Unmarried Majority Cities
 

The 2000 Census and the 2005 American Community Survey show that most households in these cities are headed by unmarried adults.

State City % of households headed by
unmarried adults
2000 Census
% of households headed by
unmarried adults
2005 ACS
  State City % of households headed by
unmarried adults
2000 Census
% of households
headed by
unmarried adults
2005 ACS
Alaska Anchorage 48.9 51.5   California Compton 52.5 55.6
  Fairbanks 52.8       Costa Mesa 57.2 60.0
Alabama Birmingham 68.9 71.5     El Segundo 58.5  
  Huntsville 54.5 58.7     Fresno 53.9 55.7
  Mobile 58.9 64.0     Hawthorne 61.4 60.4
  Montgomery 57.6 59.8     Inglewood 61.4 61.6
  Tuscaloosa 65.0       Long Beach 60.8 61.0
Arkansas Conway 51.0       Los Angeles 58.0 60.8
  Fayetteville 62.3 63.9     Modesto 48.5 50.7
  Fort Smith 52.9 58.8     Newport Beach 57.5 54.9
  Hot Springs 59.8       Oakland 66.0 66.0
  Jonesboro 51.1       Palm Springs 66.0  
  Little Rock 59.5 65.2     Pasadena 58.8 59.3
  North Little Rock 58.1       Riverside 49.8 50.4
Arizona Flagstaff 56.0       Sacramento 61.6 63.1
  Glendale 46.5 50.4     San Bernardino 55.1 58.0
  Mesa 47.3 51.8     San Diego 55.4 56.5
  Phoenix 53.1 58.1     San Francisco 64.8 68.3
  Prescott 51.7       San Mateo 53.1 54.6
Scottsdale 50.4 52.2     Santa Barbara 60.4 60.8
  Sedona 51.0       Santa Monica 72.5 75.1
  Tempe 61.6 60.0     Santa Rosa 53.1 56.3
  Tucson 60.3 63.6     Stockton 51.9 56.6
  Yuma 43.2 55.9   West Hollywood 83.6  
California Alameda 56.3 57.2    
  Berkeley 71.7 69.5          
  Burbank 57.2 58.1          
  Chico --    69.4          
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