Marital Status in Nicholas County, West Virginia (County)

Marital Status#1

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of West Virginia and Nicholas County
Female Male
West Virginia
Nicholas County
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
50%0%50%FMNever MarriedMarriedSeparated/DivorcedWidowed-19.305506%-23.723092%-19.305506%19%19.305506%3.820646%23.723092%7.463841%23.126151%23%2,1462,385-55.982368%-48.699872%-55.982368%56%55.982368%4.678934%48.699872%2.631982%60.661301%61%6,2236,256-11.577620%-0.944870%-14.019058%-1.679713%-12.522490%13%11.577620%14.019058%11.577620%12%1,3921,194-4.634927%-7.554710%-3.462155%-8.416110%-12.189637%12%4.634927%3.462155%4.634927%5%1,355478
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 West Virginia and Nicholas County
Female Male
West Virginia
Nicholas County
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
50%0%50%FMNever MarriedNow MarriedSeparatedAbsent SpouseWidowedDivorced-19.305506%-23.723092%-19.305506%19%19.305506%3.820646%23.723092%7.463841%23.126151%23%2,1462,385-55.235696%-46.779113%-55.235696%55%55.235696%4.446259%46.779113%2.518769%59.681955%60%6,1406,155-0.096965%-1.027540%-1.422329%-0.268727%-1.124505%1%0.096965%1.422329%0.096965%0%12510-0.746671%-1.920759%-0.746671%1%0.746671%0.232675%1.920759%0.113212%0.979346%1%83101-4.634927%-7.554710%-3.462155%-8.416110%-12.189637%12%4.634927%3.462155%4.634927%5%1,355478-11.397985%-12.596729%-1.410986%-11.397985%11%11.397985%0.082671%12.596729%11.480655%11%1,2671,184
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 West Virginia and Nicholas County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 176.294%6.29%63.964%64.0%41.281%41.3%60.360%60.4%64.425%64.4%73.213%73.2%65.512%65.5%80.127%80.1%62.286%62.3%68.706%68.7%72.123%72.1%82.908%82.9%72.992%73.0%71.271%71.3%70.603%70.6%73.092%73.1%70.273%70.3%69.016%69.0%60.632%60.6%58.126%58.1%49.424%49.4%36.232%36.2%22.429%22.4%12.847%12.8%20.853%20.9%18.217%18.2%0.000%0%0.000%0%
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 West Virginia and Nicholas County
Female
Male
0%5%10%15%20%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 178.741%8.74%0.000%0%6.406%6.41%15.187%15.2%9.751%9.75%14.162%14.2%17.002%17.0%12.685%12.7%17.143%17.1%8.826%8.83%17.774%17.8%14.095%14.1%21.886%21.9%19.315%19.3%18.593%18.6%19.679%19.7%14.388%14.4%12.500%12.5%7.615%7.61%19.034%19.0%12.824%12.8%0.000%0%2.230%2.23%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%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 West Virginia and Nicholas County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%100%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 174.895%4.90%0.000%0%0.000%0%1.416%1.42%1.681%1.68%0.668%0.67%6.608%6.61%6.660%6.66%7.657%7.66%15.848%15.8%5.519%5.52%2.997%3.00%4.424%4.42%8.313%8.31%10.804%10.8%7.229%7.23%12.604%12.6%18.484%18.5%31.753%31.8%22.840%22.8%37.752%37.8%63.768%63.8%75.341%75.3%87.153%87.2%79.147%79.1%81.783%81.8%100.000%100%100.000%100%
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 West Virginia and Nicholas County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1780.070%80.1%36.036%36.0%52.313%52.3%23.037%23.0%24.143%24.1%11.957%12.0%10.878%10.9%0.529%0.53%12.914%12.9%6.620%6.62%4.584%4.58%0.000%0%0.698%0.70%1.100%1.10%0.000%0%0.000%0%2.735%2.73%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 West Virginia.
Scope: population of West Virginia and Nicholas County
Nicholas County
West Virginia
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 - 17898172,0541,5711,2301,5181,2101,1081,110819593269910
Count number of married in age cohort in Nicholas County

