Marital Status in Worcester, Massachusetts (City)

Marital Status#1

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of Massachusetts and Worcester
Female Male
Massachusetts
Worcester
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40%20%0%20%40%FMNever MarriedMarriedSeparated/DivorcedWidowed-41.053956%-33.984239%-41.053956%41%41.053956%7.924805%33.984239%5.426624%48.978761%49%32,30732.3k36,09036.1k-34.147457%-44.348990%-34.147457%34%34.147457%1.672588%44.348990%4.245318%35.820045%36%26,87226.9k26,39426.4k-12.016014%-3.950896%-9.508780%-3.575676%-15.966910%16%12.016014%9.508780%12.016014%12%12,56512.6k8,854-3.185180%-5.646497%-2.486049%-6.096266%-8.831677%9%3.185180%2.486049%3.185180%3%6,9502,347

Detailed Marital Status#2

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of Massachusetts and Worcester
Female Male
Massachusetts
Worcester
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40%20%0%20%40%FMNever MarriedNow MarriedSeparatedAbsent SpouseWidowedDivorced-41.053956%-33.984239%-41.053956%41%41.053956%7.924805%33.984239%5.426624%48.978761%49%32,30732.3k36,09036.1k-30.730424%-42.029467%-30.730424%31%30.730424%2.049653%42.029467%3.934409%32.780077%33%24,18324.2k24,15424.2k-2.148334%-0.592663%-1.523400%-0.548075%-2.740997%3%2.148334%1.523400%2.148334%2%2,1571,583-3.039967%-0.377066%-2.319522%-3.417033%3%3.039967%2.319522%0.310909%3.039967%3%2,6892,240-3.185180%-5.646497%-2.486049%-6.096266%-8.831677%9%3.185180%2.486049%3.185180%3%6,9502,347-9.867680%-3.358233%-7.985379%-3.027601%-13.225913%13%9.867680%7.985379%9.867680%10%10,40810.4k7,271

The Married by Sex and Age#4

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Massachusetts and Worcester
Female
Male
0%10%20%30%40%50%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1715.468%15.5%43.453%43.5%32.905%32.9%59.613%59.6%38.815%38.8%56.721%56.7%44.552%44.6%57.326%57.3%52.813%52.8%56.721%56.7%50.086%50.1%53.597%53.6%43.987%44.0%45.378%45.4%54.203%54.2%52.245%52.2%52.912%52.9%48.150%48.1%42.949%42.9%33.314%33.3%26.985%27.0%17.422%17.4%7.738%7.74%3.119%3.12%3.302%3.30%0.754%0.75%0.561%0.56%0.341%0.34%

The Divorced1 by Sex and Age#5

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Massachusetts and Worcester
Female
Male
0%5%10%15%20%25%30%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 179.428%9.43%9.055%9.06%11.740%11.7%8.629%8.63%25.769%25.8%19.492%19.5%30.388%30.4%23.221%23.2%25.960%26.0%23.700%23.7%28.482%28.5%22.724%22.7%31.144%31.1%23.946%23.9%23.789%23.8%16.616%16.6%18.456%18.5%12.992%13.0%12.472%12.5%7.639%7.64%4.774%4.77%1.898%1.90%1.276%1.28%0.296%0.30%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%

The Never Married by Sex and Age#6

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Massachusetts and Worcester
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%100%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 177.542%7.54%7.948%7.95%10.664%10.7%9.846%9.85%11.938%11.9%13.480%13.5%13.418%13.4%16.000%16.0%15.092%15.1%19.278%19.3%18.565%18.6%20.661%20.7%20.699%20.7%28.611%28.6%21.414%21.4%30.943%30.9%27.628%27.6%37.818%37.8%44.578%44.6%58.549%58.5%68.241%68.2%80.342%80.3%90.895%90.9%96.585%96.6%96.698%96.7%99.246%99.2%99.439%99.4%99.659%99.7%

The Widowed by Sex and Age#7

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Massachusetts and Worcester
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1767.562%67.6%39.544%39.5%44.691%44.7%21.912%21.9%23.477%23.5%10.307%10.3%11.642%11.6%3.453%3.45%6.135%6.13%0.301%0.30%2.867%2.87%3.017%3.02%4.171%4.17%2.066%2.07%0.594%0.59%0.197%0.20%1.005%1.00%1.041%1.04%0.000%0%0.498%0.50%0.000%0%0.337%0.34%0.090%0.09%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%

