Marital Status in Reading, Pennsylvania (City)

Marital Status#1

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of Pennsylvania and Reading
Female Male
Pennsylvania
Reading
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40%20%0%20%40%FMNever MarriedMarriedSeparated/DivorcedWidowed-45.298341%-30.517988%-45.298341%45%45.298341%6.401394%30.517988%6.014360%51.699735%52%15,39615.4k16,36416.4k-28.227610%-46.126466%-28.227610%28%28.227610%2.936298%46.126466%3.763403%31.163907%31%9,5949,864-15.398711%-3.537384%-10.525239%-2.350821%-18.936095%19%15.398711%10.525239%15.398711%15%6,4364,874-1.737647%-5.800308%-3.052544%-7.426942%-7.537955%8%1.737647%3.052544%1.737647%2%2,562550

Detailed Marital Status#2

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of Pennsylvania and Reading
Female Male
Pennsylvania
Reading
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40%20%0%20%40%FMNever MarriedNow MarriedSeparatedAbsent SpouseWidowedDivorced-45.298341%-30.517988%-45.298341%45%45.298341%6.401394%30.517988%6.014360%51.699735%52%15,39615.4k16,36416.4k-24.535130%-44.382546%-24.535130%25%24.535130%3.889614%44.382546%3.347394%28.424744%28%8,3398,997-4.498926%-1.603228%-1.917255%-0.451064%-6.102154%6%4.498926%1.917255%4.498926%4%2,0741,424-2.739163%-0.953316%-1.743920%-3.692480%4%2.739163%1.743920%0.416009%2.739163%3%1,255867-1.737647%-5.800308%-3.052544%-7.426942%-7.537955%8%1.737647%3.052544%1.737647%2%2,562550-10.899785%-1.934156%-8.607984%-1.899757%-12.833941%13%10.899785%8.607984%10.899785%11%4,3623,450

The Married by Sex and Age#4

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Pennsylvania and Reading
Female
Male
0%10%20%30%40%50%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1711.298%11.3%49.825%49.8%25.632%25.6%52.081%52.1%32.424%32.4%48.350%48.3%37.838%37.8%51.607%51.6%41.127%41.1%38.696%38.7%37.771%37.8%44.137%44.1%39.463%39.5%42.633%42.6%36.333%36.3%42.389%42.4%37.817%37.8%44.331%44.3%39.570%39.6%27.958%28.0%26.020%26.0%24.251%24.3%11.292%11.3%8.899%8.90%1.594%1.59%2.564%2.56%0.000%0%0.000%0%

The Divorced1 by Sex and Age#5

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Pennsylvania and Reading
Female
Male
0%10%20%30%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 176.870%6.87%3.158%3.16%19.224%19.2%21.238%21.2%27.235%27.2%32.670%32.7%36.073%36.1%27.555%27.6%35.699%35.7%35.799%35.8%31.951%32.0%28.566%28.6%27.445%27.4%25.214%25.2%25.653%25.7%16.266%16.3%25.498%25.5%13.754%13.8%17.748%17.7%15.113%15.1%8.887%8.89%4.723%4.72%2.893%2.89%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.447%0.45%

The Never Married by Sex and Age#6

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Pennsylvania and Reading
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%100%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1710.382%10.4%10.526%10.5%7.209%7.21%11.099%11.1%14.167%14.2%15.388%15.4%14.286%14.3%17.279%17.3%20.146%20.1%23.176%23.2%23.583%23.6%24.683%24.7%29.167%29.2%30.548%30.5%35.773%35.8%41.344%41.3%36.582%36.6%41.588%41.6%42.682%42.7%56.928%56.9%65.093%65.1%71.026%71.0%85.816%85.8%91.101%91.1%98.406%98.4%97.436%97.4%100.000%100%99.553%99.6%

The Widowed by Sex and Age#7

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Pennsylvania and Reading
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1771.450%71.5%36.491%36.5%47.936%47.9%15.582%15.6%26.174%26.2%3.592%3.59%11.804%11.8%3.559%3.56%3.027%3.03%2.328%2.33%6.695%6.69%2.614%2.61%3.926%3.93%1.604%1.60%2.240%2.24%0.000%0%0.103%0.10%0.327%0.33%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%

