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Unmarried Adults
92 million
Number of unmarried adults in the United States in March 2006.
At that time, 60%
of unmarried Americans 18 and older had never been married.
Another 25 percent were divorced, and 15 percent were widowed.
Source:
Facts for Features released by Census Bureau on July 21, 2008. But
when data for the entire year of 2006 is considered, the number of unmarried
adults was tabulated at 100 million. (See
Column One commentary.)
48% and 44%
The proportions of American women and men, respectively, who were 15 and over
and unmarried in 2000. These percentages were up from 40 percent and 35 percent,
respectively, in 1970. http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01-113.html
25.1 and 26.8
The estimated U.S. median ages at first marriage in 2000 for women and men,
respectively. The age for women equaled the 20th century high reached
in 1999 and is up
4.3 years since 1970. The age for men, even though it dipped
0.3 years since reaching a 20th century high in 1996, was still up
3.6 years from 1970.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01-113.html
Older Adults
Women 65 and over were more likely than men in this age group to be unmarried.
For example, among those in the 65- to 84-year-old age group, 26 percent of
men and
55 percent of women were not married and living with their spouse.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01-96.html
Never
Married
13.3 million
The number of people, ages 25 to 34 in 2000, who had never been married; this
number represents 35 percent of all people in this age group. The total of never-been-marrieds
among the 35-to-44 age bracket was 6.9 million or 15 percent. http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01-113.html
More than three times
The proportional increase of never married women ages 30 to 34 during the period
1970 to 2000 (from 6 percent to 22 percent). Men experienced a similarly dramatic
increase
in singleness, from 9 percent to 30 percent. Indeed, young, single
adults are much more common today than a generation ago.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01-113.html
Widowed
13.9 million
The number of widowed people in 2000, of which 2.6 million were men and
11.3 million were women. (QT-02. Profile
of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000)
Divorced
19.8 million
The number of currently divorced people in 2000, of which 8.5 million were
men and 11.3 million were women. (QT-02. Profile
of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000)
Single Parents
12 million
The number of single parents in 2000. The number of single mothers
increased between 1970 and 2000, from 3 million to 10 million; over the same
time frame, the number of
single fathers increased also, from 393,000 to 2 million.
(Single mothers and fathers include all those who are not currently living with
a spouse.)
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01-113.html
5.8 million
Number of never-married mothers age 15 to 44 in 2000. They represented
23 percent of all never-married women in this age group.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01-170.html
43%
Percent of single mothers living with children under 18 in 2000 who
had never married.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01-113.html
2.0 million
Number of single fathers in 2000. Among these fathers, 45 percent were
divorced; 34 percent had never married; 17 percent were married with an absent
spouse;
and 4 percent were widowed.
13.5 million
Number of live births to unmarried women in 2000.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/unmarry.htm
33.2%
Percent of all births occurring to unmarried women in 2000.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/unmarry.htm
Households
55.9 million
The number of households in 2005 -- now a majority of all households
in the nation -- which are headed by
unmarried adults.
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=01000US&-ds_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_&-_lang=en&-mt_name=ACS_2005_EST_G2000_B11001&-format=&-CONTEXT=dt
31 million
The number of households in 2000 -- about 3 in 10 -- maintained by
women with no husband present. <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01-113.html
26.7 million
The number of one-person households in 2000. The proportion of households
consisting of one person living alone increased from 17 percent in 1970 to 26
percent in 2000.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01-113.html
5.5 million
The number of unmarried partner (same and opposite sex) households in 2000.
http://factfinder.census.gov/bf/_lang=en_vt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1_geo_id=01000US.html
3.8 million
Number of opposite-sex cohabitating couples who maintained households in 2000.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01-113.html
Voting
35%
The percent of voters in the 2000 presidential election who were unmarried.
Nearly 37 million voters were divorced, widowed, or never married. Married
individuals
(67 percent) are more likely to vote than widowed (59 percent),
divorced (54 percent), separated (46 percent), and never married individuals
(44 percent). Separated
and never-married individuals are generally younger,
which also influences their voting patterns. http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2002/cb02-31.html
Employment
42%
The percent of the workforce in February 2002, ages 16 and over, which was
unmarried. Nearly 57 million of the 133.3 million people employed that
month
were unmarried.
http://www.bls.census.gov/cps/pub/empsit_feb2002.htm
63%
The percent of unemployed people in February 2002 who were unmarried.
Married people have a lower unemployment rate that do unmarried people.
For example,
in February 2002, the overall unemployment rate for people 16 years
and older was 5.5 percent, whereas for married men it was 3.4 percent and for
married women
it was 3.8 percent.
http://www.bls.census.gov/cps/pub/empsit_feb2002.htm
Health Insurance
27.4 million
The number of unmarried adults who had no health insurance in 2000. Of
the 38 million adults who were not covered by health insurance during any time
in 2000,
only about 10.6 million were men and women living with their spouses.
Adults under the age of 65 who are not married have an uninsured rate overall
about twice
that of married non-elderly adults, which is about 13 percent. (See
e-mail from Institute of Medicine.)
http://ferret.bls.census.gov/macro/032001/health/h01_001.htm