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Which Are The Largest Single-Adult Groups?
TAKE NOTE: Currently, from ages 18 to 44, men represent the largest segment of the single-adult population. Beginning at age 45, women become the largest single-adult group in America. (Largest group in each category indicated by bold.)
|
MARRIED |
NEVER
MARRIED |
DIVORCED |
WIDOWED |
| AGE 18-24 |
|
|
|
|
| -Male |
11.5
|
87.3
|
1.0
|
.01
|
| -Female |
21.1
|
76.8
|
1.7
|
0.1
|
| AGE 25-34 |
|
|
|
|
| -Male |
52.9
|
40.4
|
6.4
|
1.5
|
| -Female |
63.0
|
28.5
|
7.9
|
0.3
|
| AGE 35-44 |
|
|
|
|
| -Male |
70.6
|
17.3
|
11.7
|
2.6
|
| -Female |
72.1
|
11.9
|
14.7
|
1.2
|
| AGE 45-54 |
|
|
|
|
| -Male |
76.2
|
8.6
|
14.2
|
1.0
|
| -Female |
71.6
|
7.1
|
17.5
|
3.8
|
| AGE 55-64 |
|
|
|
|
| -Male |
79.9
|
5.8
|
11.0
|
3.2
|
| -Female |
67.1
|
4.7
|
15.0
|
13.2
|
| AGE 65-74 |
|
|
|
|
| -Male |
79.1
|
4.3
|
7.3
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9.4
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| -Female |
53.5
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4.2
|
9.2
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33.2
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| AGE 75+ |
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|
|
|
| -Male |
66.7
|
3.7
|
4.2
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25.4
|
| -Female |
28.8
|
4.5
|
5.3
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61.5
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SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, the Official Statistics (™)
Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1998. Page 58.
Reprinted from Kim Hurst, "State of the Singles Report," Single Adult Ministry Journal, Issue 130: 7. Used with permission.
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