The Married by Age#8

Percentage of age cohort. Gray areas represent percentile bands from the places in Massachusetts.
Scope: population of Massachusetts and Worcester
Worcester
Massachusetts
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 - 171,1513,0725,4014,7556,2206,3415,1675,8425,3425,2693,4581,04417727

Marital Status by Race#9

Percentage of each ethno-racial group.
Scope: population of Massachusetts and Worcester
Worcester
Massachusetts
Divorced
Widowed
Separated
Married
Never Married
60%40%20%0%20%40%CountAsian2White1Black2White HispanicOther2Mixed2-40.800223%-0.668400%-6.321946%-35.782394%-1.035487%-3.975363%-47.790568%48%47.642035%4.567397%56.007713%3.199042%52.209432%52%10,77210.8k-41.860366%-1.642627%-12.015041%-33.134047%-1.347403%-10.007622%-55.518035%56%36.993204%7.488762%49.092642%6.418286%44.481965%44%93,87493.9k-47.456442%-4.796730%-13.051194%-51.116142%-4.100762%-10.119707%-65.304367%65%30.640998%4.054635%30.499909%4.163479%34.695633%35%18,59618.6k-53.258313%-3.814610%-11.602772%-49.897992%-4.043445%-9.432516%-68.675695%69%26.969292%4.355013%33.977496%2.648550%31.324305%31%15,72915.7k-52.217050%-6.406173%-11.807937%-51.411715%-4.542962%-9.345092%-70.431161%70%26.543361%3.025478%31.985158%2.715074%29.568839%30%8,164-61.803966%-2.116705%-9.591915%-55.231504%-2.684211%-8.479470%-73.512586%74%24.790236%1.697178%30.582429%3.022385%26.487414%26%5,244

Map of Marital Status by Tract in Worcester

Married Marital Status by Tract#10

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
0%12%24%35%46%58%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Tract#11

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
0.0%4.8%9.6%14.4%19.2%24.1%

Widowed Marital Status by Tract#12

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
0.0%3.5%7.1%10.6%14.1%17.7%

Never Married Marital Status by Tract#13

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
26%41%56%70%84%99%
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Map of Marital Status by Block Group in Worcester

Married Marital Status by Block Group#14

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
0%15%29%43%57%71%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Block Group#15

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
0%9%18%27%36%46%

Widowed Marital Status by Block Group#16

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
0%8%16%24%32%41%

Never Married Marital Status by Block Group#17

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
15%32%49%66%82%99%
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Marital Status by Place in the Worcester Area

There are 46 places in the Worcester Area. This section compares Worcester to all of the places in the Worcester Area and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Worcester.

