Marital Status in New England (Division)

Marital Status#1

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of the United States and New England
Female Male
United States
New England
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
0%FMNever MarriedMarriedSeparated/DivorcedWidowed-31.544345%-29.988272%-31.544345%32%31.544345%5.742900%29.988272%6.223969%37.287244%37%1,992,1261.99M2,195,0052.20M-45.727175%-46.394064%-45.727175%46%45.727175%3.941444%46.394064%3.422116%49.668620%50%2,887,8172.89M2,923,8652.92M-10.480563%-3.427096%-11.380058%-3.239645%-13.907659%14%10.480563%11.380058%10.480563%10%878,313878k616,964617k-2.563573%-6.257248%-2.591522%-6.406440%-8.820821%9%2.563573%2.591522%2.563573%3%557,063557k150,911151k
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 the United States and New England
Female Male
United States
New England
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
40%20%0%20%40%FMNever MarriedNow MarriedSeparatedAbsent SpouseWidowedDivorced-31.544345%-29.988272%-31.544345%32%31.544345%5.742900%29.988272%6.223969%37.287244%37%1,992,1261.99M2,195,0052.20M-43.652807%-43.902027%-43.652807%44%43.652807%3.623320%43.902027%3.003516%47.276126%47%2,756,8142.76M2,783,0252.78M-1.280045%-0.484838%-1.763851%-0.629056%-1.764883%2%1.280045%1.763851%1.280045%1%111,458111k75,35375.4k-2.074369%-2.492037%-2.074369%2%2.074369%0.318125%2.492037%0.418600%2.392494%2%131,003131k140,840141k-2.563573%-6.257248%-2.591522%-6.406440%-8.820821%9%2.563573%2.591522%2.563573%3%557,063557k150,911151k-9.200517%-2.942258%-9.616207%-2.610589%-12.142775%12%9.200517%9.616207%9.200517%9%766,855767k541,611542k
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 the United States and New England
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1714.794%14.8%52.028%52.0%37.015%37.0%69.108%69.1%54.179%54.2%72.103%72.1%60.868%60.9%69.952%70.0%62.512%62.5%67.695%67.7%63.162%63.2%65.136%65.1%63.258%63.3%64.888%64.9%64.222%64.2%64.928%64.9%61.863%61.9%59.606%59.6%52.437%52.4%46.074%46.1%28.952%29.0%20.003%20.0%5.929%5.93%3.519%3.52%1.025%1.02%0.533%0.53%0.462%0.46%0.430%0.43%
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 the United States and New England
Female
Male
0%5%10%15%20%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 177.475%7.48%6.111%6.11%13.114%13.1%10.231%10.2%19.719%19.7%14.899%14.9%21.392%21.4%16.928%16.9%22.055%22.1%17.743%17.7%21.756%21.8%17.831%17.8%21.147%21.1%16.205%16.2%17.766%17.8%12.975%13.0%13.477%13.5%9.742%9.74%9.119%9.12%5.877%5.88%3.968%3.97%2.377%2.38%0.786%0.79%0.409%0.41%0.067%0.07%0.033%0.03%0.046%0.05%0.102%0.10%
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 the United States and New England
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%100%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 176.719%6.72%5.354%5.35%6.349%6.35%5.515%5.51%7.682%7.68%7.323%7.32%9.772%9.77%10.653%10.7%10.733%10.7%12.826%12.8%12.326%12.3%15.901%15.9%13.867%13.9%18.293%18.3%17.235%17.2%21.772%21.8%24.095%24.1%30.432%30.4%38.189%38.2%47.972%48.0%66.946%66.9%77.569%77.6%93.259%93.3%96.055%96.1%98.891%98.9%99.387%99.4%99.467%99.5%99.460%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 the United States and New England
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1771.012%71.0%36.507%36.5%43.522%43.5%15.146%15.1%18.419%18.4%5.674%5.67%7.968%7.97%2.467%2.47%4.701%4.70%1.736%1.74%2.757%2.76%1.132%1.13%1.729%1.73%0.614%0.61%0.778%0.78%0.325%0.33%0.566%0.57%0.221%0.22%0.255%0.25%0.077%0.08%0.134%0.13%0.052%0.05%0.025%0.02%0.017%0.02%0.018%0.02%0.046%0.05%0.025%0.03%0.008%0.01%
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 divisions.
Scope: population of the United States and New England
New England
United States
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 - 1792,69192.7k340,081340k801,604802k609,271609k701,687702k728,395728k672,085672k607,298607k516,530517k452,191452k235,474235k48,40448.4k3,4852,486
Count number of married in age cohort in New England

