Marital Status in Lexington County, South Carolina (County)

Marital Status#1

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of South Carolina and Lexington County
Female Male
South Carolina
Lexington County
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
0%50%FMNever MarriedMarriedSeparated/DivorcedWidowed-26.100610%-29.368284%-26.100610%26%26.100610%4.834081%29.368284%5.446700%30.934691%31%30,17130.2k33,30833.3k-48.848999%-44.943048%-48.848999%49%48.848999%5.173403%44.943048%4.553840%54.022401%54%56,46756.5k58,16758.2k-12.464708%-2.800659%-12.628332%-2.796445%-15.265366%15%12.464708%12.628332%12.464708%12%17,64617.6k13,42113.4k-2.578200%-7.206825%-3.059795%-7.204096%-9.785025%10%2.578200%3.059795%2.578200%3%11,31111.3k2,776
F number of females of given marital status
M number of males of given marital status

Detailed Marital Status#2

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of South Carolina and Lexington County
Female Male
South Carolina
Lexington County
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40%20%0%20%40%FMNever MarriedNow MarriedSeparatedAbsent SpouseWidowedDivorced-26.100610%-29.368284%-26.100610%26%26.100610%4.834081%29.368284%5.446700%30.934691%31%30,17130.2k33,30833.3k-47.270211%-42.822558%-47.270211%47%47.270211%4.743312%42.822558%4.129980%52.013523%52%54,64254.6k56,00456.0k-2.594918%-0.614563%-2.775978%-0.806340%-3.209481%3%2.594918%2.775978%2.594918%3%3,7102,794-1.578788%-2.120491%-1.578788%2%1.578788%0.430091%2.120491%0.423861%2.008879%2%1,8252,163-2.578200%-7.206825%-3.059795%-7.204096%-9.785025%10%2.578200%3.059795%2.578200%3%11,31111.3k2,776-9.869790%-2.186095%-9.852354%-1.990104%-12.055885%12%9.869790%9.852354%9.869790%10%13,93613.9k10,62710.6k
F number of females of given marital status
M number of males of given marital status

The Married by Sex and Age#4

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of South Carolina and Lexington County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1710.920%10.9%52.282%52.3%36.398%36.4%74.957%75.0%56.159%56.2%74.556%74.6%62.617%62.6%71.246%71.2%65.502%65.5%68.309%68.3%62.779%62.8%65.272%65.3%62.485%62.5%67.418%67.4%59.007%59.0%67.311%67.3%62.672%62.7%63.655%63.7%57.663%57.7%55.572%55.6%40.081%40.1%30.481%30.5%13.941%13.9%9.527%9.53%0.717%0.72%1.044%1.04%0.143%0.14%0.490%0.49%
F percentage of married females in age cohort
M percentage of married males in age cohort

The Divorced1 by Sex and Age#5

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of South Carolina and Lexington County
Female
Male
0%5%10%15%20%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 176.922%6.92%8.645%8.64%11.563%11.6%10.376%10.4%17.395%17.4%14.077%14.1%20.596%20.6%16.822%16.8%20.662%20.7%19.047%19.0%23.840%23.8%22.357%22.4%22.296%22.3%19.410%19.4%23.942%23.9%17.272%17.3%15.415%15.4%11.806%11.8%14.073%14.1%8.489%8.49%6.866%6.87%5.964%5.96%2.474%2.47%0.942%0.94%0.358%0.36%0.457%0.46%0.000%0%0.000%0%
F percentage of divorced females in age cohort
M percentage of divorced males in age cohort
1and Separated

The Never Married by Sex and Age#6

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of South Carolina and Lexington County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%100%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 171.982%1.98%1.660%1.66%3.141%3.14%1.857%1.86%1.716%1.72%3.924%3.92%5.103%5.10%7.852%7.85%7.923%7.92%10.321%10.3%9.255%9.26%11.113%11.1%11.118%11.1%12.592%12.6%15.644%15.6%15.216%15.2%21.072%21.1%24.473%24.5%28.135%28.1%35.661%35.7%52.956%53.0%63.554%63.6%83.585%83.6%89.366%89.4%98.136%98.1%98.499%98.5%99.857%99.9%99.510%99.5%
F percentage of never married females in age cohort
M percentage of never married males in age cohort

