%3,0294646.534090%46.534090%47%15,835,43215.8M44.082840%44.082840%44%1,7884742.861489%42.861489%43%4,2274832.482668%32.482668%32%15,27415.3k4926.932084%26.932084%27%2,07050

Marital Status by County in Pennsylvania

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

Married by County#30

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Lancaster County, selected other counties in Pennsylvania, and entities that contain Lancaster County
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#PerryBedfordButlerBucksChesterAdamsFranklinJeffersonLancasterLancasterBradfordPikeWestmorelandMontgomerySomersetArmstrongVenangoMifflinWashingtonYorkLebanonCumberlandCrawfordCarbonNorthamptonBeaverClearfieldHuntingdonLawrenceWayneNorthumberlandMercerBlairLycomingBerksSchuylkillMonroeCambriaIndianaColumbiaUnited 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%234,335234k54.961769%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%209,791210k4545.369877%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 Lancaster County to the 50 most populous counties in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Lancaster County. The least populous of the compared counties has a population of 941,618.

Married by County#34

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Lancaster County, selected other counties in the United States, and entities that contain Lancaster County
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#FairfaxLancasterLancasterSanta ClaraMontgomeryNassauOaklandSalt LakeContra CostaWakeSuffolkFairfieldOrangeHonoluluMiddlesexWestchesterKingTarrantAlamedaSt. LouisRiversideUnited StatesPennsylvaniaSan DiegoHarrisHennepinPalm BeachMaricopaNortheastMiddle AtlanticQueensAlleghenySan BernardinoMecklenburgSacramentoPimaDallasHillsboroughBexarClarkFresnoTravisBrowardOrangeLos AngelesFranklinCookMiami-DadeCuyahogaKingsWayneFultonMilwaukeeNew YorkBronxPhiladelphia55.728918%55.728918%56%505,225505k154.961769%54.961769%55%234,335234k54.961769%54.961769%55%234,335234k53.294394%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%15,835,43215.8M45.377673%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 Lancaster 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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