Marital Status by Race#9

Percentage of each ethno-racial group.
Scope: population of the United States and New England
New England
United States
Divorced
Widowed
Separated
Married
Never Married
60%40%20%0%20%40%60%CountAsian2White1White HispanicOther2Black2Mixed2-34.370290%-0.983057%-4.111998%-31.075139%-1.227492%-5.153514%-39.465345%39%57.336600%3.198055%58.040953%4.502902%60.534655%61%536,795537k-30.916982%-1.143727%-11.227772%-27.497734%-1.503107%-11.839085%-43.288481%43%50.239637%6.471882%52.464224%6.695849%56.711519%57%9,620,3869.62M-47.359817%-3.304350%-9.770192%-39.828659%-3.166008%-8.730185%-60.434358%60%36.827317%2.738325%44.624326%3.650823%39.565642%40%591,493591k-49.609912%-4.241000%-9.950126%-43.683693%-3.474691%-8.388056%-63.801038%64%33.378502%2.820460%41.276992%3.176567%36.198962%36%441,311441k-51.410053%-3.567157%-10.619192%-49.328840%-3.967824%-11.963014%-65.596402%66%30.191584%4.212014%29.070650%5.669672%34.403598%34%763,269763k-54.997388%-2.417507%-9.438527%-50.607227%-2.348082%-10.054102%-66.853422%67%30.174832%2.971746%33.774374%3.216215%33.146578%33%248,810249k
Count number of people of given race
1non-Hispanic 2including Hispanic

Map of Marital Status by State in New England

Married Marital Status by State#10

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
44.5%46.0%47.5%48.9%50.4%51.9%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by State#11

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
11.3%12.1%12.9%13.7%14.4%15.2%

Widowed Marital Status by State#12

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
5.49%5.66%5.83%6.00%6.16%6.34%

Never Married Marital Status by State#13

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
27.9%29.7%31.4%33.2%34.9%36.6%
Road Data ©OpenStreetMap

Loading...

Failed to load :-(

Map of Marital Status by County in New England

Married Marital Status by County#14

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
30%36%42%48%54%60%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by County#15

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
9.5%11.3%13.2%15.0%16.8%18.7%

Widowed Marital Status by County#16

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
4.3%5.1%5.9%6.7%7.5%8.4%

Never Married Marital Status by County#17

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
21%28%34%41%48%55%
Road Data ©OpenStreetMap

Loading...

Failed to load :-(

Marital Status by Place in New England

There are 773 places in New England. This section compares the 50 most populous of those to each other, New England, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with New England. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 44,636.