The Widowed by Sex and Age#7

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of South Carolina and Lexington County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1780.175%80.2%37.414%37.4%48.898%48.9%12.810%12.8%24.730%24.7%7.443%7.44%11.684%11.7%4.080%4.08%5.913%5.91%2.323%2.32%4.126%4.13%1.257%1.26%4.101%4.10%0.580%0.58%1.408%1.41%0.200%0.20%0.842%0.84%0.066%0.07%0.129%0.13%0.279%0.28%0.096%0.10%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.165%0.16%0.789%0.79%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%
F percentage of widowed females in age cohort
M percentage of widowed males in age cohort

The Married by Age#8

Percentage of age cohort. Gray areas represent percentile bands from the counties in South Carolina.
Scope: population of South Carolina and Lexington County
Lexington County
South Carolina
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 - 171,0925,72415,60915.6k11,30711.3k13,04013.0k13,06313.1k12,56912.6k11,63111.6k11,64711.6k10,36610.4k6,5171,9815236
Count number of married in age cohort in Lexington County

Marital Status by Race#9

Percentage of each ethno-racial group.
Scope: population of South Carolina and Lexington County
Lexington County
South Carolina
Divorced
Widowed
Separated
Married
Never Married
60%40%20%0%20%40%60%CountAsian2White1White HispanicOther2Mixed2Black2-29.256388%-0.459374%-4.737295%-28.722553%-1.825940%-6.334785%-34.453058%34%59.718633%5.828309%58.129612%4.987110%65.546942%66%3,483-24.164887%-2.528296%-11.961912%-24.930636%-2.370183%-11.415833%-38.655096%39%54.429254%6.915651%54.256562%7.026785%61.344904%61%174,228174k-37.061048%-1.836845%-3.092923%-37.813168%-3.084777%-6.551769%-41.990816%42%56.401945%1.607239%50.043196%2.507090%58.009184%58%7,404-37.500000%-3.663793%-4.822198%-38.928046%-4.844406%-8.153335%-45.985991%46%51.131466%2.882543%45.477695%2.596517%54.014009%54%3,712-48.392857%-1.041667%-9.315476%-50.637039%-2.776207%-12.467488%-58.750000%59%39.613095%1.636905%30.551472%3.567794%41.250000%41%3,360-46.962677%-5.714286%-9.124839%-47.641451%-5.243492%-10.383560%-61.801802%62%33.198198%5.000000%29.490056%7.241441%38.198198%38%31,08031.1k
Count number of people of given race
1non-Hispanic 2including Hispanic

Map of Marital Status by County Subdivision in Lexington County

Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#10

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
40.4%45.3%50.1%54.9%59.8%64.6%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by County Subdivision#11

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
10.2%11.7%13.1%14.5%15.9%17.3%

Widowed Marital Status by County Subdivision#12

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
5.0%5.8%6.5%7.2%8.0%8.8%

Never Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#13

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
19.5%22.7%25.8%29.0%32.1%35.3%
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Map of Marital Status by Tract in Lexington County

Married Marital Status by Tract#14

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
20%32%43%54%65%77%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Tract#15

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
5.0%8.8%12.4%16.1%19.8%23.5%

Widowed Marital Status by Tract#16

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
0.8%3.5%6.1%8.8%11.4%14.1%

Never Married Marital Status by Tract#17

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
10%20%30%39%49%59%
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Map of Marital Status by Block Group in Lexington County

Married Marital Status by Block Group#18

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
12%26%39%52%65%79%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Block Group#19

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
1%7%13%19%25%31%

Widowed Marital Status by Block Group#20

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
0.0%4.7%9.4%14.1%18.8%23.6%

Never Married Marital Status by Block Group#21

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
8%23%36%50%63%77%
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Marital Status by Place in Lexington County

There are 18 places that are fully or partially contained within Lexington County (14 fully and 4 partially). This section compares all 18 of those to each other, Lexington County, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Lexington County.

