Marital Status of the Population by Sex, 1900-2010
Updated October 31, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
(numbers are in thousands)
The following table shows the number and percent distribution of men and women in the United States who never married, married, divorced, or widowed from 1900 to 2010.
| Males | Females | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Never married |
Married | Widowed | Divorced | Total | Never married |
Married | Widowed | Divorced | |
| 1900 | 25,493.0 | 10,262.0 | 13,919.0 | 1,173.0 | 84.0 | 24,176.0 | 7,549.0 | 13,781.0 | 2,706.0 | 114.0 |
| 1910 | 32,311.0 | 12,521.0 | 18,065.0 | 1,467.0 | 156.0 | 29,993.0 | 8,918.0 | 17,664.0 | 3,167.0 | 185.0 |
| 1920 | 36,828.0 | 12,940.0 | 21,820.0 | 1,754.0 | 234.0 | 35,122.0 | 9,601.0 | 21,295.0 | 3,909.0 | 273.0 |
| 1930 | 43,829.0 | 14,938.0 | 26,311.0 | 2,023.0 | 489.0 | 42,795.0 | 11,294.0 | 26,156.0 | 4,728.0 | 572.0 |
| 1940 | 49,336.0 | 16,377.0 | 30,191.0 | 2,144.0 | 624.0 | 49,362.0 | 12,752.0 | 30,087.0 | 5,700.0 | 823.0 |
| 1950 | 53,511.0 | 13,319.0 | 36,859.0 | 2,262.0 | 1,070.0 | 56,055.0 | 10,379.0 | 37,570.0 | 6,734.0 | 1,373.0 |
| 1960 | 59,913.0 | 13,919.0 | 42,623.0 | 2,072.0 | 1,299.0 | 63,616.0 | 10,990.0 | 42,891.0 | 7,880.0 | 1,855.0 |
| 1970 | 69,349.0 | 18,315.0 | 46,981.0 | 2,128.0 | 1,925.0 | 75,861.0 | 15,604.0 | 47,644.0 | 9,610.0 | 3,002.0 |
| 1980 | 83,836.0 | 25,132.0 | 52,009.0 | 2,156.0 | 4,539.0 | 91,420.0 | 21,027.0 | 52,497.0 | 11,318.0 | 6,577.0 |
| 1990 | 93,817.0 | 28,805.0 | 55,678.0 | 2,378.0 | 6,957.0 | 101,325.0 | 23,755.0 | 55,821.0 | 12,122.0 | 9,627.0 |
| 2000 | 107,027.0 | 32,381.0 | 62,692.0 | 2,699.0 | 9,255.0 | 114,121.0 | 27,532.0 | 62,309.0 | 11,975.0 | 12,305.0 |
| 2002 | 106,819.0 | 34,229.0 | 61,268.0 | 2,636.0 | 8,686.0 | 114,639.0 | 28,861.0 | 62,103.0 | 11,408.0 | 12,268.0 |
| 2004 | 103,641.0 | 29,561.0 | 62,483.0 | 2,641.0 | 8,956.0 | 110,883.0 | 23,655.0 | 63,282.0 | 11,141.0 | 12,804.0 |
| 2006 | 106,256.0 | 30,345.0 | 63,632.0 | 2,623.0 | 9,654.0 | 113,443.0 | 24,994.0 | 64,062.0 | 11,284.0 | 13,104.0 |
| 2009 | 109,973.0 | 32,444.0 | 64,772.0 | 2,808.0 | 9,949.0 | 116,889.0 | 26,655.0 | 65,499.0 | 11,437.0 | 13,298.0 |
| 2010 | 111,120.0 | 33,748.0 | 64,437.0 | 2,968.0 | 9,966.0 | 118,000.0 | 27,792.0 | 65,096.0 | 11,364.0 | 13,748.0 |
| Percent distribution | ||||||||||
| 1900 | 100.0% | 40.3% | 54.6% | 4.6% | 0.3% | 100.0% | 31.2% | 57.0% | 11.2% | 0.5% |
| 1910 | 100.0 | 38.8 | 55.9 | 4.5 | 0.5 | 100.0 | 29.7 | 58.9 | 10.6 | 0.6 |
| 1920 | 100.0 | 35.1 | 59.2 | 4.8 | 0.6 | 100.0 | 27.3 | 60.6 | 11.1 | 0.8 |
| 1930 | 100.0 | 34.1 | 60.0 | 4.6 | 1.1 | 100.0 | 26.4 | 61.1 | 11.0 | 1.3 |
| 1940 | 100.0 | 33.2 | 61.2 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 100.0 | 25.8 | 61.0 | 11.5 | 1.7 |
| 1950 | 100.0 | 24.9 | 68.9 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 100.0 | 18.5 | 67.0 | 12.0 | 2.4 |
| 1960 | 100.0 | 23.2 | 71.1 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 100.0 | 17.3 | 67.4 | 12.4 | 2.9 |
| 1970 | 100.0 | 26.4 | 67.7 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 100.0 | 20.6 | 62.8 | 12.7 | 4.0 |
| 1980 | 100.0 | 30.0 | 62.0 | 2.6 | 5.4 | 100.0 | 23.0 | 57.4 | 12.4 | 7.2 |
| 1990 | 100.0 | 30.7 | 59.3 | 2.5 | 7.4 | 100.0 | 23.4 | 55.1 | 12.0 | 9.5 |
| 2000 | 100.0 | 30.3 | 58.6 | 2.5 | 8.6 | 100.0 | 24.1 | 54.6 | 10.5 | 10.8 |
| 2002 | 100.0 | 32.0 | 57.4 | 2.5 | 8.1 | 100.0 | 25.2 | 54.2 | 10.0 | 10.7 |
| 2004 | 100.0 | 28.5 | 60.3 | 2.5 | 8.6 | 100.0 | 21.3 | 57.1 | 10.0 | 11.5 |
| 2006 | 100.0 | 28.6 | 59.9 | 2.5 | 9.1 | 100.0 | 22.0 | 56.5 | 9.9 | 11.6 |
| 2009 | 100.0 | 29.5 | 58.9 | 2.6 | 9.0 | 100.0 | 22.8 | 56.0 | 9.8 | 11.4 |
| 2010 | 100.0 | 30.4 | 58.0 | 2.7 | 9.0 | 100.0 | 23.6 | 55.2 | 9.6 | 11.7 |
Source: Statistical Abstract of the United States.
| Percent Never Married, 1970-2006 | Marital Status | Characteristics of Unmarried Partners and Married Spouses, 2000 |
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