Marital Status in Pierce County, Washington (County)

Marital Status#1

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of Washington and Pierce County
Female Male
Washington
Pierce County
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0%50%FMNever MarriedMarriedSeparated/DivorcedWidowed-27.259157%-27.193335%-27.259157%27%27.259157%6.681110%27.193335%7.303078%33.940268%34%92,04092.0k111,357111k-48.535161%-49.741167%-48.535161%49%48.535161%2.162041%49.741167%1.750730%50.697202%51%163,878164k166,336166k-13.045532%-3.704160%-11.834760%-3.614572%-16.749692%17%13.045532%11.834760%13.045532%13%56,55556.6k42,80242.8k-2.316998%-5.138992%-2.176931%-5.439236%-7.455990%7%2.316998%2.176931%2.316998%2%25,17525.2k7,602

Detailed Marital Status#2

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of Washington and Pierce County
Female Male
Washington
Pierce County
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40%20%0%20%40%FMNever MarriedNow MarriedSeparatedAbsent SpouseWidowedDivorced-27.259157%-27.193335%-27.259157%27%27.259157%6.681110%27.193335%7.303078%33.940268%34%92,04092.0k111,357111k-46.199592%-47.336925%-46.199592%46%46.199592%2.185489%47.336925%1.515039%48.385081%48%155,992156k158,750159k-1.681820%-0.183140%-1.410824%-0.377859%-1.864960%2%1.681820%1.410824%1.681820%2%6,2975,518-2.312121%-0.023447%-2.404242%-2.335568%2%2.312121%2.404242%0.235691%2.312121%2%7,8867,586-2.316998%-5.138992%-2.176931%-5.439236%-7.455990%7%2.316998%2.176931%2.316998%2%25,17525.2k7,602-11.363713%-3.521019%-10.423936%-3.236713%-14.884732%15%11.363713%10.423936%11.363713%11%50,25850.3k37,28437.3k

The Married by Sex and Age#4

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Washington and Pierce County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1712.999%13.0%47.171%47.2%38.340%38.3%71.813%71.8%55.847%55.8%71.471%71.5%58.494%58.5%69.405%69.4%58.159%58.2%67.019%67.0%61.866%61.9%61.884%61.9%61.591%61.6%60.797%60.8%65.497%65.5%64.864%64.9%60.753%60.8%61.259%61.3%58.797%58.8%50.293%50.3%43.317%43.3%35.022%35.0%21.943%21.9%15.770%15.8%3.681%3.68%1.865%1.86%0.186%0.19%0.203%0.20%

The Divorced1 by Sex and Age#5

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Washington and Pierce County
Female
Male
0%5%10%15%20%25%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 178.746%8.75%11.480%11.5%16.098%16.1%10.701%10.7%22.456%22.5%16.922%16.9%27.569%27.6%19.336%19.3%27.346%27.3%21.607%21.6%24.752%24.8%21.724%21.7%24.353%24.4%21.215%21.2%20.732%20.7%16.262%16.3%17.076%17.1%14.200%14.2%12.107%12.1%10.351%10.4%8.106%8.11%5.610%5.61%2.659%2.66%1.570%1.57%0.423%0.42%0.312%0.31%0.403%0.40%0.125%0.13%

The Never Married by Sex and Age#6

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Washington and Pierce County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%100%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 173.796%3.80%2.319%2.32%3.107%3.11%2.985%2.98%3.280%3.28%4.992%4.99%6.099%6.10%8.853%8.85%8.405%8.41%9.410%9.41%10.288%10.3%14.763%14.8%11.661%11.7%17.209%17.2%13.445%13.4%18.313%18.3%21.469%21.5%24.274%24.3%28.855%28.9%39.179%39.2%48.539%48.5%59.272%59.3%75.234%75.2%82.660%82.7%95.822%95.8%97.784%97.8%99.411%99.4%99.672%99.7%