Married by Place#18

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Worcester, selected other places in the Worcester Area, and entities that contain Worcester
0%20%40%60%Count#CordavilleNorthboroughSturbridgeS AshburnhamWestboroughPetershamQuinebaugN BrookfieldRutlandN Grosvenor DaleS WoodstockWaureganFiskdaleUptonMilfordHopedaleE BrookfieldOxfordWhitinsvilleEast BrooklynUnited StatesWorcesterWorcesterLunenburgNew EnglandS LancasterMoosupBaldwinvilleNortheastPlainfield VlgMassachusettsLeominsterW BrookfieldSpencerSouthbridge TownSouth WindhamClintonFitchburgWinchendonGardnerBrookfieldWebsterWarrenEast DouglasAtholPutnamBarreWorcesterWorcesterBrooklynDanielsonWillimanticDevens67.286064%67.286064%67%1,376159.870811%59.870811%60%2,966258.521363%58.521363%59%1,219357.810219%57.810219%58%396455.975395%55.975395%56%1,911554.326923%54.326923%54%113653.761755%53.761755%54%686753.468962%53.468962%53%1,025851.984127%51.984127%52%1,048951.977921%51.977921%52%5651051.872146%51.872146%52%5681151.489362%51.489362%51%4841251.383812%51.383812%51%9841351.362021%51.362021%51%1,3011450.931950%50.931950%51%10,41110.4k1550.871424%50.871424%51%1,5471650.153531%50.153531%50%4901749.918765%49.918765%50%2,4581848.700306%48.700306%49%2,5481948.145344%48.145344%48%6362048.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M48.022225%48.022225%48%320,569321k47.868734%47.868734%48%366,158366k47.762999%47.762999%48%7902147.628680%47.628680%48%5,811,6825.81M47.472809%47.472809%47%7422247.246184%47.246184%47%1,4242347.049090%47.049090%47%8532446.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M46.400000%46.400000%46%8122546.385590%46.385590%46%2,599,0632.60M45.700727%45.700727%46%15,40815.4k2645.333333%45.333333%45%4762743.728956%43.728956%44%2,0782841.795847%41.795847%42%5,7162941.349810%41.349810%41%4353040.610484%40.610484%41%2,4483140.331542%40.331542%40%13,21113.2k3239.739190%39.739190%40%1,1583339.290203%39.290203%39%6,5653439.082278%39.082278%39%2473538.312724%38.312724%38%3,8423636.277303%36.277303%36%3823736.051282%36.051282%36%7033835.716357%35.716357%36%2,4633935.573053%35.573053%36%2,0334035.321970%35.321970%35%3734134.956260%34.956260%35%53,26653.3k34.956260%34.956260%35%53,26653.3k4233.112583%33.112583%33%3004332.990901%32.990901%33%1,1244422.115838%22.115838%22%3,2804518.536009%18.536009%19%31446

Marital Status by Place in Massachusetts

There are 246 places in Massachusetts. This section compares Worcester to the 50 most populous places in Massachusetts and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Worcester. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 28,575.

Married by Place#22

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Worcester, selected other places in Massachusetts, and entities that contain Worcester
0%20%40%60%Count#LexingtonNeedhamFranklin TownWellesleyNewtonArlingtonGloucesterBarnstable TownMarlboroughMethuen TownBraintree TownAttleboroAgawam TownPeabodyNorwoodWoburnFraminghamUnited StatesWorcesterWorcesterNew EnglandNortheastMassachusettsMaldenWatertown TownWeymouth TownLeominsterBrooklineQuincyWestfieldTauntonBeverlyW Springfield TownHaverhillMedfordRandolphChicopeePittsfieldFitchburgRevereEverettWalthamLynnSalemFall RiverBrocktonNew BedfordLowellWorcesterWorcesterHolyokeChelseaLawrenceCambridgeSomervilleSpringfieldBoston64.714657%64.714657%65%16,91916.9k162.391176%62.391176%62%14,76314.8k259.370814%59.370814%59%15,51315.5k355.442915%55.442915%55%12,52412.5k455.195022%55.195022%55%39,73639.7k554.778919%54.778919%55%20,00820.0k652.493551%52.493551%52%13,43113.4k751.515544%51.515544%52%19,86819.9k850.759072%50.759072%51%16,45016.5k950.533070%50.533070%51%20,23920.2k1050.095155%50.095155%50%15,00415.0k1149.751746%49.751746%50%17,73617.7k1249.450822%49.450822%49%11,97612.0k1349.302567%49.302567%49%21,87921.9k1449.183303%49.183303%49%11,92411.9k1549.170649%49.170649%49%16,15616.2k1649.096078%49.096078%49%28,84128.8k1748.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M48.022225%48.022225%48%320,569321k47.868734%47.868734%48%366,158366k47.628680%47.628680%48%5,811,6825.81M46.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M46.385590%46.385590%46%2,599,0632.60M46.271469%46.271469%46%23,57323.6k1846.059460%46.059460%46%13,40113.4k1945.874848%45.874848%46%21,50221.5k2045.700727%45.700727%46%15,40815.4k2145.102851%45.102851%45%22,60622.6k2245.010998%45.010998%45%36,21936.2k2344.184852%44.184852%44%15,48915.5k2444.131125%44.131125%44%20,70520.7k2544.098398%44.098398%44%15,36315.4k2643.045376%43.045376%43%10,16010.2k2742.646625%42.646625%43%21,67621.7k2842.550763%42.550763%43%21,24921.2k2942.374022%42.374022%42%11,96612.0k3041.153284%41.153284%41%19,41919.4k3140.587286%40.587286%41%14,83114.8k3240.331542%40.331542%40%13,21113.2k3340.242672%40.242672%40%17,94317.9k3440.020994%40.020994%40%14,48814.5k3539.292977%39.292977%39%21,64121.6k3639.097828%39.097828%39%28,20428.2k3738.057404%38.057404%38%13,84313.8k3837.852823%37.852823%38%27,85427.9k3937.149652%37.149652%37%27,64927.6k4036.379554%36.379554%36%28,04928.0k4135.774308%35.774308%36%31,75931.8k4234.956260%34.956260%35%53,26653.3k34.956260%34.956260%35%53,26653.3k4333.890954%33.890954%34%10,94010.9k4432.858101%32.858101%33%9,7954532.811712%32.811712%33%20,17120.2k4631.922562%31.922562%32%31,26431.3k4731.327914%31.327914%31%22,39122.4k4830.829076%30.829076%31%37,17037.2k4929.130336%29.130336%29%165,206165k50

