Marital Status in Wise County, Virginia (County)

Marital Status#1

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of Virginia and Wise County
Female Male
Virginia
Wise County
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
0%50%FMNever MarriedMarriedSeparated/DivorcedWidowed-22.191099%-29.012984%-22.191099%22%22.191099%11.915590%29.012984%5.775851%34.106688%34%3,5655,895-46.616869%-48.103477%-46.616869%47%46.616869%2.029278%48.103477%3.826775%48.646147%49%7,4898,408-13.492247%-3.121509%-10.859008%-3.482955%-16.613757%17%13.492247%10.859008%13.492247%13%2,6692,332-3.754918%-10.823358%-2.421905%-6.119672%-14.578276%15%3.754918%2.421905%3.754918%4%2,342649
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 Virginia and Wise County
Female Male
Virginia
Wise County
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
40%20%0%20%40%FMNever MarriedNow MarriedSeparatedAbsent SpouseWidowedDivorced-22.191099%-29.012984%-22.191099%22%22.191099%11.915590%29.012984%5.775851%34.106688%34%3,5655,895-44.463119%-45.589836%-44.463119%44%44.463119%1.324893%45.589836%3.364594%45.788012%46%7,1437,914-2.615135%-2.868836%-2.124086%-0.663919%-5.483971%5%2.615135%2.124086%2.615135%3%881452-2.153750%-2.513641%-2.153750%2%2.153750%0.704384%2.513641%0.462181%2.858135%3%346494-3.754918%-10.823358%-2.421905%-6.119672%-14.578276%15%3.754918%2.421905%3.754918%4%2,342649-10.877112%-0.252673%-8.734922%-2.819035%-11.129785%11%10.877112%8.734922%10.877112%11%1,7881,880
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 Virginia and Wise County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 175.190%5.19%52.033%52.0%29.235%29.2%58.771%58.8%56.877%56.9%70.833%70.8%53.825%53.8%75.050%75.0%63.668%63.7%58.926%58.9%65.848%65.8%65.172%65.2%55.053%55.1%50.670%50.7%69.335%69.3%62.783%62.8%59.984%60.0%53.263%53.3%46.395%46.4%39.555%39.6%44.684%44.7%38.414%38.4%18.594%18.6%8.931%8.93%0.762%0.76%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.952%0.95%
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 Virginia and Wise County
Female
Male
0%10%20%30%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 170.000%0%5.691%5.69%3.872%3.87%8.451%8.45%9.359%9.36%14.748%14.7%15.369%15.4%14.323%14.3%21.269%21.3%29.937%29.9%25.096%25.1%17.519%17.5%35.085%35.1%21.113%21.1%15.827%15.8%17.310%17.3%32.811%32.8%15.794%15.8%26.755%26.8%12.871%12.9%16.547%16.5%5.824%5.82%5.820%5.82%4.277%4.28%0.000%0%1.764%1.76%0.000%0%0.408%0.41%
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 Virginia and Wise County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%100%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 171.198%1.20%7.317%7.32%4.840%4.84%4.994%4.99%4.964%4.96%3.399%3.40%2.851%2.85%5.479%5.48%6.764%6.76%9.084%9.08%6.063%6.06%17.309%17.3%3.234%3.23%25.469%25.5%11.871%11.9%19.907%19.9%7.204%7.20%30.943%30.9%26.850%26.9%47.574%47.6%38.769%38.8%55.762%55.8%75.586%75.6%86.792%86.8%99.238%99.2%98.236%98.2%100.000%100%98.639%98.6%
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 Virginia and Wise County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1793.613%93.6%34.959%35.0%62.052%62.1%27.785%27.8%28.800%28.8%11.020%11.0%27.955%28.0%5.149%5.15%8.298%8.30%2.054%2.05%2.993%2.99%0.000%0%6.629%6.63%2.748%2.75%2.968%2.97%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%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 Virginia.
Scope: population of Virginia and Wise County
Wise County
Virginia
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 - 171547612,3921,9111,6591,7881,4371,7141,4271,0761,17938847
Count number of married in age cohort in Wise County

Marital Status by Race#9

Percentage of each ethno-racial group.
Scope: population of Virginia and Wise County
Wise County
Virginia
Divorced
Widowed
Separated
Married
Never Married
50%0%50%CountAsian2White1White HispanicMixed2Other2Black2-34.210526%-1.315789%-28.243950%-1.282239%-4.443744%-35.526316%36%56.578947%7.894737%-0.000000%62.233671%3.796395%64.473684%64%152-24.620766%-4.155224%-11.484896%-26.879610%-2.021344%-10.588712%-40.260887%40%50.310579%9.428534%54.349359%6.160976%59.739113%60%30,58830.6k-49.645390%-4.964539%-39.482514%-3.110551%-7.055691%-54.609929%55%40.425532%-0.000000%4.964539%48.216482%2.134761%45.390071%45%141-68.112245%-3.061224%-5.102041%-49.411043%-2.416518%-8.830633%-76.275510%76%18.622449%5.102041%36.610682%2.731124%23.724490%24%392-64.705882%-11.764706%-41.019609%-3.129282%-7.775608%-76.470588%76%23.529412%0.000000%-0.000000%45.991536%2.083965%23.529412%24%170-75.026233%-1.469045%-6.715635%-44.533707%-4.112980%-11.920476%-83.210913%83%13.221406%3.567681%33.662083%5.770754%16.789087%17%1,906
Count number of people of given race
1non-Hispanic 2including Hispanic