The Widowed by Sex and Age#7

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Washington and Pierce County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1774.459%74.5%39.031%39.0%42.455%42.5%14.501%14.5%18.416%18.4%6.614%6.61%7.838%7.84%2.405%2.41%6.090%6.09%1.964%1.96%3.094%3.09%1.630%1.63%2.395%2.40%0.779%0.78%0.327%0.33%0.561%0.56%0.702%0.70%0.268%0.27%0.242%0.24%0.177%0.18%0.038%0.04%0.095%0.10%0.164%0.16%0.000%0%0.074%0.07%0.039%0.04%0.000%0%0.000%0%

The Married by Age#8

Percentage of age cohort. Gray areas represent percentile bands from the counties in Washington.
Scope: population of Washington and Pierce County
Pierce County
Washington
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 - 173,11615,91315.9k39,64039.6k30,04730.0k34,57434.6k36,09736.1k33,56433.6k34,32934.3k33,17133.2k32,81832.8k24,94724.9k11,39511.4k53964

Marital Status by Race#9

Percentage of each ethno-racial group.
Scope: population of Washington and Pierce County
Pierce County
Washington
Divorced
Widowed
Separated
Married
Never Married
60%40%20%0%20%40%60%CountAsian2White1White HispanicOther2Black2Mixed2-28.653573%-1.675343%-8.476100%-30.233367%-1.218345%-6.181143%-38.805017%39%53.684335%7.510648%57.692897%4.674248%61.194983%61%42,26042.3k-26.993243%-1.510408%-14.119313%-27.460686%-1.352099%-13.195752%-42.622965%43%52.011709%5.365327%52.485652%5.505812%57.377035%57%476,560477k-38.921364%-2.596603%-9.023505%-41.520974%-2.859339%-8.045381%-50.541472%51%47.575683%1.882845%45.396473%2.177832%49.458528%49%32,50432.5k-39.384247%-2.603497%-9.992527%-42.333320%-2.827598%-9.243603%-51.980272%52%45.096398%2.923330%42.897589%2.697889%48.019728%48%33,45533.5k-41.043733%-3.010939%-14.717433%-43.342163%-3.246667%-13.913511%-58.772105%59%37.606781%3.621114%35.623560%3.874099%41.227895%41%45,06945.1k-51.046048%-2.331671%-10.485556%-52.118464%-2.073073%-10.763577%-63.863275%64%33.874697%2.262027%32.680610%2.364277%36.136725%36%35,89735.9k

Map of Marital Status by County Subdivision in Pierce County

Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#10

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
44.4%47.8%51.3%54.7%58.1%61.5%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by County Subdivision#11

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
5.6%7.9%10.1%12.3%14.5%16.7%

Widowed Marital Status by County Subdivision#12

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
1.1%2.4%3.6%4.9%6.2%7.5%

Never Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#13

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
22.3%24.6%26.9%29.1%31.3%33.6%
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Map of Marital Status by Tract in Pierce County

Married Marital Status by Tract#14

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
5%21%36%51%66%82%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Tract#15

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
1%8%14%19%25%32%

Widowed Marital Status by Tract#16

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
0.0%2.6%5.1%7.7%10.3%12.9%

Never Married Marital Status by Tract#17

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
16%31%45%60%74%89%
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Map of Marital Status by Block Group in Pierce County

Married Marital Status by Block Group#18

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
3%20%36%52%69%85%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Block Group#19

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
0%9%18%27%35%44%

Widowed Marital Status by Block Group#20

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
0%6%12%17%23%30%

Never Married Marital Status by Block Group#21

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
5%23%40%56%73%91%
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Marital Status by Place in Pierce County

There are 74 places that are fully or partially contained within Pierce County (70 fully and 4 partially). This section compares all 74 of those to each other, Pierce County, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Pierce County.

