Key Points
The share of married Americans has declined secularly since the mid-1990s, and the share of cohabiting couples among dual-headed families has increased.
Across education groups, high school dropouts and those with a high school diploma have the lowest marriage prevalence rates and highest cohabitation rates.
Changes in the demographic composition of the U.S. population portend steeper declines in marriage and increased prevalence of cohabitation in the United States.
Change in American Families: Favoring Cohabitation over Marriage
Family formation and dissolution patterns emerge from complex mate selection processes and decisions to cohabit or marry in the context of education acquisition, financial security, career development, decisions to procreate, and other factors. The economic benefits of two-parent families have been well documented (Kearney, 2023). This brief, however, is limited to describing one aspect of family formation where trends are clear and patterns consistent over time: increased cohabitation rates among dual-headed families. A family with a married head and spouse is associated with providing a more trusting and stable environment for raising children than cohabitation alone.
The information presented below is compiled from the Annual Social and Economic (ASEC) supplement of the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey (CPS). Marriage rates in the United States have declined secularly since the mid-1990s. As Figure 1 shows, the overall share of married individuals has trended downward -- from 55.9 percent in 1996 to 46.4 percent in 2023. And the share of cohabiting couples has increased from 3.7 percent in 1996 to 9.1 percent in 2023.
Data from the Annual Social and Economic (ASEC) supplement to the Current Population Survey.
Figure 2’s Panel A shows that marriage rates declined for all education (e) groups. Individuals with less than a high school education (e<HS) have the lowest marriage share. In contrast, those with more education -- high school, some college (C), and college-or-more education (e=C and e>C) -- have higher marriage rates. The correlation of marriage shares (levels) with education also suggests that Americans are postponing marriage while acquiring more education.
Figure 2’s Panel B shows that cohabitation rates have increased rapidly among all education groups. Moreover, those with lower education have higher cohabitation rates, again suggesting that cohabitation may be an intermediate stage during education acquisition and career development along the transition toward marriage.
e=educational attainment; HS=High School; C=College.
Data from the Annual Social and Economic (ASEC) supplement to the Current Population Survey.
Figure 3’s Panel A shows that marriage rates have declined secularly among all races, with the lowest marriage prevalence rates among black and mixed-race individuals. Panel B shows that cohabitation rates have trended upward across all race categories.
Data from the Annual Social and Economic (ASEC) supplement to the Current Population Survey.
Figure 4’s Panel A shows marriage rates declining secularly among all age groups. Young individuals appear to be postponing marriage, and older individuals’ marriages attrit from divorce and mortality. Among the middle three age groups shown in Figure 4, those in the 55-64 age group have the highest marriage rates, but those rates have declined rapidly.
Figure 4’s Panel B shows that cohabitation rates have trended upward for all age groups with the fastest increase occurring for the 65+ age group.
Data from the Annual Social and Economic (ASEC) supplement to the Current Population Survey.
Figure 5’s Panel A shows the lowest marriage prevalence rates for individuals with no children and higher marriage rates for those with children, especially those with 2 or more children. Panel B of Figure 5 shows, however, that cohabitation rates are increasing rapidly, even among families with 2 or more under-age children.
Data from the Annual Social and Economic (ASEC) supplement to the Current Population Survey.
Whatever the reasons for the secular historical decline in married individuals' shares and increase in cohabiters' shares, survey micro-data suggest that cohabiting correlates with lower labor force engagement and lower economic productivity as indicated by annual wage earnings.
Figure 6 shows calculations of average hours worked and average annual indexed wages from ASEC micro-data information for 1996-2023. To focus the analysis on working-aged individuals, only singles aged 18-59 and married individuals with the spouse also aged within 18-59 years are included in the sample1 2 Panel A of the figure shows that, among males, average hours worked for married males are highest (dashed blue line), followed by those of cohabiter males (dashed red line), and followed by those of single males (dashed yellow line).
Data from the Annual Social and Economic (ASEC) supplement to the Current Population Survey.
In Panel A, the wider gap in hours worked between married males and females (dashed and unbroken blue lines, respectively) compared to cohabiting males and females (dashed and unbroken red lines, respectively) suggests that the former engage in greater division of labor between working in the labor market and at home compared to the latter.
Panel B of Figure 6 shows that married and cohabiting females’ wages (blue and red unbroken lines) are comparable. Still, the wages of cohabiting males (dashed red line) are much lower than those of married males (dashed blue line). This supports the conjecture that financial insufficiency may be a reason for cohabiting couples to remain unmarried.3
The information summarized in Figure 6 on average annual hours worked and average indexed earnings is decomposed by just two factors: Marital (/married /cohabiting /single) status and sex. But many other concomitant factors could be triggering differential decisions on hours and earnings by family type and sex. These include differences in education, race, health status, the presence of children, and others.