The Married by Age#8

Percentage of age cohort. Gray areas represent percentile bands from the places in Pennsylvania.
Scope: population of Pennsylvania and Reading
Reading
Pennsylvania
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 - 172169041,8521,5851,5362,1412,2892,1902,1851,9961,694799710

Marital Status by Race#9

Percentage of each ethno-racial group.
Scope: population of Pennsylvania and Reading
Reading
Pennsylvania
Divorced
Widowed
Separated
Married
Never Married
60%40%20%0%20%40%60%CountAsian2White1White HispanicOther2Mixed2Black2-47.200000%-1.440000%-2.720000%-32.839396%-1.304386%-3.597158%-51.360000%51%44.160000%4.480000%58.406776%3.852284%48.640000%49%625-42.545033%-2.664110%-16.640597%-29.161137%-1.766688%-9.794811%-61.849740%62%29.860235%8.290025%51.840618%7.436746%38.150260%38%19,81919.8k-49.806774%-6.904978%-8.320073%-46.533089%-4.092941%-8.325771%-65.031825%65%31.461696%3.506479%38.156669%2.891529%34.968175%35%17,59617.6k-51.342827%-7.349708%-8.974482%-51.065341%-4.505088%-9.240468%-67.667017%68%29.714231%2.618752%32.176596%3.012508%32.332983%32%10,46310.5k-52.179515%-6.946532%-9.244149%-56.356907%-2.888460%-8.718079%-68.370195%68%29.085248%2.544557%29.156773%2.879781%31.629805%32%9,314-51.604244%-4.218331%-15.761217%-55.524783%-4.180724%-10.344756%-71.583791%72%24.415186%4.001023%23.902918%6.046820%28.416209%28%7,823

Map of Marital Status by Tract in Reading

Married Marital Status by Tract#10

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
15%22%29%36%43%51%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Tract#11

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
8.1%12.7%17.1%21.6%26.1%30.6%

Widowed Marital Status by Tract#12

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
1.3%3.3%5.2%7.1%9.1%11.0%

Never Married Marital Status by Tract#13

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
23%31%38%46%54%62%
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Map of Marital Status by Block Group in Reading

Married Marital Status by Block Group#14

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
2%13%24%35%46%57%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Block Group#15

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
2%12%22%32%41%52%

Widowed Marital Status by Block Group#16

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
0.0%2.9%5.8%8.7%11.5%14.5%

Never Married Marital Status by Block Group#17

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
22%31%39%48%57%66%
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Marital Status by Place in the Reading Area

There are 85 places in the Reading Area. This section compares Reading to all of the places in the Reading Area and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Reading.