Married by Place#22

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Pierce County, selected places in Pierce County, and entities that contain Pierce County
0%20%40%60%80%100%Count#AlderHerron IslandLa GrandeCanterwoodVaughnMcKennaAnderson IsRaft IslandMcChord AFBFox IslandMcMillinDuPontFort LewisKapowsinLongbranchClear LakeArtondalePurdyMaplewoodGrahamEdgewoodWollochetEatonvilleBonney LakeDash PointLake TappsSouth HillBrowns PointKey CenterSummitRoySteilacoomFredericksonFircrestWashingtonSpanawaySeattle AreaPierceWestUnited StatesBuckleyAuburnPacificLakewoodMidlandSumnerTacomaParklandN Fort LewisGreenwaterAshford100.000000%100.000000%100%34189.552239%89.552239%90%60288.118812%88.118812%88%89375.462646%75.462646%75%2,202475.195313%75.195313%75%385572.512648%72.512648%73%430670.434783%70.434783%70%810769.659443%69.659443%70%225868.962076%68.962076%69%1,382968.194487%68.194487%68%2,2021067.002882%67.002882%67%9301166.838202%66.838202%67%4,4161266.520658%66.520658%67%5,6191365.470852%65.470852%65%1461463.803681%63.803681%64%1,6641562.807018%62.807018%63%5371662.632967%62.632967%63%6,8891761.930586%61.930586%62%5711861.672070%61.672070%62%2,6631960.727349%60.727349%61%11,62211.6k2060.119556%60.119556%60%4,9282160.031784%60.031784%60%3,0222259.356043%59.356043%59%1,2722358.967298%58.967298%59%8,5652458.478803%58.478803%58%4692557.523214%57.523214%58%6,0712657.516900%57.516900%58%24,16424.2k2757.225434%57.225434%57%5942856.677419%56.677419%57%1,7572956.081394%56.081394%56%3,6383055.830389%55.830389%56%3163154.714065%54.714065%55%2,8323652.793396%52.793396%53%8,8264151.683693%51.683693%52%2,7324650.609865%50.609865%51%2,903,0332.90M50.432362%50.432362%50%11,95612.0k5150.194131%50.194131%50%1,502,2221.50M49.600673%49.600673%50%330,214330k48.094521%48.094521%48%28,965,61229.0M48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.545147%47.545147%48%1,6855647.516861%47.516861%48%27,90027.9k5747.451114%47.451114%47%19,842,16119.8M45.139177%45.139177%45%21,79521.8k5843.822028%43.822028%44%3,0046142.203390%42.203390%42%3,2376641.048202%41.048202%41%68,86068.9k6840.224185%40.224185%40%11,84211.8k6934.908136%34.908136%35%1,0647026.000000%26.000000%26%267121.317829%21.317829%21%5572

Marital Status by County Subdivision in Pierce County

There are 10 county subdivisions in Pierce County. This section compares all 10 of those to each other, Pierce County, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Pierce County.

Married by County Subdivision#26

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Pierce County, selected county subdivisions in Pierce County, and entities that contain Pierce County
0%20%40%60%Count#Fort Lewis-DuPontGig Hbr PeninsulaGraham-ThriftKey Peninsula-Anderson IsKey Peninsula-An…EatonvilleRoyBuckleyMount RainierPuyallupWashingtonSeattle AreaPierceWestUnited StatesPacificTacoma61.488308%61.488308%61%12,54312.5k160.392973%60.392973%60%25,54225.5k258.702292%58.702292%59%38,05238.1k358.409559%58.409559%58%7,088457.003112%57.003112%57%2,564555.704321%55.704321%56%6,948653.766205%53.766205%54%9,622753.370602%53.370602%53%1,623851.629889%51.629889%52%66,87066.9k950.609865%50.609865%51%2,903,0332.90M50.194131%50.194131%50%1,502,2221.50M49.600673%49.600673%50%330,214330k48.094521%48.094521%48%28,965,61229.0M48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.451114%47.451114%47%19,842,16119.8M44.431371%44.431371%44%159,362159k10

Marital Status by County in the Seattle Area

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

Married by County#30

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Pierce County, selected other counties in the Seattle Area, and entities that contain Pierce County
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#SnohomishWashingtonSeattle AreaKingPierceWestUnited StatesPacific52.229181%52.229181%52%320,074320k150.609865%50.609865%51%2,903,0332.90M50.194131%50.194131%50%1,502,2221.50M49.697098%49.697098%50%851,934852k249.600673%49.600673%50%330,214330k348.094521%48.094521%48%28,965,61229.0M48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.451114%47.451114%47%19,842,16119.8M

Marital Status by County in Washington

There are 39 counties in Washington. This section compares Pierce County to all of the counties in Washington and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Pierce County.