A regression of annual (indexed) wages against several control variables is implemented to more carefully isolate the effect of marital/cohabiter/single status on annual work hours and wage earnings,4 The controls include year-fixed effects, sex, age group, race, education, spouse’s race and education, health status, single/cohabiting/married status, number of children, employment status (self-employed or wage worker), and immigrant status. The controls also include interactions with marital status and sex. The results suggest that cohabiting individuals of working age work fewer hours and earn lower wages than married and single individuals.5 The regression’s predicted wage earnings (/hours worked) are calculated by year, sex, and marital status and displayed in Figure 7.
Data from the Annual Social and Economic (ASEC) supplement to the Current Population Survey.
Panel A of Figure 7 shows that after accounting for the concomitant influence of other demographic and economic attributes, predicted hours worked by married and cohabiting individuals are closer to each other (compare blue and red dashed lines with those in Panel A of Figure 6). However, Figure 7’s Panel B shows that the difference between married and cohabiting males’ wage earnings (blue and red dashed lines, respectively) remains substantial (although it is slightly smaller compared to Figure 6’s Panel B). In contrast, the difference between married and cohabiting females’ wage earnings (blue and red unbroken lines, respectively) remains similar to that of Panel B of Figure 6.
After controlling for many other potential influences, cohabiters work slightly fewer hours than married couples but earn significantly less – suggesting a correlation between cohabiting and employment in low-value-added occupations and industries.
As in most micro-data surveys, the PWBM microsimulation’s projections combine cohabiters with married individuals in the “married” category. Knowing historical trends in the shares of cohabiters among all couples by detailed demographic attributes enables making projections of the shares of cohabiters among all couples. ASEC information on the share of cohabiting individuals by gender, race, and education is applied to PWBM projections of the share of all individuals who are “married” (married plus cohabiters).
As indicated earlier, the historical shares of cohabiters among all “married” individuals vary by race, gender, and education, as do the growth rates of those shares. Combining cohabiter shares (including differential growth trends of those shares) with changing future demographic composition of the population could either reverse or extend historical growth in cohabiter shares. For example, more educated individuals have lower cohabiting rates and their shares in the future population are projected to increase and push overall cohabiter shares downward. On the other hand, cohabitation rates are higher among Hispanic and mixed-race individuals, and their populations are projected to grow larger in the future, pushing cohabitation shares upward.
Source: Author’s calculations.
Projections based on combining historical cohabitation rates from ASEC microdata and projections of married plus cohabiting individuals from the PWBM microsimulation.
Figure 8 shows the results of applying historical cohabiter rates and trend growth in those rates to the projected population generated by the PWBM microsimulation. As before, only singles aged 18-59 and married individuals with at least one spouse aged 18-59 are included in the sample.
Cohabiter rates are projected to increase from just under 10 percent today to over 16 percent by 2040. Correspondingly, the share of legally married individuals is projected to decline from just over 46 percent today to below 40 percent by 2040. Because cohabiting men and women appear to have weaker workforce engagement, earnings, and productivity, it is important to distinguish between legally married and cohabiting individuals when estimating future economic trends, especially as their respective shares are projected to shift significantly.
This analysis was produced by Jagadeesh Gokhale under the direction of the faculty director, Kent Smetters. Mariko Paulson prepared the brief for the website.
Kearney, Melissa S. "The two-parent privilege: How Americans stopped getting married and started falling behind." In The Two-Parent Privilege. University of Chicago Press, 2023.
Menasce-Horowitz, Juliana, Nikki Graf, and Gretchen Livingston, (2019). “Marriage and Cohabitation in the U.S.” Report, Pew Research Center: Views on Marriage and Cohabitation in the U.S. | Pew Research Center.
U.S. Census Bureau, (2018). “Living with an Unmarried Partner is now Common for Young Adults”: For Young Adults, Cohabitation Is Up, Marriage Is Down (census.gov).