Married by Place#18

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of New England, selected places in New England, and entities that contain New England
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#NewtonWest HartfordMilfordMethuen TownWarwickPeabodyFraminghamStratfordUnited StatesNashuaStamfordNew EnglandNorwalkNortheastMaldenWeymouth TownDanburyBrooklineQuincyBristolCranstonTauntonE ProvidenceHaverhillMedfordMeridenChicopeeManchesterRevereEverettWalthamLynnMiddletownPawtucketEast HartfordFall RiverBrocktonNew BedfordWest HavenLowellPortlandWaterburyNew BritainWorcesterBridgeportLawrenceCambridgeSomervilleSpringfieldProvidenceBostonNew HavenHartford55.195022%55.195022%55%39,73639.7k151.151567%51.151567%51%26,49626.5k250.917161%50.917161%51%22,48422.5k350.533070%50.533070%51%20,23920.2k449.792229%49.792229%50%34,86934.9k549.302567%49.302567%49%21,87921.9k649.096078%49.096078%49%28,84128.8k748.947628%48.947628%49%21,81421.8k848.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.872782%47.872782%48%34,59034.6k947.708686%47.708686%48%49,87849.9k1047.628680%47.628680%48%5,811,6825.81M47.315482%47.315482%47%34,52834.5k1146.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M46.271469%46.271469%46%23,57323.6k1245.874848%45.874848%46%21,50221.5k1345.364071%45.364071%45%31,40631.4k1445.102851%45.102851%45%22,60622.6k1545.010998%45.010998%45%36,21936.2k1644.517731%44.517731%45%22,40822.4k1744.426997%44.426997%44%30,27330.3k1844.131125%44.131125%44%20,70520.7k1943.994626%43.994626%44%17,35517.4k2042.646625%42.646625%43%21,67621.7k2142.550763%42.550763%43%21,24921.2k2241.538311%41.538311%42%21,17021.2k2341.153284%41.153284%41%19,41919.4k2440.787890%40.787890%41%37,61537.6k2540.242672%40.242672%40%17,94317.9k2640.020994%40.020994%40%14,48814.5k2739.292977%39.292977%39%21,64121.6k2839.097828%39.097828%39%28,20428.2k2938.733970%38.733970%39%15,58515.6k3038.517223%38.517223%39%22,24122.2k3138.485850%38.485850%38%16,07416.1k3237.852823%37.852823%38%27,85427.9k3337.149652%37.149652%37%27,64927.6k3436.379554%36.379554%36%28,04928.0k3535.936475%35.936475%36%16,42816.4k3635.774308%35.774308%36%31,75931.8k3735.642128%35.642128%36%20,39320.4k3835.527374%35.527374%36%30,48030.5k3935.129097%35.129097%35%20,59920.6k4034.956260%34.956260%35%53,26653.3k4133.142369%33.142369%33%38,76038.8k4232.811712%32.811712%33%20,17120.2k4331.922562%31.922562%32%31,26431.3k4431.327914%31.327914%31%22,39122.4k4530.829076%30.829076%31%37,17037.2k4630.080780%30.080780%30%43,68043.7k4729.130336%29.130336%29%165,206165k4828.087631%28.087631%28%29,78329.8k4924.360365%24.360365%24%24,02224.0k50
Count number of this marital status
# rank of place out of 50 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by Metro Area in New England

There are 27 metro areas in New England. This section compares all 27 of those to each other, New England, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with New England.

Married by Metro Area#22

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of New England, selected metro areas in New England, and entities that contain New England
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#Laconia AreaTorringtonBarnstable TownManchesterConcord AreaPortland AreaBerlin AreaBridgeportBenningtonClaremontBarre AreaLewiston AreaRutland AreaAugusta AreaNorwich AreaUnited StatesGreenfield TownWorcesterBangor AreaKeene AreaNew EnglandBurlingtonHartford AreaBoston AreaNortheastVineyard HavenProvidencePittsfieldNew HavenSpringfield53.780342%53.780342%54%27,40727.4k153.724859%53.724859%54%84,08884.1k253.260631%53.260631%53%99,68199.7k351.453964%51.453964%51%171,547172k451.063521%51.063521%51%63,25863.3k551.029190%51.029190%51%224,358224k650.944077%50.944077%51%16,94416.9k750.910406%50.910406%51%387,194387k850.421015%50.421015%50%15,50915.5k950.267215%50.267215%50%92,83592.8k1049.217644%49.217644%49%24,34624.3k1148.967908%48.967908%49%42,93842.9k1248.775928%48.775928%49%25,04425.0k1348.690800%48.690800%49%49,29749.3k1448.153009%48.153009%48%109,342109k1548.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.885714%47.885714%48%28,91128.9k1647.868734%47.868734%48%366,158366k1747.681071%47.681071%48%61,75761.8k1847.661573%47.661573%48%30,84830.8k1947.628680%47.628680%48%5,811,6825.81M47.426114%47.426114%47%86,01286.0k2047.207221%47.207221%47%474,831475k2147.118464%47.118464%47%1,851,0711.85M2246.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M45.437782%45.437782%45%6,6532345.186148%45.186148%45%605,329605k2445.060591%45.060591%45%49,64149.6k2544.477981%44.477981%44%317,265317k2641.090411%41.090411%41%215,112215k27
Count number of this marital status
# rank of metro area out of 27 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by State in New England