Married by County#34

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Pierce County, selected other counties in Washington, and entities that contain Pierce County
0%20%40%60%Count#GarfieldIslandLincolnStevensSan JuanDouglasJeffersonPend OreilleWahkiakumKlickitatAdamsOkanoganSkagitBentonColumbiaSkamaniaClarkThurstonSnohomishKitsapChelanPacificLewisAsotinCowlitzWashingtonGrantFranklinSeattle AreaClallamKingPierceSpokaneMasonYakimaWestUnited StatesFerryPacificGrays HarborWhatcomWalla WallaKittitasWhitman65.440357%65.440357%65%1,174159.590516%59.590516%60%40,13640.1k258.075117%58.075117%58%4,948356.618957%56.618957%57%20,33320.3k456.215344%56.215344%56%8,009556.020993%56.020993%56%17,50617.5k655.861098%55.861098%56%15,07315.1k755.511521%55.511521%56%6,023855.306008%55.306008%55%1,970955.113211%55.113211%55%9,5661055.032200%55.032200%55%7,3491154.957337%54.957337%55%18,29218.3k1253.939876%53.939876%54%52,86052.9k1353.742230%53.742230%54%78,24678.2k1453.662138%53.662138%54%1,8171553.591219%53.591219%54%5,0291653.298502%53.298502%53%190,459190k1752.472869%52.472869%52%114,256114k1852.229181%52.229181%52%320,074320k1952.205796%52.205796%52%111,060111k2052.133661%52.133661%52%31,14131.1k2151.944476%51.944476%52%9,2432251.859601%51.859601%52%32,22432.2k2351.088264%51.088264%51%9,3422451.052164%51.052164%51%42,55342.6k2550.609865%50.609865%51%2,903,0332.90M50.517117%50.517117%51%34,97335.0k2650.391553%50.391553%50%31,59531.6k2750.194131%50.194131%50%1,502,2221.50M50.010396%50.010396%50%31,26931.3k2849.697098%49.697098%50%851,934852k2949.600673%49.600673%50%330,214330k3048.941194%48.941194%49%193,397193k3148.884900%48.884900%49%25,05425.1k3248.408104%48.408104%48%89,64689.6k3348.094521%48.094521%48%28,965,61229.0M48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.531149%47.531149%48%3,0903447.451114%47.451114%47%19,842,16119.8M47.326158%47.326158%47%27,87727.9k3547.087184%47.087184%47%82,33182.3k3645.923096%45.923096%46%22,59622.6k3743.418958%43.418958%43%15,82115.8k3835.173414%35.173414%35%14,55314.6k39

Marital Status by County in the United States

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

Married by County#38

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Pierce County, selected other counties in the United States, and entities that contain Pierce County
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#FairfaxSanta ClaraMontgomeryNassauOaklandSalt LakeContra CostaWakeSuffolkFairfieldWashingtonOrangeHonoluluSeattle AreaMiddlesexWestchesterKingPierceTarrantAlamedaSt. LouisWestRiversideUnited StatesPacificSan 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%387,194387k1050.609865%50.609865%51%2,903,0332.90M50.294014%50.294014%50%1,277,3881.28M1150.234299%50.234299%50%405,114405k1250.194131%50.194131%50%1,502,2221.50M49.887583%49.887583%50%649,460649k1349.779598%49.779598%50%392,203392k1449.697098%49.697098%50%851,934852k1549.600673%49.600673%50%330,214330k49.287172%49.287172%49%742,044742k1648.279556%48.279556%48%635,456635k1748.178006%48.178006%48%393,649394k1848.094521%48.094521%48%28,965,61229.0M48.085207%48.085207%48%875,082875k1948.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.451114%47.451114%47%19,842,16119.8M47.276963%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

Definitions

This page reports on the marital status of the residents of Pierce 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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