The U.S. Census Bureau reported on August 26, 2004, that 134 members of the United States House of Representatives have districts in which the majority of households are headed by unmarried adults.  That is up from 113 members as reported by the full 2000 Census for the redrawn districts for the 108th Congress. The "unmarried majority" households in these districts consist of a variety of living arrangements, including solo singles, roommates, unmarried partners, single parents, and unmarried relatives sharing a house or apartment.  The table below has links to website pages for those members who had "unmarried majority" districts in 2000 as well as those who have joined the "unmarried majority" Congressional club more recently.

If you are not sure who your U.S. Representative is, click here to find out.    To see a list of Senators representing "unmarried majority" states, click here.











 

State

District

Representative Main District Office Percent Households
Headed by Unmarried
per 2000
full Census
Percent Households
Headed by Unmarried
per 2002
Census survey
Percent Households
Headed by Unmarried
per 2003
Census survey

Click on the names of Congress members for more information on them and their districts.

Illinois 1 Bobby Rush (D) Chicago 63.9 69.4 67.4
  2 Jesse Jackson Jr. (D) Homewood 56.9 62.7 61.8
  4 Luis Gutierrez (D) Chicago 51.8 51.3 54.6
  5 Rahm Emanuel (D) Chicago 58.2 57.1 55.5
  7 Danny Davis (D) Chicago 70.1 70.6 74.4
  9 Janice Schakowsky (D) Chicago 55.9 58.1 57.8
  12 Jerry Costello (D) Belleville 50.1 n/a n/a
Indiana 7 Julia Carson (D) Indianapolis 61.9 65.8 64.4
Kentucky 3 Ann Northrup (R) Louisville 54.7 56.0 54.8
Louisiana 2 William Jefferson (D) New Orleans 64.4 64.3 67.0
  4 Jim McCrery (R) Shreveport 50.3 n/a n/a
Maryland 2 C.A. Ruppersberger (D) Timonium 53.6 56.6 57.6
  3 Benjamin Cardin (D) Baltimore 51.7 54.6 53.6
  4 Albert Wynn (D) Largo 52.9 50.1 56.8
  7 Elijah Cummings (D) Baltimore 63.0 63.7 61.9
Massachusetts 1 John Olver (D) Pittsfield   50.5 50.7
  3         51.8
  7         53.2
  8 Michael Capuano (D) Cambridge 72.0 70.1 72.1
Michigan 5 Dale Kildee (D) Flint 51.4 n/a n/a
  12 Sander Levin (D) Sterling Heights 52.8 54.9 56.6
  13 Carolyn Kilpatrick (D) Detroit 68.3 68.7 71.5
  14 John Conyers (D) Detroit 63.1 68.2 64.3
  15         51.0
n/a means that no updated information was released by the Census Bureau for the 2002 or 2003 American Community Survey    

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