Married by Place#22

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Lexington County, selected places in Lexington County, and entities that contain Lexington County
0%20%40%60%Count#GilbertSummitPine RidgeRed BankLexingtonGastonLexingtonOak GroveChapinIrmoSpringdaleUnited StatesSeven OaksSouthSouth AtlanticS CarolinaPelionS CongareeColumbia AreaBatesburg-LeesvilleSwanseaCayceWest ColumbiaColumbia65.517241%65.517241%66%437158.054711%58.054711%58%191257.214485%57.214485%57%1,027352.896966%52.896966%53%3,871451.911820%51.911820%52%8,336551.826087%51.826087%52%596651.343907%51.343907%51%114,634115k51.291284%51.291284%51%4,131750.160514%50.160514%50%625849.994757%49.994757%50%4,768949.732143%49.732143%50%1,1141048.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M48.004605%48.004605%48%6,2551147.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.295823%47.295823%47%24,135,51924.1M47.131400%47.131400%47%1,852,9301.85M46.219931%46.219931%46%2691245.591518%45.591518%46%8171344.510196%44.510196%45%289,659290k41.775701%41.775701%42%1,7881434.478022%34.478022%34%2511534.451882%34.451882%34%3,9631634.097904%34.097904%34%4,6531728.151231%28.151231%28%32,12932.1k18
Count number of this marital status
# rank of place out of 18 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County Subdivision in Lexington County

There are 8 county subdivisions in Lexington County. This section compares all 8 of those to each other, Lexington County, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Lexington County.

Married by County Subdivision#26

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Lexington County, selected county subdivisions in Lexington County, and entities that contain Lexington County
0%20%40%60%Count#ChapinGilbertLexingtonIrmoLexingtonPelionUnited StatesBatesburg-LeesvilleSouthSouth AtlanticS CarolinaColumbia AreaSwanseaW Columbia-Cayce64.580666%64.580666%65%8,070158.115092%58.115092%58%10,00810.0k256.288419%56.288419%56%41,02341.0k354.880672%54.880672%55%16,07416.1k451.343907%51.343907%51%114,634115k49.254027%49.254027%49%9,937548.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.899517%47.899517%48%3,375647.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.295823%47.295823%47%24,135,51924.1M47.131400%47.131400%47%1,852,9301.85M44.510196%44.510196%45%289,659290k42.062059%42.062059%42%5,124740.445958%40.445958%40%21,02321.0k8
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county subdivision out of 8 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County in the Columbia Area

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

Married by County#30

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Lexington County, selected other counties in the Columbia Area, and entities that contain Lexington County
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#LexingtonKershawCalhounSaludaUnited StatesSouthSouth AtlanticS CarolinaColumbia AreaFairfieldRichland51.343907%51.343907%51%114,634115k150.344434%50.344434%50%25,57925.6k249.963812%49.963812%50%6,213349.963226%49.963226%50%8,152448.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.295823%47.295823%47%24,135,51924.1M47.131400%47.131400%47%1,852,9301.85M44.510196%44.510196%45%289,659290k43.358461%43.358461%43%8,340538.557204%38.557204%39%126,741127k6
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county out of 6 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County in South Carolina

There are 46 counties in South Carolina. This section compares Lexington County to all of the counties in South Carolina and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Lexington County.