There are 6 states in New England. This section compares all 6 of those to each other, New England, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with New England.

Married by State#26

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of New England, selected states in New England, and entities that contain New England
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#New HampshireMaineVermontUnited StatesConnecticutNew EnglandNortheastMassachusettsRhode Island51.878856%51.878856%52%576,565577k150.515780%50.515780%51%564,970565k249.375284%49.375284%49%260,504261k348.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.905195%47.905195%48%1,418,3091.42M447.628680%47.628680%48%5,811,6825.81M46.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M46.385590%46.385590%46%2,599,0632.60M544.532426%44.532426%45%392,271392k6
Count number of this marital status
# rank of state out of 6 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County in New England

There are 67 counties in New England. This section compares the 50 most populous of those to each other, New England, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with New England. The least populous of the compared counties has a population of 39,717.

Married by County#30

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of New England, selected counties in New England, and entities that contain New England
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#CarrollRockinghamHancockAroostookBelknapLitchfieldBarnstableYorkFranklinWindsorNorfolkMiddlesexBristolHillsboroughMerrimackFairfieldSomersetPlymouthKnoxSullivanWashingtonMiddlesexKentWashingtonNewportCumberlandAndroscogginWindhamRutlandKennebecEssexNew LondonUnited StatesWorcesterFranklinGraftonPenobscotCheshireNew EnglandStraffordNortheastWindhamHartfordBristolOxfordTollandChittendenBerkshireNew HavenHampdenProvidenceHampshireSuffolk59.655567%59.655567%60%24,52524.5k155.756580%55.756580%56%139,760140k254.907600%54.907600%55%25,58225.6k354.366986%54.366986%54%32,01432.0k453.780342%53.780342%54%27,40727.4k553.724859%53.724859%54%84,08884.1k653.260631%53.260631%53%99,68199.7k752.949188%52.949188%53%89,03389.0k852.886005%52.886005%53%20,86320.9k952.541765%52.541765%53%24,90924.9k1052.091033%52.091033%52%296,249296k1151.977316%51.977316%52%72,31572.3k1251.913870%51.913870%52%21,57821.6k1351.453964%51.453964%51%171,547172k1451.063521%51.063521%51%63,25863.3k1550.910406%50.910406%51%387,194387k1650.856069%50.856069%51%21,92121.9k1750.778142%50.778142%51%210,384210k1850.725453%50.725453%51%17,13117.1k1950.633612%50.633612%51%18,30018.3k2050.583816%50.583816%51%54,80254.8k2149.887583%49.887583%50%649,460649k2249.700008%49.700008%50%69,00269.0k2349.217644%49.217644%49%24,34624.3k2449.214979%49.214979%49%34,66934.7k2549.201901%49.201901%49%119,044119k2648.967908%48.967908%49%42,93842.9k2748.871307%48.871307%49%18,09918.1k2848.775928%48.775928%49%25,04425.0k2948.690800%48.690800%49%49,29749.3k3048.358170%48.358170%48%305,009305k3148.153009%48.153009%48%109,342109k3248.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M48.022225%48.022225%48%320,569321k3347.885714%47.885714%48%28,91128.9k3447.776982%47.776982%48%36,67636.7k3547.681071%47.681071%48%61,75761.8k3647.661573%47.661573%48%30,84830.8k3747.628680%47.628680%48%5,811,6825.81M47.460417%47.460417%47%50,17850.2k3846.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M46.816529%46.816529%47%45,58945.6k3946.519500%46.519500%47%343,032343k4046.441339%46.441339%46%213,058213k4146.086902%46.086902%46%22,24222.2k4245.996814%45.996814%46%59,48459.5k4345.330254%45.330254%45%61,63661.6k4445.060591%45.060591%45%49,64149.6k4544.477981%44.477981%44%317,265317k4641.917433%41.917433%42%160,304160k4740.680032%40.680032%41%212,220212k4838.848605%38.848605%39%54,80854.8k4930.466987%30.466987%30%200,031200k50
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county out of 50 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by Division in the United States

