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Marital status of the U.S. population, by sex 2018

Marital status of the U.S. population in 2018, by sex (in millions)

by Erin Duffin, last edited Apr 29, 2019
Marital status of the U.S. population, by sex 2018 This statistic shows the marital status of the U.S. population aged 15 years and older in 2018, by gender. In 2018, about 11.69 million widows were living in the United States, whereas the number of widowers was at about 3.41 million. In 2016, there were an estimated 486,994 married same-sex households in the U.S., 235,167 of which were male-male households, and 251,827 of which were female-female households.
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Marital status of the U.S. population in 2018, by sex (in millions)

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MaleFemale
Total127.23134.82
Never married44.7939.77
Married67.9868.53
Widowed3.4111.69
Divorced11.0614.83
MaleFemale
Total127.23134.82
Never married44.7939.77
Married67.9868.53
Widowed3.4111.69
Divorced11.0614.83

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by Erin Duffin, last edited Apr 29, 2019
This statistic shows the marital status of the U.S. population aged 15 years and older in 2018, by gender. In 2018, about 11.69 million widows were living in the United States, whereas the number of widowers was at about 3.41 million. In 2016, there were an estimated 486,994 married same-sex households in the U.S., 235,167 of which were male-male households, and 251,827 of which were female-female households.
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