Marital Status by Race#9

Percentage of each ethno-racial group.
Scope: population of West Virginia and Nicholas County
Nicholas County
West Virginia
Divorced
Widowed
Separated
Married
Never Married
50%0%50%100%CountWhite HispanicAsian2Black2White1Mixed2Other2-41.005789%-2.228654%-10.123010%-0.000000%50.000000%-0.000000%50.000000%-0.000000%43.314038%3.328509%100.000000%100%30-30.360881%-0.669848%-5.383907%-0.000000%100.000000%-0.000000%0.000000%-0.000000%60.311480%3.273884%100.000000%100%141-4.854369%-12.621359%-49.678149%-3.364114%-12.100080%-17.475728%17%82.524272%-0.000000%0.000000%29.081574%5.776083%82.524272%83%103-21.076147%-0.648571%-11.318761%-26.064297%-1.468881%-13.456072%-33.043478%33%58.323325%8.633197%51.052392%7.958357%66.956522%67%20,81520.8k-45.726496%-15.811966%-45.294665%-1.822368%-13.413021%-61.538462%62%29.487179%-0.000000%8.974359%34.095919%5.374026%38.461538%38%234-30.188679%-42.452830%-43.652393%-5.415617%-13.312343%-72.641509%73%27.358491%-0.000000%0.000000%33.803526%3.816121%27.358491%27%106
Count number of people of given race
1non-Hispanic 2including Hispanic

Map of Marital Status by County Subdivision in Nicholas County

Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#10

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
39%45%51%57%63%69%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by County Subdivision#11

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
4.4%6.7%9.0%11.3%13.6%15.9%

Widowed Marital Status by County Subdivision#12

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
4.8%6.2%7.5%8.8%10.2%11.5%

Never Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#13

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
15%22%28%34%40%47%
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Map of Marital Status by Tract in Nicholas County

Married Marital Status by Tract#14

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
48.7%52.4%56.0%59.6%63.2%66.9%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Tract#15

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
8.9%11.0%13.1%15.2%17.3%19.4%

Widowed Marital Status by Tract#16

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
5.2%6.4%7.7%8.9%10.1%11.4%

Never Married Marital Status by Tract#17

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
15.6%18.5%21.5%24.4%27.3%30.3%
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Map of Marital Status by Block Group in Nicholas County

Married Marital Status by Block Group#18

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
40%47%54%61%68%75%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Block Group#19

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
3.8%7.6%11.3%15.1%18.8%22.6%

Widowed Marital Status by Block Group#20

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
0.0%3.6%7.2%10.9%14.5%18.2%

Never Married Marital Status by Block Group#21

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
4%11%18%24%31%38%
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Marital Status by Place in Nicholas County

There are 9 places that are fully or partially contained within Nicholas County (8 fully and 1 partially). This section compares all 9 of those to each other, Nicholas County, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Nicholas County.

Married by Place#22

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Nicholas County, selected places in Nicholas County, and entities that contain Nicholas County
0%20%40%60%80%Count#BelvaFenwickNicholas CoNicholasDixieNettieCraigsvilleRichwoodWest VirginiaSummersvilleUnited StatesSouthSouth AtlanticBirch RiverTioga83.333333%83.333333%83%115169.767442%69.767442%70%90258.234169%58.234169%58%12,47912.5k58.234169%58.234169%58%12,47912.5k56.603774%56.603774%57%120353.414264%53.414264%53%352452.205398%52.205398%52%793552.009598%52.009598%52%867649.990960%49.990960%50%765,942766k48.618281%48.618281%49%1,601748.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.295823%47.295823%47%24,135,51924.1M18.421053%18.421053%18%1480.000000%0.000000%0%09
Count number of this marital status
# rank of place out of 9 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County Subdivision in Nicholas County

There are 7 county subdivisions in Nicholas County. This section compares all 7 of those to each other, Nicholas County, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Nicholas County.

Married by County Subdivision#26

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Nicholas County, selected county subdivisions in Nicholas County, and entities that contain Nicholas County
0%20%40%60%Count#HamiltonKentuckyJeffersonWildernessNicholas CoNicholasBeaverSummersvilleWest VirginiaUnited StatesSouthSouth AtlanticGrant68.959276%68.959276%69%1,524167.674750%67.674750%68%2,372263.983051%63.983051%64%755362.426036%62.426036%62%1,688458.234169%58.234169%58%12,47912.5k58.234169%58.234169%58%12,47912.5k53.923263%53.923263%54%3,120553.066038%53.066038%53%2,475649.990960%49.990960%50%765,942766k48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.295823%47.295823%47%24,135,51924.1M39.492754%39.492754%39%5457
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county subdivision out of 7 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County in West Virginia

There are 55 counties in West Virginia. This section compares Nicholas County to the 50 most populous counties in West Virginia and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Nicholas County. The least populous of the compared counties has a population of 8,363.

