Marital Status Population

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Table HS-11

Marital Status of the Population by Sex (1900 to 2002)

In thousands (25,493 represents 25,493,000), except percent. Persons 15 years old and over, except as indicated

				1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Marital Status of the Population by Sex (1900 to 2002)¹
Census	Female	Divorced	Number²	114	185	273	572	823	1,373	1,855	3,002	6,577	9,627								12,305
		Divorced	Percent Distribution	0.5	0.6	0.8	1.3	1.7	2.4	2.9	4.0	7.2	9.5								10.8
		Married	Number²	13,781	17,664	21,295	26,156	30,087	37,570	42,891	47,644	52,497	55,821								62,309
		Married	Percent Distribution	57.0	58.9	60.6	61.1	61.0	67.0	67.4	62.8	57.4	55.1								54.6
		Never Married	Number²	7,549	8,918	9,601	11,294	12,752	10,379	10,990	15,604	21,027	23,755								27,532
		Never Married	Percent Distribution	31.2	29.7	27.3	26.4	25.8	18.5	17.3	20.6	23.0	23.4								24.1
		Widowed	Number²	2,706	3,167	3,909	4,728	5,700	6,734	7,880	9,610	11,318	12,122								11,975
		Widowed	Percent Distribution	11.2	10.6	11.1	11.0	11.5	12.0	12.4	12.7	12.4	12.0								10.5
		Total	Number²	24,176	29,993	35,122	42,795	49,362	56,055	63,616	75,861	91,420	101,325								114,121
		Total	Percent Distribution	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0								100.0
	Male	Divorced	Number²	84	156	234	489	624	1,070	1,299	1,925	4,539	6,957								9,255
		Divorced	Percent Distribution	0.3	0.5	0.6	1.1	1.3	2.0	2.2	2.8	5.4	7.4								8.6
		Married	Number²	13,919	18,065	21,820	26,311	30,191	36,859	42,623	46,981	52,009	55,678								62,692
		Married	Percent Distribution	54.6	55.9	59.2	60.0	61.2	68.9	71.1	67.7	62.0	59.3								58.6
		Never Married	Number²	10,262	12,521	12,940	14,938	16,377	13,319	13,919	18,315	25,132	28,805								32,381
		Never Married	Percent Distribution	40.3	38.8	35.1	34.1	33.2	24.9	23.2	26.4	30.0	30.7								30.3
		Widowed	Number²	1,173	1,467	1,754	2,023	2,144	2,262	2,072	2,128	2,156	2,378								2,699
		Widowed	Percent Distribution	4.6	4.5	4.8	4.6	4.3	4.2	3.5	3.1	2.6	2.5								2.5
		Total	Number²	25,493	32,311	36,828	43,829	49,336	53,511	59,913	69,349	83,836	93,817								107,027
		Total	Percent Distribution	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0								100.0
Current Population Survey³	Female	Divorced	Number^{3, 2}						1,373	1,708	2,717	5,966	8,845	9,883	10,129	10,270	10,521	11,116	11,093	11,162	11,309	11,980	12,268
		Divorced	Percent Distribution³						2.4	2.6	3.5	6.6	8.9	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.9	10.4	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.6	10.7
		Married	Number^{3, 2}						37,577	42,583	48,148	52,965	56,797	57,768	58,185	58,984	58,905	58,829	59,333	60,001	60,527	61,889	62,103
		Married	Percent Distribution³						65.8	65.9	61.9	58.9	56.9	56.4	55.9	56.2	55.6	54.9	54.9	54.7	54.7	54.6	54.2
		Never Married	Number^{3, 2}						11,418	12,252	17,167	20,226	22,718	23,534	24,645	24,693	25,528	26,073	26,713	27,520	27,763	28,056	28,861
		Never Married	Percent Distribution³						20.0	19.0	22.1	22.5	22.8	23.0	23.7	23.5	24.1	24.3	24.7	25.1	25.1	24.7	25.2
		Widowed	Number^{3, 2}						6,734	8,064	9,734	10,758	11,477	11,214	11,073	11,082	11,078	11,058	11,029	10,944	11,061	11,526	11,408
		Widowed	Percent Distribution³						11.8	12.5	12.5	12.0	11.5	11.0	10.6	10.6	10.4	10.3	10.2	10.0	10.0	10.2	10.0
		Total	Number^{3, 2}						57,102	64,607	77,766	89,914	99,838	102,400	104,032	105,028	106,031	107,076	108,168	109,628	110,660	113,451	114,639
		Total	Percent Distribution³						100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Male	Divorced	Number^{3, 2}						1,071	1,106	1,567	3,930	6,283	6,778	7,250	7,383	7,768	8,231	8,331	8,556	8,572	8,758	8,686
		Divorced	Percent Distribution³						2.0	1.8	2.2	4.8	6.8	7.1	7.5	7.6	7.9	8.2	8.2	8.4	8.3	8.3	8.1
		Married	Number^{3, 2}						36,866	41,781	47,109	51,813	55,833	56,833	57,068	57,750	57,656	57,923	58,633	59,039	59,684	61,210	61,268
		Married	Percent Distribution³						67.5	69.3	66.8	63.2	60.7	59.9	59.0	59.1	58.5	57.8	58.0	57.9	57.9	58.0	57.4
		Never Married	Number^{3, 2}						14,400	15,274	19,832	24,227	27,505	28,775	30,228	30,286	30,691	31,315	31,591	31,912	32,253	33,077	34,229
		Never Married	Percent Distribution³						26.4	25.3	28.1	29.6	29.9	30.3	31.2	31.0	31.1	31.3	31.2	31.3	31.3	31.3	32.0
		Widowed	Number^{3, 2}						2,264	2,112	2,051	1,977	2,333	2,468	2,222	2,284	2,478	2,690	2,569	2,542	2,604	2,540	2,636
		Widowed	Percent Distribution³						4.1	3.5	2.9	2.4	2.5	2.6	2.3	2.3	2.5	2.7	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.5
		Total	Number^{3, 2}						54,601	60,273	70,559	81,947	91,955	94,854	96,768	97,704	98,593	100,159	101,123	102,048	103,114	105,584	106,819
		Total	Percent Distribution³						100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

Footnotes

¹ Quantities in thousands.

² Thousands

³ Persons 14 years old and over.

Source

U.S. Census Bureau,1900--1950, Census of Population: 1950, Vol. II, Part 1; 1960, U.S. Census of Population: 1960, Vol. I; 1970, U.S. Census of Population: 1970, Vol. I, Part 1; 1980, U.S. Census of Population: 1980, Vol. I, Part 1; 1990, U.S. Census of Population: 1990, General Population Characteristics, (CP-1-1); 2000, American FactFinder, QT-P18, Marital Status by Sex, Unmarried-Partner Households, and Grandparents as Caregivers: 2000, Census 2000 Summary File (SF3) - Sample Data, United States; Current Population Reports, America's Families and Living Arrangements: 2000, Series P20-537, and earlier reports. For 2001 and 2002, see (released 17 July 2002) and (released 12 June 2003).

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