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Bookmark or Share- Marriage and Divorce - Census.govMarriage and Divorce. The U.S. Census Bureau provides the current marital status of persons, by age, sex, and race and the estimated median age at first marriage for men and women at the U.S. level.
- U.S. Marriage and Divorce Rates Declined in Last 10 Years - Census.govBoth marriage and divorce rates in the United States declined from 2009 to 2019 but rates vary from state to state. In 2019, there were 16.3 new marriages for every 1,000 women age 15 and over in the United States, down from 17.6 in 2009.
- Marriages and Divorces - Our World in DataSince 1972, marriage rates in the US have fallen by almost 50%, and are currently at the lowest point in recorded history. The chart also shows that in comparison to other rich countries, the US has had particularly high historical marriage rates.
- Marriage Rates in the United States, 1900–2018 - Centers for Disease ...The marriage rate more than doubled between 1932 and 1946 when it reached an all-time high of 16.4, and then it generally declined to 8.4 in 1958 and stabilized at 8.5 during 1959–1962. Marriage rates increased beginning in 1963, reaching a relative peak of 10.9 in 1972.
- 1. The landscape of marriage and cohabitation in the U.S.Today, 53% of U.S. adults ages 18 and older are married, down from 58% in 1995. Over the same period, the share of Americans who are cohabiting has risen from 3% to 7%. 4. Taken together, six-in-ten Americans are either married or living with a partner, a share that has remained largely unchanged since 1995.
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