Married by Place#18

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Reading, selected other places in the Reading Area, and entities that contain Reading
0%50%100%Count#FrystownVirginvilleSchubertFox ChaseMontrose MnrPennwynBethelAlleghenyvilleRiverview PkLincoln ParkBaumstownColony ParkJacksonwaldMuhlenberg PkMount AetnaWhitfieldReifftonStrausstownKemptonBlandonEdenburgNew SchaefferstownOleyLoraneFleetwoodShartlesvilleW WyomissingMohrsvilleDaubervilleGrillSouth TempleSpring RidgeMorgantownRehrersburgWyomissingReading AreaBerksSt. LawrenceUnited StatesPennsylvaniaCenterportNortheastMiddle AtlanticHamburgTempleShillingtonWest LawnReadingReadingMertztownDouglassvilleNew MorganKutztown Univ100.000000%100.000000%100%236182.075472%82.075472%82%174276.978417%76.978417%77%107371.137521%71.137521%71%838470.612245%70.612245%71%346568.273717%68.273717%68%439667.658730%67.658730%68%341767.456897%67.456897%67%626865.571672%65.571672%66%1,537965.465214%65.465214%65%7811064.556962%64.556962%65%2041163.979417%63.979417%64%7461263.554217%63.554217%64%1,6881362.982341%62.982341%63%9631462.962963%62.962963%63%2211562.222222%62.222222%62%2,3241660.642782%60.642782%61%2,3021760.273973%60.273973%60%1321860.000000%60.000000%60%601959.114583%59.114583%59%3,6322058.573388%58.573388%59%4272158.083832%58.083832%58%972257.700422%57.700422%58%5472357.540799%57.540799%58%2,0452457.290687%57.290687%57%1,8272556.637168%56.637168%57%2562656.359649%56.359649%56%1,5422756.210526%56.210526%56%2672855.508475%55.508475%56%3932955.483871%55.483871%55%6883055.112400%55.112400%55%7603153.643216%53.643216%54%4273751.783518%51.783518%52%4214350.781250%50.781250%51%1304950.557872%50.557872%51%4,4865149.043668%49.043668%49%164,952165k49.043668%49.043668%49%164,952165k48.423707%48.423707%48%7685548.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.950206%47.950206%48%5,064,1675.06M46.875000%46.875000%47%1206146.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M46.534090%46.534090%47%15,835,43215.8M43.578888%43.578888%44%1,5446741.614907%41.614907%42%5367341.270208%41.270208%41%1,7877432.426920%32.426920%32%4777929.643510%29.643510%30%19,45819.5k29.643510%29.643510%30%19,45819.5k8123.119266%23.119266%23%1268219.577465%19.577465%20%139838.064516%8.064516%8%5841.653109%1.653109%2%6385

Marital Status by Place in Pennsylvania

There are 1,761 places in Pennsylvania. This section compares Reading to the 50 most populous places in Pennsylvania and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Reading. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 14,002.

Married by Place#22

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Reading, selected other places in Pennsylvania, and entities that contain Reading
0%20%40%60%Count#Franklin ParkUpper St. ClairMurrysvillePlumBethel ParkAllison ParkKing of PrussiaHorshamHermitageWillow GroveLevittownBaldwinMonroevilleReading AreaBerksUnited StatesPennsylvaniaDrexel HillNortheastMiddle AtlanticHersheyHanoverWest MifflinLansdaleFullertonPottstownAltoonaChambersburgPhoenixvilleHazletonCarlisleScrantonBethlehemErieNew CastleEastonGreensburgAllentownNorristownLebanonLancasterWilliamsportJohnstownPittsburghWilkes-BarreReadingReadingPhiladelphiaMcKeesportYorkHarrisburgWilkinsburgBloomsburgWest ChesterChesterIndianaState College71.016072%71.016072%71%7,821166.885865%66.885865%67%10,27310.3k263.761088%63.761088%64%10,78210.8k360.238168%60.238168%60%13,75913.8k456.970480%56.970480%57%15,43915.4k556.901252%56.901252%57%10,22810.2k654.759065%54.759065%55%9,182754.593624%54.593624%55%6,388854.466754%54.466754%54%7,487952.256382%52.256382%52%6,6121050.180924%50.180924%50%21,63421.6k1149.502413%49.502413%50%8,3071249.237742%49.237742%49%11,95012.0k1349.043668%49.043668%49%164,952165k49.043668%49.043668%49%164,952165k48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.950206%47.950206%48%5,064,1675.06M47.407829%47.407829%47%10,82710.8k1446.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M46.534090%46.534090%47%15,835,43215.8M46.243981%46.243981%46%5,7621545.406275%45.406275%45%5,6441644.828184%44.828184%45%7,7621744.728220%44.728220%45%6,0071844.604666%44.604666%45%5,5061944.371160%44.371160%44%7,8712042.723425%42.723425%43%15,74715.7k2140.649102%40.649102%41%6,5882240.214458%40.214458%40%5,5132338.094045%38.094045%38%7,5992437.891593%37.891593%38%5,9632536.625339%36.625339%37%23,21923.2k2636.466793%36.466793%36%23,17123.2k2735.400913%35.400913%35%28,60528.6k2835.144691%35.144691%35%6,4612934.679410%34.679410%35%7,7293034.505512%34.505512%35%4,2883133.802137%33.802137%34%31,50931.5k3233.028421%33.028421%33%8,7743332.961202%32.961202%33%6,5843432.482668%32.482668%32%15,27415.3k3532.283101%32.283101%32%7,6953630.983063%30.983063%31%5,0493730.957951%30.957951%31%81,90781.9k3830.356178%30.356178%30%10,10810.1k3929.643510%29.643510%30%19,45819.5k29.643510%29.643510%30%19,45819.5k4029.523746%29.523746%30%374,491374k4128.731992%28.731992%29%4,6274228.257617%28.257617%28%9,4424328.096055%28.096055%28%10,64710.6k4423.716201%23.716201%24%3,2194522.592537%22.592537%23%3,0034621.580070%21.580070%22%3,8464717.606838%17.606838%18%4,7384815.860318%15.860318%16%2,0624915.542187%15.542187%16%6,25250