Marital Status by Place in the Northeast

There are 4,274 places in the Northeast. This section compares Worcester to the 50 most populous places in the Northeast and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Worcester. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 71,389.

Married by Place#26

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Worcester, selected other places in the Northeast, and entities that contain Worcester
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#NewtonToms RiverWarwickUnited StatesWorcesterCliftonNashuaWorcesterStamfordNew EnglandNorwalkNortheastNew RochelleMassachusettsDanburyQuincyCranstonCheektowagaYonkersJersey CityManchesterNew YorkLynnPawtucketFall RiverBrocktonScrantonBethlehemNew BedfordElizabethLowellWaterburyErieNew BritainWorcesterWorcesterAllentownPatersonBridgeportLawrenceCambridgeSomervillePittsburghSpringfieldProvidenceReadingTrentonPhiladelphiaBostonNew HavenNewarkBuffaloSyracuseAlbanyHartfordRochesterCamden55.195022%55.195022%55%39,73639.7k152.312540%52.312540%52%38,01538.0k249.792229%49.792229%50%34,86934.9k348.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M48.022225%48.022225%48%320,569321k47.926287%47.926287%48%33,73133.7k447.872782%47.872782%48%34,59034.6k547.868734%47.868734%48%366,158366k47.708686%47.708686%48%49,87849.9k647.628680%47.628680%48%5,811,6825.81M47.315482%47.315482%47%34,52834.5k746.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M46.538491%46.538491%47%30,49930.5k846.385590%46.385590%46%2,599,0632.60M45.364071%45.364071%45%31,40631.4k945.010998%45.010998%45%36,21936.2k1044.426997%44.426997%44%30,27330.3k1143.283512%43.283512%43%27,62727.6k1242.240464%42.240464%42%69,21169.2k1341.874304%41.874304%42%89,86189.9k1440.787890%40.787890%41%37,61537.6k1539.360285%39.360285%39%2,736,5012.74M1639.097828%39.097828%39%28,20428.2k1738.517223%38.517223%39%22,24122.2k1837.852823%37.852823%38%27,85427.9k1937.149652%37.149652%37%27,64927.6k2036.625339%36.625339%37%23,21923.2k2136.466793%36.466793%36%23,17123.2k2236.379554%36.379554%36%28,04928.0k2336.185295%36.185295%36%35,78435.8k2435.774308%35.774308%36%31,75931.8k2535.527374%35.527374%36%30,48030.5k2635.400913%35.400913%35%28,60528.6k2735.129097%35.129097%35%20,59920.6k2834.956260%34.956260%35%53,26653.3k34.956260%34.956260%35%53,26653.3k2933.802137%33.802137%34%31,50931.5k3033.269593%33.269593%33%37,92937.9k3133.142369%33.142369%33%38,76038.8k3232.811712%32.811712%33%20,17120.2k3331.922562%31.922562%32%31,26431.3k3431.327914%31.327914%31%22,39122.4k3530.957951%30.957951%31%81,90781.9k3630.829076%30.829076%31%37,17037.2k3730.080780%30.080780%30%43,68043.7k3829.643510%29.643510%30%19,45819.5k3929.607192%29.607192%30%19,79319.8k4029.523746%29.523746%30%374,491374k4129.130336%29.130336%29%165,206165k4228.087631%28.087631%28%29,78329.8k4328.027675%28.027675%28%61,89861.9k4427.953045%27.953045%28%58,60358.6k4526.741756%26.741756%27%31,48231.5k4624.528145%24.528145%25%20,65020.7k4724.360365%24.360365%24%24,02224.0k4823.919951%23.919951%24%40,19740.2k4922.034451%22.034451%22%12,16512.2k50

