Single by the Numbers
I have been crunching through so much data about the election, I decided that I wanted to find out more about singles in general, not just unmarried voters. So, I used data from the “2007 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates” provided by the U.S. Census Bureau to find out some numbers.
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Men
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Women
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Married
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Unmarried
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Always Single
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Married
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Unmarried
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Always Single
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18 years and over
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57%
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43%
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30%
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53%
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47%
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24%
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18 to 39 years
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38%
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62%
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57%
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45%
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55%
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48%
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40 years and over
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71%
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29%
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11%
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59%
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41%
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9%
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Overall, 45% of Americans are unmarried (never married, widowed, or divorced) – that’s 43% of men and 47% of women. By age 40, this number has dropped to 41% of women and only 29% of men (35% of all Americans 40 years and older). The always single above 40 make up about 10% of each gender.
November 13, 2008 at 9:31 pm Pacific Time
Filed under Quick note, Singles By Choice
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