There are 10 divisions in the United States. This section compares New England to all of the divisions in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with New England.

Married by Division#34

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of New England, selected other divisions in the United States, and entities that contain New England
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#West North CentralMountainWest South CentralEast North CentralEast South CentralUnited StatesNew EnglandPacificSouth AtlanticNortheastMiddle Atlantic51.461869%51.461869%51%8,666,3128.67M149.555906%49.555906%50%9,123,4519.12M248.707119%48.707119%49%14,691,67414.7M348.446718%48.446718%48%18,331,77818.3M448.285867%48.285867%48%7,332,9257.33M548.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.628680%47.628680%48%5,811,6825.81M647.451114%47.451114%47%19,842,16119.8M747.295823%47.295823%47%24,135,51924.1M846.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M46.534090%46.534090%47%15,835,43215.8M9
Count number of this marital status
# rank of division out of 9 by percentage of this marital status

Definitions

This page reports on the marital status of the residents of New England 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.

More Topics to Explore

Demographics

Income

Education

More Maps to Explore

States:
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
Major Metro Areas:
Augusta Area, Bangor Area, Barnstable Town Area, Barre Area, Bennington Area, Berlin Area, Boston Area, Bridgeport Area, Burlington Area, Claremont Area, Concord Area, Greenfield Town Area, Hartford Area, Keene Area, Laconia Area, Lewiston Area, Manchester Area, New Haven Area, Norwich Area, Pittsfield Area, Portland Area, Providence Area, Rutland Area, Springfield Area, Torrington Area, Vineyard Haven Area, Worcester Area
Major Counties:
Androscoggin, Aroostook, Barnstable, Belknap, Berkshire, Bristol, Bristol, Carroll, Cheshire, Chittenden, Cumberland, Essex, Fairfield, Franklin, Franklin, Grafton, Hampden, Hampshire, Hancock, Hartford, Hillsborough, Kennebec, Kent, Knox, Litchfield, Merrimack, Middlesex, Middlesex, New Haven, New London, Newport, Norfolk, Oxford, Penobscot, Plymouth, Providence, Rockingham, Rutland, Somerset, Strafford, Suffolk, Sullivan, Tolland, Washington, Washington, Windham, Windham, Windsor, Worcester, York
Major Cities:
Boston, Bridgeport, Bristol, Brockton, Cambridge, Chicopee, Cranston, Danbury, East Providence, Everett, Fall River, Hartford, Haverhill, Lawrence, Lowell, Lynn, Malden, Manchester, Medford, Meriden, Methuen Town, Middletown, Nashua, New Bedford, New Britain, New Haven, Newton, Norwalk, Pawtucket, Peabody, Portland, Providence, Quincy, Revere, Somerville, Springfield, Stamford, Taunton, Waltham, Warwick, Waterbury, West Haven, Weymouth Town, Worcester
Major Place:
Milford
Major Unincorporated Places:
Brookline, East Hartford, Framingham, Stratford, West Hartford
Neighboring Divisions:
Middle Atlantic