Marital Status by Place in the United States

There are 29,322 places in the United States. This section compares Worcester to the 50 most populous places in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Worcester. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 383,899.

Married by Place#30

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Worcester, selected other places in the United States, and entities that contain Worcester
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#San JoseColorado SpgsVirginia BchUnited StatesWorcesterWorcesterMesaNew EnglandWichitaNortheastEl PasoOklahoma CityMassachusettsFort WorthArlingtonOmahaSan DiegoJacksonvilleTulsaLas VegasCharlotteAlbuquerqueSan AntonioLouisvilleHoustonPhoenixPortlandRaleighSeattleSacramentoFresnoAustinNashville-DavidsonDallasKansas CityNew YorkSan FranciscoDenverIndianapolisLos AngelesOaklandLong BeachColumbusTucsonChicagoWorcesterWorcesterMiamiMinneapolisMemphisMilwaukeePhiladelphiaBostonWashingtonAtlantaBaltimoreClevelandDetroit50.903201%50.903201%51%412,320412k150.736762%50.736762%51%182,422182k250.005906%50.005906%50%182,041182k348.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M48.022225%48.022225%48%320,569321k47.868734%47.868734%48%366,158366k47.775129%47.775129%48%179,151179k447.628680%47.628680%48%5,811,6825.81M46.960737%46.960737%47%142,222142k546.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M46.558929%46.558929%47%243,560244k646.457813%46.457813%46%224,637225k746.385590%46.385590%46%2,599,0632.60M45.965381%45.965381%46%283,816284k845.908243%45.908243%46%138,019138k944.590793%44.590793%45%155,967156k1043.516736%43.516736%44%494,945495k1142.699143%42.699143%43%294,107294k1242.656314%42.656314%43%134,875135k1342.608360%42.608360%43%208,922209k1442.506557%42.506557%43%272,436272k1542.199784%42.199784%42%189,112189k1642.018657%42.018657%42%474,981475k1741.770669%41.770669%42%206,505207k1841.456165%41.456165%41%728,595729k1941.434087%41.434087%41%499,057499k2040.860277%40.860277%41%213,754214k2140.742721%40.742721%41%146,301146k2240.588351%40.588351%41%235,410235k2340.158552%40.158552%40%155,820156k2439.918085%39.918085%40%154,477154k2539.907888%39.907888%40%295,567296k2639.869326%39.869326%40%209,119209k2739.852215%39.852215%40%397,215397k2839.694400%39.694400%40%150,023150k2939.360285%39.360285%39%2,736,5012.74M3039.306154%39.306154%39%295,734296k3139.068367%39.068367%39%212,453212k3238.533886%38.533886%39%257,789258k3338.528315%38.528315%39%1,238,0031.24M3438.272065%38.272065%38%130,316130k3538.043816%38.043816%38%143,386143k3636.461222%36.461222%36%245,648246k3735.666535%35.666535%36%153,920154k3834.991275%34.991275%35%774,654775k3934.956260%34.956260%35%53,26653.3k34.956260%34.956260%35%53,26653.3k34.130003%34.130003%34%124,981125k4034.058799%34.058799%34%114,098114k4131.639052%31.639052%32%163,211163k4230.116551%30.116551%30%140,104140k4329.523746%29.523746%30%374,491374k4429.130336%29.130336%29%165,206165k4528.183356%28.183356%28%157,791158k4626.937102%26.937102%27%102,973103k4726.884245%26.884245%27%136,972137k4825.309060%25.309060%25%79,70079.7k4922.633004%22.633004%23%122,402122k50

Definitions

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