Unmarried Majority Cities

The 2000 Census and American Community Surveys 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
 

% of households headed by
unmarried adults
2008 ACS

 

  State City % of households headed by
unmarried adults
2000 Census
% of households
headed by
unmarried adults
2005 ACS
% of households
headed by
unmarried adults
2008 ACS
Iowa Cedar Rapids 51.6 55.3 58.3   Indiana Anderson 58.6    
  Davenport 54.0 53.5 58.8     Bloomington 70.8 72.5 74.0
  Des Moines 56.3 56.2 59.3     Evansville 59.2 59.3 63.9
  Iowa City 64.8   62.0     Fort Wayne 58.1 56.5 59.5
  Mason 52.6         Gary 69.8 73.3 73.8
  Sioux City 50.9 53.8 57.8     Hammond 56.9 63.4 62.0
  Waterloo 54.0 57.9 57.4     Indianapolis 59.3 60.5 62.3
Idaho Boise 51.3 51.7 54.1     Muncie 63.6 59.0 69.0
  Coeur d' Alene 52.3         South Bend 61.0 66.4 64.1
Illinois Aurora     50.5            
  Bloomington 53.7 52.1 55.7   Kansas Hutchinson 50.7    
  Champaign 65.6 70.1 65.6     Kansas City 58.8 57.6 60.2
  Chicago 64.9 66.4 67.7     Lawrence 62.0 63.8 67.0
  Decatur 55.9 59.8 62.0     Manhattan 60.4    
              Salina 50.2    
  Evanston 59.6 57.5 52.1     Topeka 58.2 59.3 63.5
  Oak Park Village 57.9         Wichita 52.7 55.0 57.4
Peoria 58.4 62.0 65.2   Kentucky Bowling Green 61.5    
  Rockford 56.2 60.6 61.3     Covington 65.7    
  Springfield 58.9 62.7 59.0   Frankfort 61.1    
  Urbana 67.8         Louisville 68.4 59.0  
  Waukegan 50.5 55.1 53.0     Owensboro 55.3    
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