Map of Marital Status by County Subdivision in Wise County

Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#10

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
42.8%44.7%46.5%48.4%50.2%52.2%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by County Subdivision#11

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
13.1%13.9%14.6%15.3%16.1%16.9%

Widowed Marital Status by County Subdivision#12

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
6.9%7.6%8.3%9.0%9.7%10.4%

Never Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#13

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
25.3%26.6%27.9%29.2%30.5%31.8%
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Map of Marital Status by Tract in Wise County

Married Marital Status by Tract#14

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
40.1%44.9%49.7%54.4%59.2%64.0%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Tract#15

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
9.6%11.8%13.9%16.0%18.1%20.3%

Widowed Marital Status by Tract#16

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
5.7%7.4%9.1%10.8%12.5%14.2%

Never Married Marital Status by Tract#17

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
18.9%22.8%26.6%30.3%34.1%38.0%
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Map of Marital Status by Block Group in Wise County

Married Marital Status by Block Group#18

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
7%20%32%44%56%68%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Block Group#19

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
8.6%11.8%15.0%18.2%21.4%24.6%

Widowed Marital Status by Block Group#20

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
0.0%4.3%8.6%12.9%17.2%21.5%

Never Married Marital Status by Block Group#21

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
9%24%39%54%68%83%
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Marital Status by Place in Wise County

There are 7 places that are fully or partially contained within Wise County (6 fully and 1 partially). This section compares all 7 of those to each other, Wise County, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Wise County.

Married by Place#22

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Wise County, selected places in Wise County, and entities that contain Wise County
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#PoundRiverviewSt. PaulVirginiaBig Stone GapUnited StatesSouthWiseWise CountyWiseSouth AtlanticCoeburnAppalachiaBig Stone Gap58.647594%58.647594%59%451151.401869%51.401869%51%275250.721421%50.721421%51%457349.968319%49.968319%50%3,376,8643.38M48.810971%48.810971%49%24,09724.1k48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.861659%47.861659%48%1,287447.668596%47.668596%48%15,89715.9k47.668596%47.668596%48%15,89715.9k47.295823%47.295823%47%24,135,51924.1M42.478941%42.478941%42%706541.569167%41.569167%42%604636.594745%36.594745%37%1,7137
Count number of this marital status
# rank of place out of 7 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County Subdivision in Wise County

There are 4 county subdivisions in Wise County. This section compares all 4 of those to each other, Wise County, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Wise County.

Married by County Subdivision#26

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Wise County, selected county subdivisions in Wise County, and entities that contain Wise County
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#14VirginiaBig Stone GapUnited StatesSouthWise CountyWiseSouth Atlantic2352.100122%52.100122%52%4,267151.236708%51.236708%51%4,433249.968319%49.968319%50%3,376,8643.38M48.810971%48.810971%49%24,09724.1k48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.668596%47.668596%48%15,89715.9k47.668596%47.668596%48%15,89715.9k47.295823%47.295823%47%24,135,51924.1M44.482218%44.482218%44%3,402342.837792%42.837792%43%3,7954
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county subdivision out of 4 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County in the Big Stone Gap Area

There are 4 counties in the Big Stone Gap Area. This section compares Wise County to all of the counties in the Big Stone Gap Area and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Wise County.

Married by County#30

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Wise County, selected other counties in the Big Stone Gap Area, and entities that contain Wise County
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#DickensonBuchananVirginiaBig Stone GapUnited StatesSouthWise CountyWiseSouth AtlanticNorton53.786393%53.786393%54%6,854150.771254%50.771254%51%10,03910.0k249.968319%49.968319%50%3,376,8643.38M48.810971%48.810971%49%24,09724.1k48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.668596%47.668596%48%15,89715.9k47.668596%47.668596%48%15,89715.9k347.295823%47.295823%47%24,135,51924.1M41.086691%41.086691%41%1,3464
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county out of 4 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County in Virginia

There are 133 counties in Virginia. This section compares Wise County to the 50 most populous counties in Virginia and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Wise County. The least populous of the compared counties has a population of 34,417.

