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53. Marital Status of the Population by Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin

[In millions, except percent (132.5 represents 132,500,000). As of March, except as noted.Persons 18 years old and over.Excludes members of Armed Forces except those living off post or withtheir families on post. Except as noted, based on CurrentPopulation Survey, see text, this section, and Appendix III]
 
BOTH SEXES BOTH SEXES BOTH SEXES MALE MALE MALE FEMALE FEMALE FEMALE
MARITAL STATUS, RACE AND - -
HISPANIC ORIGIN 1970 1980 1985 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 1970 1980 1985 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 1970 1980 1985 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
 
        Total 1 132.5 159.5 171.4 177.7 179.8 181.8 183.6 185.3 187.1 190.0 191.6 193.2 195.6 197.4 199.7 62.5 75.7 81.5 84.8 85.8 86.9 87.8 88.7 89.7 91.2 92.0 92.7 94.2 95.0 95.9 70.0 83.8 89.9 92.9 94.0 95.0 95.8 96.6 97.4 98.8 99.6 100.4 101.4 102.4 103.9
Never married 21.4 32.3 36.9 38.9 40.0 40.4 41.5 41.8 42.3 44.2 43.9 44.9 45.9 46.6 47.6 11.8 18.0 20.5 21.5 22.2 22.4 22.9 23.2 23.6 24.7 24.6 24.9 25.4 25.5 25.8 9.6 14.3 16.4 17.4 17.8 17.9 18.5 18.6 18.6 19.5 19.3 20.0 20.5 21.0 21.9
Married 95.0 104.6 107.9 111.3 111.5 112.6 112.7 113.3 114.5 115.1 116.7 116.4 116.6 117.9 118.9 47.1 51.8 53.5 55.2 55.3 55.8 55.9 56.2 56.8 57.0 57.7 57.6 57.9 58.6 59.0 47.9 52.8 54.4 56.1 56.2 56.7 56.8 57.1 57.7 58.1 58.9 58.8 58.7 59.3 59.9
Widowed 11.8 12.7 13.5 13.5 13.8 13.8 13.7 13.9 13.7 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.7 13.6 13.5 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.7 2.6 2.5 9.7 10.8 11.4 11.2 11.5 11.5 11.3 11.3 11.2 11.1 11.1 11.1 11.1 11.0 10.9
Divorced 4.3 9.9 13.1 13.9 14.6 15.1 15.8 16.3 16.7 17.4 17.6 18.2 19.3 19.4 19.7 1.6 3.9 5.3 5.7 6.0 6.3 6.6 6.8 6.8 7.2 7.4 7.8 8.2 8.3 8.5 2.7 6.0 7.8 8.2 8.5 8.8 9.2 9.6 9.9 10.1 10.3 10.5 11.1 11.1 11.1
 
    Percent of total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Never married 16.2 20.3 21.5 21.9 22.2 22.2 22.6 22.6 22.6 23.3 22.9 23.3 23.5 23.6 23.9 18.9 23.8 25.2 25.4 25.9 25.8 26.1 26.2 26.3 27.1 26.8 26.8 27.0 26.9 26.9 13.7 17.1 18.2 18.7 18.9 18.9 19.3 19.2 19.1 19.7 19.4 19.9 20.2 20.5 21.0
Married 71.7 65.5 63.0 62.7 62.0 61.9 61.3 61.1 61.2 60.6 60.9 60.3 59.7 59.7 59.5 75.3 68.4 65.7 65.1 64.4 64.3 63.6 63.3 63.4 62.5 62.7 62.1 61.5 61.7 61.5 68.5 63.0 60.4 60.4 59.8 59.7 59.3 59.1 59.2 58.8 59.2 58.6