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State

1. California
2. Massachusetts
3. New York
4. Illinois

5. Rhode Island
6. Connecticut
7. Delaware
8. Georgia
9. Hawaii
10. Arizona
11. Colorado
12. Michigan
13. Florida
14. Nevada
15. New Jersey
16. Mississippi
17. Louisiana
18. Maryland
19. Alabama
20. Alaska
21. Pennsylvania
22. Vermont
23. Indiana
24. Ohio
25. New Mexico

% Unmarried

48.1
47.5*
46.7*
46.7*

46.0
45.9
45.4
45.3
44.9
44.3
44.0
44.0
43.7
43.7
43.6
43.6
43.5*
43.5
43.4
43.4
43.0
42.9
42.6
42.5
42.2

State

26. Wisconsin
27. Minnesota
28. Washington
29. South Carolina
30. Virginia
31. Missouri
32. Tennessee
33. Oregon
34. Texas
35. Maine
36. Iowa
37. North Carolina
38. Arkansas
39. New Hampshire
40. Kansas
41. Kentucky
42. West Virginia
43. Nebraska
44. North Dakota
45. South Dakota
46. Oklahoma
47. Montana
48. Utah
49. Idaho
50. Wyoming

% Unmarried

41.9
41.6
41.5
41.5
41.2
41.0
40.8
40.8
40.7
40.7
40.5
40.3
40.3
40.2
40.2
40.0
39.8
39.7
39.5
39.5
39.0
38.9
38.1
37.8
37.6

* A majority of women are unmarried.

 

Data is based on the 1990 Census, ST-1, "Marital Status for States." Internet Release Date: July 27, 1998

 

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