Marital Status by Place in the Northeast

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

Married by Place#26

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Reading, selected other places in the Northeast, and entities that contain Reading
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#NewtonToms RiverWarwickReading AreaBerksUnited StatesPennsylvaniaCliftonNashuaStamfordNorwalkNortheastNew RochelleMiddle AtlanticDanburyQuincyCranstonCheektowagaYonkersJersey CityManchesterNew YorkLynnPawtucketFall RiverBrocktonScrantonBethlehemNew BedfordElizabethLowellWaterburyErieNew BritainWorcesterAllentownPatersonBridgeportLawrenceCambridgeSomervillePittsburghSpringfieldProvidenceReadingReadingTrentonPhiladelphiaBostonNew HavenNewarkBuffaloSyracuseAlbanyHartfordRochesterCamden55.195022%55.195022%55%39,73639.7k152.312540%52.312540%52%38,01538.0k249.792229%49.792229%50%34,86934.9k349.043668%49.043668%49%164,952165k49.043668%49.043668%49%164,952165k48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.950206%47.950206%48%5,064,1675.06M47.926287%47.926287%48%33,73133.7k447.872782%47.872782%48%34,59034.6k547.708686%47.708686%48%49,87849.9k647.315482%47.315482%47%34,52834.5k746.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M46.538491%46.538491%47%30,49930.5k846.534090%46.534090%47%15,835,43215.8M45.364071%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%53,26653.3k2933.802137%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%19,45819.5k29.643510%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 Reading to the 50 most populous places in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Reading. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 383,899.

Married by Place#30

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Reading, selected other places in the United States, and entities that contain Reading
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#San JoseColorado SpgsVirginia BchReading AreaBerksUnited StatesPennsylvaniaMesaWichitaNortheastEl PasoMiddle AtlanticOklahoma CityFort WorthArlingtonOmahaSan DiegoJacksonvilleTulsaLas VegasCharlotteAlbuquerqueSan AntonioLouisvilleHoustonPhoenixPortlandRaleighSeattleSacramentoFresnoAustinNashville-DavidsonDallasKansas CityNew YorkSan FranciscoDenverIndianapolisLos AngelesOaklandLong BeachColumbusTucsonChicagoMiamiMinneapolisMemphisMilwaukeeReadingReadingPhiladelphiaBostonWashingtonAtlantaBaltimoreClevelandDetroit50.903201%50.903201%51%412,320412k150.736762%50.736762%51%182,422182k250.005906%50.005906%50%182,041182k349.043668%49.043668%49%164,952165k49.043668%49.043668%49%164,952165k48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.950206%47.950206%48%5,064,1675.06M47.775129%47.775129%48%179,151179k446.960737%46.960737%47%142,222142k546.822987%46.822987%47%21,647,11421.6M46.558929%46.558929%47%243,560244k646.534090%46.534090%47%15,835,43215.8M46.457813%46.457813%46%224,637225k745.965381%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%774,654775k3934.130003%34.130003%34%124,981125k4034.058799%34.058799%34%114,098114k4131.639052%31.639052%32%163,211163k4230.116551%30.116551%30%140,104140k4329.643510%29.643510%30%19,45819.5k29.643510%29.643510%30%19,45819.5k29.523746%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 Reading 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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