States with the Greatest Number
of Unmarried Men and Women
1. California
2. New York
3. Texas
4. Florida
5. Illinois
6. Pennsylvania
7. Ohio
8. Michigan
9. New Jersey
10. Massachusetts
|
11.8 million
7.0 million
6.5 million
5.6 million
4.3 million
4.3 million
3.6 million
3.5 million
2.9 million
2.4 million
|
This data is based on the
200 Census, Table DP-2,
"Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
More than half of
all unmarried people in the nation, ages 15 years and older live in these ten states.
Ranking of States:
Total Percentages
of Unmarried Men and Women
| State
% Not 1.
California
2. Massachusetts
3. New York
4. Illinois
5. Rhode Island
6. Connecticut
7. Delaware
8. Georgia
9. Hawaii
10. Arizona
11. Colorado
12. Michigan
13. Florida
14. Nevada
15. New Jersey
16. Mississippi
17. Louisiana
18. Maryland
19. Alabama
20. Alaska
21. Pennsylvania
22. Vermont
23. Indiana
24. Ohio
25. New Mexico
|
Married 48.1
47.5*
46.7*
46.7*
46.0
45.9
45.4
45.3
44.9
44.3
44.0
44.0
43.7
43.7
43.6
43.6
43.5*
43.5
43.4
43.4
43.0
42.9
42.6
42.5
42.2
|
State
% Not 26. Wisconsin
27. Minnesota
28. Washington
29. S. Carolina
30. Virginia
31. Missouri
32. Tennessee
33. Oregon
34. Texas
35. Maine
36. Iowa
37. N. Carolina
38. Arkansas
39. N. Hampshire
40. Kansas
41. Kentucky
42. W. Virginia
43. Nebraska
44. N. Dakota
45. S. Dakota
46. Oklahoma
47. Montana
48. Utah
49. Idaho
50. Wyoming
|
Married 41.9
41.6
41.5
41.5
41.2
41.0
40.8
40.8
40.7
40.7
40.5
40.3
40.3
40.2
40.2
40.0
39.8
39.7
39.5
39.5
39.0
38.9
38.1
37.8
37.6
|
Data is based on the 1990
Census, ST-1, "Marital Status for States."
Internet Release Date: July 27, 1998
* A majority of women in
these states are unmarried.
National
Percentage of Births to Unmarried Parents (by State) for 1994-95, 1997, 1998, and 1999
| State |
State Percent unmarried
births in 1994-95 |
State Percent unmarried
births in 1997 |
State Percent unmarried
births
in 1998 |
State Percent unmarried
births
in 1999 |
State Percent unmarried
births
in 2000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Alabama |
34.5 |
33.9 |
34.1 |
33.3 |
34.3 |
|
| Alaska |
29.6 |
30.6 |
31.1 |
33.2 |
33.0 |
|
| Arizona |
38.3 |
37.6 |
38.4 |
38.8 |
39.3 |
|
| Arkansas |
32.8 |
34.2 |
35.0 |
35.2 |
35.7 |
|
| California |
32.2 |
32.8 |
32.8 |
32.9 |
32.7 |
|
| Colorado |
24.9 |
25.2 |
25.6 |
25.4 |
25.0 |
|
| Connecticut |
30.5 |
32.7 |
31.2 |
29.0 |
29.3 |
|
| Delaware |
34.8 |
36.0 |
37.1 |