Married by County#34

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Wise County, selected other counties in Virginia, and entities that contain Wise County
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%Count#LoudounYorkBedfordHanoverJames CityFranklinGloucesterIsle of WightFrederickStaffordFauquierAugustaRockinghamShenandoahFairfaxSpotsylvaniaRoanokeCulpeperPittsylvaniaPrince WilliamPulaskiManassasCampbellTazewellWashingtonOrangeChesterfieldChesapeakeSuffolkHenryAlbemarleWarrenVirginia BeachVirginiaPrince GeorgeBig Stone GapUnited StatesSouthWise CountyWiseHalifaxSouth AtlanticHenricoAlexandriaArlingtonNewport NewsHamptonMontgomeryDanvilleRoanokePortsmouthLynchburgNorfolkCharlottesvilleHarrisonburgRichmond60.849335%60.849335%61%165,697166k160.189132%60.189132%60%32,33332.3k259.697882%59.697882%60%38,25538.3k358.720136%58.720136%59%49,00949.0k458.716806%58.716806%59%35,17935.2k558.142345%58.142345%58%27,42427.4k657.936379%57.936379%58%17,86717.9k757.317441%57.317441%57%17,11917.1k856.928506%56.928506%57%37,75137.8k956.867732%56.867732%57%62,15762.2k1056.757250%56.757250%57%31,12031.1k1156.719869%56.719869%57%35,32435.3k1256.701676%56.701676%57%36,22536.2k1356.169186%56.169186%56%20,02620.0k1455.728918%55.728918%56%505,225505k1555.388496%55.388496%55%56,43756.4k1655.085387%55.085387%55%42,93342.9k1754.987954%54.987954%55%21,22721.2k1854.919458%54.919458%55%28,74128.7k1954.825602%54.825602%55%186,060186k2054.721317%54.721317%55%15,95416.0k2154.609884%54.609884%55%17,33717.3k2254.437161%54.437161%54%24,99725.0k2354.240772%54.240772%54%19,79319.8k2453.474464%53.474464%53%24,67924.7k2553.275063%53.275063%53%15,17715.2k2652.576660%52.576660%53%139,672140k2752.305110%52.305110%52%97,53797.5k2851.352057%51.352057%51%35,37935.4k2951.340680%51.340680%51%22,36422.4k3051.239048%51.239048%51%44,26944.3k3151.007969%51.007969%51%16,06716.1k3250.005906%50.005906%50%182,041182k3349.968319%49.968319%50%3,376,8643.38M49.865439%49.865439%50%15,37915.4k3448.810971%48.810971%49%24,09724.1k48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.668596%47.668596%48%15,89715.9k47.668596%47.668596%48%15,89715.9k3547.515698%47.515698%48%13,92413.9k3647.295823%47.295823%47%24,135,51924.1M46.713954%46.713954%47%121,048121k3743.885344%43.885344%44%55,91355.9k3843.751105%43.751105%44%84,16484.2k3940.270218%40.270218%40%58,59858.6k4039.789860%39.789860%40%44,49744.5k4139.571444%39.571444%40%33,35233.4k4238.634587%38.634587%39%13,34413.3k4338.438595%38.438595%38%31,05831.1k4436.864263%36.864263%37%28,28328.3k4534.725532%34.725532%35%22,88122.9k4634.591555%34.591555%35%70,12470.1k4732.050665%32.050665%32%12,65212.7k4827.839415%27.839415%28%12,49612.5k4926.357565%26.357565%26%48,15048.2k50
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county out of 50 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 Wise County to the 50 most populous counties in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Wise County. The least populous of the compared counties has a population of 941,618.

Married by County#38

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Wise County, selected other counties in the United States, and entities that contain Wise County
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#FairfaxSanta ClaraMontgomeryNassauOaklandSalt LakeContra CostaWakeSuffolkFairfieldOrangeHonoluluVirginiaMiddlesexWestchesterKingTarrantBig Stone GapAlamedaSt. LouisRiversideUnited StatesSouthWise CountyWiseSouth AtlanticSan DiegoHarrisHennepinPalm BeachMaricopaQueensAlleghenySan 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%405,114405k1249.968319%49.968319%50%3,376,8643.38M49.887583%49.887583%50%649,460649k1349.779598%49.779598%50%392,203392k1449.697098%49.697098%50%851,934852k1549.287172%49.287172%49%742,044742k1648.810971%48.810971%49%24,09724.1k48.279556%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%46,160,11846.2M47.668596%47.668596%48%15,89715.9k47.668596%47.668596%48%15,89715.9k47.295823%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%463,578464k2247.008209%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%646,276646k3344.195458%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 Wise 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.

For additional information about the data presented on this site, including our sources, please see the About Page.

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Principal Town:
Big Stone Gap
Districts:
1, 2, 3, 4
Towns:
Appalachia, Big Stone Gap, Coeburn, Pound, St. Paul, Wise
Unincorporated Places:
Riverview
ZIP Codes:
24216, 24219, 24230, 24244, 24246, 24273, 24279, 24283, 24293
Unified School District:
Wise County
Congressional District:
VA-9
State Senate Districts:
VA-38, VA-40
State House Districts:
VA-1, VA-4
Neighboring Cities:
Norton
Neighboring Counties:
Dickenson, Harlan, Lee, Letcher, Pike, Russell, Scott
Nearby Cities:
Bristol
Nearby Counties:
Buchanan, Floyd, Hancock, Hawkins, Knott, Leslie, Perry, Sullivan, Washington