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Unmarried and Single Americans Week: September 17-23, 2023

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Unmarried and Single Americans Week: September 17-23, 2023

Press Release Number CB23-SFS.135

From nationalsinglesday.us, “Did you know that 46.4% of U.S. adults are single according to the U.S. Census Bureau? That’s 117.6 million unmarried Americans – nearly every other adult aged 18 and over. This includes those who are divorced or widowed as well as those who have never married. National Singles Day is observed each year during Unmarried and Single Americans Week.”
 

Note: In this edition of Stats for Stories, unmarried people include those who were never married, widowed or divorced, unless otherwise noted.

Key Stats

Source: Decennial Censuses, 1890 to 1990, and Current Population Survey (CPS), Annual Social and Economic Supplements, 1947-2022.  

web Historical Marital Status Tables (November 2022)
pdf Figure MS-1a. Men's Marital Status (below) [<1.0 MB]
pdf Figure MS-1b. Women's Marital Status (below) [<1.0 MB]
pdf Figure MS-2. Median Age at First Marriage: 1890 to Present [<1.0 MB]

 

 


Note: Click each image above for source information and a note.

More Stats

Source: 2022 Current Population Survey (CPS), Annual Social and Economic Supplement.   

web America’s Families and Living Arrangements: 2022 (all table series)
xls Table A1. Marital Status of People 15 Years and Over, by Age and Sex: 2022 [<1.0 MB]
xls Table UC3. Opposite-Sex Unmarried Couples by Presence of Biological Children Under 18, and Age, Earnings, Education, and Race and Hispanic Origin of Both Partners: 2022 [<1.0 MB]
xls Table 2. Educational Attainment of the Population 25 Years and Over, by Selected Characteristics: 2022 (notice Marital Status) [<1.0 MB]

Source: 2022 Current Population Survey (CPS).  

xls Table 9. Reported Voting and Registration by Marital Status, Age, and Sex: November 2022 [<1.0 MB]

Source: 2021 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year estimates.  

aff Table B10057, Marital Status by Grandparents Living With Own Grandchildren Under 18 Years by Responsibility for Own Grandchildren and Age of Grandparent
aff Table B11009, Coupled Households by Type
aff Table B13002, Women 15 to 50 Years Who Had a Birth in the Past 12 Months by Marital Status and Age

From Census.gov  /  Topics / Families and Living Arrangements:

web Marriage and Divorce
web Marriage and Divorce Data Tables
web Marriage and Divorce Library
web Marriage and Divorce News
web Marriage and Divorce Publications
web Marriage and Divorce Visualizations
web Marriage and Divorce Working Papers

From the  Library:

web America Counts: Stories about Families & Living Arrangements
web America Counts Story: National Marriage and Divorce Rates Declined From 2011 to 2021 (July 2023)
web America Counts Story: Home Alone: More Than A Quarter of All Households Have One Person (June 2023)
web Interactive Visualization: Unmarried Ratio of Men to Women Aged 18 and Over (June 2023)
web Interactive Visualization: U.S. Marriage and Divorce Rates by State: 2011 and 2021 (May 2023)
web America Counts Story: Living Arrangements of Young Parents: Solo, With Spouse, Partner or Parent (June 2021)
web America Counts Story: Unmarried Opposite-Sex Couples Living Together More Likely Than Married Couples to Both Work (June 2021)

From the Newsroom:

web Press Release: Number, Timing and Duration of Marriages and Divorces (April 2021)
web Stats for Stories: Singles Awareness Day: February 15, 2023

Outside Links

web National Center for Health Statistics, Marriage and Divorce
web Our World In Data: The rise of living alone: how one-person households are becoming increasingly common around the world
web Social Security Administration, Benefits for Spouses
web Unmarried Equality
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