38.8 |
37.9 |
|
| D.C. |
67.4 |
63.6 |
62.9 |
61.7 |
60.3 |
|
| Florida |
35.7 |
36.0 |
36.6 |
37.5 |
38.2 |
|
| Georgia |
35.3 |
35.4 |
36.2 |
36.6 |
37.0 |
|
| Hawaii |
28.8 |
29.9 |
31.5 |
32.8 |
32.2 |
|
| Idaho |
19.3 |
20.7 |
22.0 |
21.6 |
21.6 |
|
| Illinois |
34.1 |
33.4 |
34.1 |
34.1 |
34.5 |
|
| Indiana |
31.7 |
32.6 |
33.5 |
34.5 |
34.7 |
|
| Iowa |
25.0 |
26.2 |
27.2 |
27.5 |
28.0 |
|
| Kansas |
25.9 |
27.6 |
27.8 |
28.6 |
29.0 |
|
| Kentucky |
28.1 |
29.5 |
30.1 |
30.4 |
31.0 |
|
| Louisiana |
42.5 |
43.9 |
44.9 |
44.8 |
45.6 |
|
| Maine |
28.0 |
29.7 |
30.6 |
31.3 |
31.0 |
|
| Maryland |
33.5 |
33.5 |
34.4 |
34.9 |
34.6 |
|
| Massachussetts |
26.1 |
25.9 |
26.1 |
26.5 |
26.5 |
|
| Michigan |
34.7 |
33.2 |
33.9 |
33.1 |
33.3 |
|
| Minnesota |
23.9 |
25.0 |
25.6 |
25.9 |
25.8 |
|
| Mississippi |
45.4 |
45.4 |
45.4 |
45.9 |
46.0 |
|
| Missouri |
32.3 |
33.1 |
34.1 |
34.1 |
34.6 |
|
| Montana |
26.0 |
28.3 |
29.9 |
30.0 |
30.8 |
|
| Nebraska |
24.5 |
25.8 |
26.2 |
25.9 |
27.2 |
|
| Nevada |
36.7 |
35.5 |
35.0 |
35.7 |
36.4 |
|
| New Hampshire |
22.2 |
23.8 |
24.1 |
24.2 |
24.7 |
|
| New Jersey |
27.9 |
28.0 |
28.3 |
28.5 |
28.9 |
|
| New Mexico |
42.1 |
43.5 |
44.0 |
45.1 |
45.6 |
|
| New York |
37.7 |
35.2 |
34.9 |
36.6 |
36.6 |
|
| North Carolina |
31.6 |
32.2 |
38.2 |
33.2 |
33.3 |
|
| North Dakota |
23.3 |
26.0 |
27.0 |
27.5 |
28.3 |
|
| Ohio |
33.0 |
33.9 |
34.0 |
34.1 |
34.6 |
|
| Oklahoma |
30.1 |
32.4 |
33.2 |
33.2 |
34.3 |
|
| Oregon |
28.8 |
28.8 |
29.7 |
30.4 |
30.1 |
|
| Pennsylvania |
32.6 |
32.8 |
32.8 |
32.9 |
32.7 |
|
| Rhode Island |
31.6 |
33.1 |
33.9 |
34.3 |
35.5 |
|
| South Carolina |
37.1 |
38.0 |
38.8 |
39.0 |
39.8 |
|
| South Dakota |
27.9 |
31.1 |
32.0 |
31.8 |
33.5 |
|
| Tennessee |
33.2 |
34.1 |
34.9 |
34.7 |
34.5 |
|
| Texas |
29.4 |
30.7 |
31.5 |
31.3 |
30.5 |
|
| Utah |
15.7 |
16.6 |
17.1 |
16.7 |
17.3 |
|
| Vermont |
25.1 |
26.1 |
28.0 |
28.9 |
28.1 |
|
| Virginia |
29.2 |
29.3 |
29.8 |
29.7 |
29.9 |
|
| Washington |
26.3 |
27.1 |
27.9 |
28.1 |
28.2 |
|
| West Virginia |
30.4 |
31.3 |
32.4 |
31.7 |
31.7 |
|
| Wisconsin |
27.3 |
27.1 |
28.5 |
29.2 |
29.3 |
|
| Wyoming |
26.9 |
27.4 |
29.6 |
29.0 |
28.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| United States |
32.4 |
32.4 |
32.8 |
33.0 |
33.2 |
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Source: Department of Health and Human Services
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