Married by County#34

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Lexington County, selected other counties in South Carolina, and entities that contain Lexington County
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#BeaufortYorkOconeeAndersonLexingtonGeorgetownAikenKershawDorchesterGreenvilleCalhounSaludaHorryChesterfieldMcCormickBerkeleySpartanburgUnited StatesSouthSouth AtlanticS CarolinaLancasterPickensCherokeeLaurensEdgefieldUnionNewberryAbbevilleFlorenceJasperSumterColumbia AreaClarendonFairfieldDarlingtonChesterColletonCharlestonGreenwoodBarnwellDillonHamptonMarionWilliamsburgMarlboroRichlandBambergOrangeburgLeeAllendale54.490566%54.490566%54%79,32979.3k152.704039%52.704039%53%102,902103k252.338658%52.338658%52%32,76432.8k351.729498%51.729498%52%80,53380.5k451.343907%51.343907%51%114,634115k550.895397%50.895397%51%25,94825.9k650.499619%50.499619%50%68,17668.2k750.344434%50.344434%50%25,57925.6k850.261673%50.261673%50%58,87258.9k950.153396%50.153396%50%194,210194k1049.963812%49.963812%50%6,2131149.963226%49.963226%50%8,1521249.633376%49.633376%50%125,226125k1349.565032%49.565032%50%18,57418.6k1448.730159%48.730159%49%4,2981548.358807%48.358807%48%76,53776.5k1648.334749%48.334749%48%114,346114k1748.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.295823%47.295823%47%24,135,51924.1M47.131400%47.131400%47%1,852,9301.85M47.093126%47.093126%47%32,06132.1k1846.994968%46.994968%47%47,53447.5k1946.845730%46.845730%47%21,15621.2k2046.527187%46.527187%47%25,17425.2k2146.309657%46.309657%46%10,33410.3k2245.897291%45.897291%46%10,55510.6k2345.802795%45.802795%46%14,06114.1k2445.510234%45.510234%46%9,3612545.268126%45.268126%45%50,06750.1k2644.867863%44.867863%45%9,9492744.526624%44.526624%45%38,04838.0k2844.510196%44.510196%45%289,659290k43.875931%43.875931%44%12,43412.4k2943.358461%43.358461%43%8,3403043.324097%43.324097%43%23,76523.8k3143.066473%43.066473%43%11,28611.3k3243.057180%43.057180%43%13,25313.3k3343.003872%43.003872%43%135,614136k3442.415969%42.415969%42%23,92623.9k3542.035398%42.035398%42%7,3153639.842378%39.842378%40%9,7573739.840878%39.840878%40%6,6103839.339726%39.339726%39%10,09310.1k3938.981416%38.981416%39%10,50910.5k4038.685247%38.685247%39%8,9394138.557204%38.557204%39%126,741127k4238.452353%38.452353%38%4,8304337.319109%37.319109%37%27,18127.2k4435.947450%35.947450%36%5,3634529.792292%29.792292%30%2,38146
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county out of 46 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County in the United States

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

Married by County#38

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Lexington County, selected other counties in the United States, and entities that contain Lexington County
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#FairfaxSanta ClaraMontgomeryNassauOaklandSalt LakeContra CostaWakeLexingtonSuffolkFairfieldOrangeHonoluluMiddlesexWestchesterKingTarrantAlamedaSt. LouisRiversideUnited StatesSouthSouth AtlanticSan DiegoHarrisHennepinS CarolinaPalm BeachMaricopaQueensAlleghenySan BernardinoMecklenburgSacramentoPimaDallasHillsboroughBexarColumbia AreaClarkFresnoTravisBrowardOrangeLos 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%407,446407k851.343907%51.343907%51%114,634115k51.112208%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%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.295823%47.295823%47%24,135,51924.1M47.276963%47.276963%47%1,251,0951.25M2047.227045%47.227045%47%1,613,8101.61M2147.204219%47.204219%47%463,578464k2247.131400%47.131400%47%1,852,9301.85M47.008209%47.008209%47%551,403551k2346.897917%46.897917%47%1,517,5651.52M2445.377673%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%646,276646k3344.510196%44.510196%45%289,659290k44.195458%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
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county out of 50 by percentage of this marital status

Definitions

This page reports on the marital status of the residents of Lexington 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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Principal City:
Columbia
Cities:
Cayce, Columbia, West Columbia
Towns:
Batesburg-Leesville, Chapin, Gaston, Gilbert, Irmo, Lexington, Pelion, Pine Ridge, South Congaree, Springdale, Summit, Swansea
Unincorporated Places:
Oak Grove, Red Bank, Seven Oaks
ZIP Codes:
29006, 29033, 29036, 29053, 29054, 29063, 29070, 29072, 29073, 29075, 29112, 29123, 29160, 29169, 29170, 29172, 29210, 29212
Unified School Districts:
Lexington 1, Lexington 2, Lexington 3, Lexington 4, Lexington 5
Congressional District:
SC-2
State Senate Districts:
SC-18, SC-20, SC-23, SC-25, SC-26
State House Districts:
SC-HD-039, SC-HD-069, SC-HD-071, SC-HD-085, SC-HD-087, SC-HD-088, SC-HD-089, SC-HD-093, SC-HD-096
Neighboring Counties:
Aiken, Calhoun, Newberry, Orangeburg, Richland, Saluda
Nearby Counties:
Bamberg, Barnwell, Chester, Edgefield, Fairfield, Greenwood, Kershaw, Laurens, Sumter, Union