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Household Trends:
One-person households
Married-couple households
Unmarried-couple
households:
Male-Female couples
Same-sex couples
Family Diversity
Population trends:
Unmarried Americans:
15 years of age and
older
18 years of age
and older
Currently Divorced People
Women 65 Years and Over
Children with Single Parents
Children with Grandparents
Rising Age of First Marriages
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2000 Census -- AASP Report
Background Information -- Historical Trends
Marital Status of
Adults: 1970 - 2010
for 18 years of age and above
"Unmarried America Keeps Growing" |
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| Year |
Total
Adults
18 and Over |
Number
Unmarried |
Percent
Unmarried |
| 2010 projection* |
225,206,000 |
106,190,000 |
47.2 |
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| 2000 |
201,762,000 |
81,551,000 |
40.4 |
| 1999 |
199,700,000 |
80,800,000 |
40.5 |
| 1998 |
197,412,000 |
79,512,000 |
40.3 |
| 1997 |
195,568,000 |
78,934,000 |
40.4 |
| 1996 |
193,166,000 |
76,727,000 |
39.7 |
| 1995 |
191,600,000 |
74,900,000 |
39.1 |
| 1994 |
189,987,000 |
74,846,000 |
39.4 |
| 1990 |
181,800,000 |
69,200,000 |
38.1 |
| 1980 |
159,500,000 |
54,900,000 |
34.4 |
| 1970 |
132,500,000 |
37,500,000 |
28.3 |
| Sources: *Table 63. Marital Status and the Population -- Projections by Age and
Sex: 2000 and 2010.
Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1998, Section 1: Population.
Internet version last revised on 2-16-01.
For this projection only, unmarried includes: all adults except those currently
living with a spouse.
For all previous years, unmarried includes: never married, divorced, and widowed,
but does not include married but separated.
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-us.html
Update for 2000 from Current Population Survey, March 2000.
Ethnic and Hispanic Studies Branch.
Table 2.1. Marital Status of the Population, 15 years and over, by Sex,
Hispanic Origin, and Race: March 2000.
Table 1.1. Population by Sex, Age, Hispanic Origin and Race: March 2000.
Internet Release Date: 3-6-01.
http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/hispanic/p20-535/tab02-1.txt
Table 53. Marital Status of the Population by Sex,
Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1980 - 1999.
Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2000, Section 1: Population.
Internet version last revised on 2-16-01.
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-us.html
Table 62. Marital Status of the Population by Sex,
Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1980 - 1998.
Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1999, Section 1: Population.
Internet version last revised on 2-16-01.
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-us.html
Table 61. Marital Status of the Population by Sex,
Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1980 - 1997.
Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1998, Section 1: Population.
Internet version last revised on 2-16-01.
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-us.html
Table 59. Marital Status of the Population by Sex and
Age: 1996.
Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1997, Section 1: Population.
Internet version last revised on 2-16-01.
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-us.html
Table 58. Marital Status of the Population by Sex,
Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1970 - 1995.
Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1996, Section 1: Population.
Internet version last revised on 2-16-01.
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-us.html
Tables 59. Marital Status of the Population by Sex and
Age: 1994.
Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1995, Section 1: Population.
Internet version last revised on 2-16-01.
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-us.html
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