Married by County#30

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Nicholas County, selected other counties in West Virginia, and entities that contain Nicholas County
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#Nicholas CoNicholasMonroeWyomingPutnamJacksonMarshallPocahontasMingoHardyClayMasonWebsterJeffersonRoaneLewisBooneRandolphLoganBraxtonUpshurPrestonBerkeleySummersFayetteTylerGrantGreenbrierMarionBarbourWoodHarrisonMorganHancockRaleighWest VirginiaTaylorMercerBrookeLincolnRitchieWetzelWayneUnited StatesDoddridgeSouthKanawhaSouth AtlanticMcDowellMineralOhioGilmerCabellHampshireMonongalia58.234169%58.234169%58%12,47912.5k58.234169%58.234169%58%12,47912.5k157.986851%57.986851%58%6,527256.997155%56.997155%57%10,61810.6k356.171027%56.171027%56%25,82825.8k455.950044%55.950044%56%13,39513.4k555.915535%55.915535%56%15,06715.1k655.168204%55.168204%55%4,067755.098993%55.098993%55%11,43811.4k854.350805%54.350805%54%6,346953.989398%53.989398%54%3,9721053.643977%53.643977%54%12,04212.0k1153.522665%53.522665%54%3,9201253.497274%53.497274%53%24,03924.0k1353.349584%53.349584%53%6,3471453.047703%53.047703%53%7,2061552.846368%52.846368%53%10,23010.2k1652.806205%52.806205%53%13,00313.0k1752.640428%52.640428%53%15,34115.3k1852.494219%52.494219%52%6,3561952.410438%52.410438%52%10,66510.7k2052.185869%52.185869%52%14,80214.8k2152.042405%52.042405%52%45,80245.8k2252.023425%52.023425%52%5,9522351.817963%51.817963%52%19,36819.4k2451.329189%51.329189%51%3,8812551.228638%51.228638%51%5,0662651.174244%51.174244%51%15,27515.3k2751.172735%51.172735%51%24,17424.2k2851.091827%51.091827%51%7,1832950.912488%50.912488%51%36,23936.2k3050.864097%50.864097%51%28,75528.8k3150.446489%50.446489%50%7,4573250.261573%50.261573%50%12,68212.7k3350.078522%50.078522%50%32,20732.2k3449.990960%49.990960%50%765,942766k49.804535%49.804535%50%7,0073549.670627%49.670627%50%25,33525.3k3649.569673%49.569673%50%9,9643749.182679%49.182679%49%8,5753849.110577%49.110577%49%4,0863948.919892%48.919892%49%6,5224048.833441%48.833441%49%16,57716.6k4148.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.899160%47.899160%48%3,3634247.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.859591%47.859591%48%75,39875.4k4347.295823%47.295823%47%24,135,51924.1M46.846266%46.846266%47%7,9994446.410837%46.410837%46%10,65510.7k4545.634638%45.634638%46%16,63216.6k4643.227781%43.227781%43%3,2494742.489377%42.489377%42%34,19834.2k4842.347955%42.347955%42%8,2934938.028328%38.028328%38%33,72233.7k50
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 Nicholas County to the 50 most populous counties in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Nicholas County. The least populous of the compared counties has a population of 941,618.

Married by County#34

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Nicholas County, selected other counties in the United States, and entities that contain Nicholas County
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#Nicholas CoNicholasFairfaxSanta ClaraMontgomeryNassauOaklandSalt LakeContra CostaWakeSuffolkFairfieldOrangeHonoluluWest VirginiaMiddlesexWestchesterKingTarrantAlamedaSt. LouisRiversideUnited StatesSouthSouth AtlanticSan DiegoHarrisHennepinPalm BeachMaricopaQueensAlleghenySan BernardinoMecklenburgSacramentoPimaDallasHillsboroughBexarClarkFresnoTravisBrowardOrangeLos AngelesFranklinCookMiami-DadeCuyahogaKingsWayneFultonMilwaukeeNew YorkBronxPhiladelphia58.234169%58.234169%58%12,47912.5k58.234169%58.234169%58%12,47912.5k55.728918%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%405,114405k1249.990960%49.990960%50%765,942766k49.887583%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%463,578464k2247.008209%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 Nicholas 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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Cities:
Richwood, Summersville
Districts:
Beaver, Grant, Hamilton, Jefferson, Kentucky, Summersville, Wilderness
Unincorporated Places:
Belva, Birch River, Craigsville, Dixie, Fenwick, Nettie, Tioga
ZIP Codes:
25043, 25059, 25063, 25111, 25125, 25981, 26202, 26205, 26208, 26261, 26610, 26617, 26651, 26656, 26660, 26662, 26676, 26678, 26679, 26680, 26681, 26684, 26690, 26691
Unified School District:
Nicholas County
Congressional District:
WV-3
State Senate District:
WV-11
State House Districts:
WV-32, WV-41, WV-44
Neighboring Counties:
Braxton, Clay, Fayette, Greenbrier, Kanawha, Webster
Nearby Counties:
Alleghany, Calhoun, Gilmer, Lewis, Monroe, Pocahontas, Raleigh, Roane, Summers, Upshur