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The calculations are weighted by the survey’s person weight (“ASECWT”). ↩
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ASEC’s individual annual earnings (of the previous year compared to each survey year) are indexed using the Social Security Administration’s annual average wage index series available at: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/cola/AWI.html#Series. The indexing neutralizes the effects of inflation and productivity growth in different years to put all earnings of sample individuals on par with each other before executing statistical analyses. ↩
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The lack of financial readiness is cited by cohabiting survey respondents among key reasons for not being engaged or married (op. cit.). ↩
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The regression framework used is follows standard “Mincer” approach where the logarithm of wages is regressed against variables such as education, age (a proxy for experience) and other control variables besides marital status and sex. It assumes that the error of the dependent variable (either log hours or log earnings) is normally distributed. ↩
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ASEC cross-section weights are used in the regression so that each year’s data sample representative of the worker population aged 18-59. ↩
Year Married Cohabiter 1996 55.9 3.7 1997 55.4 4 1998 55.4 4 1999 54.9 4.2 2000 55 4.8 2001 54.9 5 2002 54.4 5 2003 54.2 5.5 2004 53.8 5.5 2005 53.3 5.7 2006 52.9 5.7 2007 52.9 5.9 2008 51.8 6.2 2009 51.7 6.1 2010 50.7 7 2011 49.7 7.1 2012 49.2 7.4 2013 48.9 7.6 2014 48.5 7.4 2015 48.3 7.9 2016 47.8 7.8 2017 48 7.4 2018 47.6 8.1 2019 47.8 8.5 2020 47.2 8.3 2021 46.3 9.2 2022 46.3 9.5 2023 46.4 9.1
Year e<HS e=HS HS<e<C e=C e>C 1996 45.751 55.844 52.006 63.033 74.796 1997 45.422 54.996 51.194 63.768 73.963 1998 45.182 54.395 51.192 64.551 73.505 1999 43.772 53.929 51.237 63.513 72.879 2000 43.13 53.879 51.857 63.646 72.258 2001 43.038 53.55 51.723 63.392 72.934 2002 41.824 52.848 50.877 63.696 73.3 2003 42.07 51.861 50.404 64.435 72.377 2004 42.331 50.757 50.673 64.105 71.204 2005 41.183 50.643 50.066 62.888 72.482 2006 40.301 50.153 49.695 62.557 71.762 2007 40.223 49.129 49.315 63.238 73.044 2008 39.381 48.065 47.927 61.863 71.449 2009 38.132 48.391 48.014 61.85 71.689 2010 37.176 47.082 46.917 60.969 71.492 2011 36.444 46.398 45.376 59.75 70.433 2012 36.282 45.811 44.01 59.993 70.093 2013 35.413 45.087 43.763 59.12 70.022 2014 35.752 44.154 43.846 58.326 69.654 2015 36.363 43.067 43.382 58.274 69.821 2016 35.198 42.174 43.094 58.036 67.928 2017 36.337 42.254 43.094 57.84 67.331 2018 35.968 41.523 42.674 56.47 67.791 2019 35.285 40.472 43.511 56.792 68.209 2020 34.752 38.714 42.886 55.449 68.554 2021 32.965 36.844 41.874 55.335 68.078 2022 33.09 36.655 41.446 56.048 68.562 2023 32.943 36.599 41.124 56.338 68.266
Year e<HS e=HS HS<e<C e=C e>C 1996 4.545 4.133 3.666 2.71 2.461 1997 4.008 4.495 4.097 3.318 2.478 1998 4.271 4.6 3.925 3.397 2.624 1999 4.481 4.707 4.368 3.481 3.132 2000 5.402 5.062 4.988 4.224 3.05 2001 5.676 5.661 5.287 3.975 3.011 2002 5.992 5.661 5.252 3.674 3.209 2003 6.168 6.307 5.573 4.544 3.301 2004 6.572 6.443 5.383 4.361 3.701 2005 6.116 6.512 5.91 4.896 3.111 2006 6.077 6.421 6.129 4.865 3.286 2007 6.35 6.997 5.981 4.628 3.983 2008 6.801 6.991 6.516 5.254 3.884 2009 6.525 6.77 6.452 5.107 4.163 2010 7.153 7.973 7.415 6.009 4.609 2011 7.979 7.893 7.379 6.181 4.756 2012 7.403 8.024 7.842 6.81 5.103 2013 7.536 8.116 8.36 6.974 5.511 2014 6.756 7.91 8.289 6.526 5.38 2015 8.587 8.338 8.529 7.175 5.335 2016 7.669 8.39 8.256 7.453 5.771 2017 6.908 7.947 7.911 7.109 5.805 2018 7.471 8.862 8.485 7.885 6.663 2019 7.983 9.505 8.908 8.047 6.182 2020 7.597 8.926 8.719 8.482 6.226 2021 8.388 9.591 9.361 9.796 7.47 2022 9.033 10.231 10.205 9.911 6.214 2023 8.217 10.148 9.828 9.076 6.424
Year White Black Hispanic Asian Other 1996 61.175 33.102 47.965 52.741 41.023 1997 60.424 33.997 48.481 51.666 42.281 1998 59.912 34.428 49.651 55.306 49.069 1999 59.484 34.104 49.6 53.071 49.929 2000 59.693 34.304 50.342 52.918 47.147 2001 59.936 34.765 48.086 54.796 48.325 2002 59.282 34.612 48.729 53.833 46.708 2003 59.189 33.957 48.071 53.787 39.572 2004 58.661 33.611 47.639 56.73 42.18 2005 58.253 33.292 46.882 56.351 42.921 2006 57.75 32.41 47.879 55.042 41.4 2007 57.834 33.563 46.61 55.259 41.842 2008 56.593 32.746 46.121 54.512 41.71 2009 56.714 32.553 45.025 56.929 41.274 2010 56.278 31.526 42.761 54.853 37.924 2011 55.473 29.836 42.685 52.13 37.335 2012 54.763 30.037 42.183 53.756 37.347 2013 54.392 30.191 42.199 53.013 35.824 2014 54.192 29.618 41.13 54.311 35.748 2015 53.969 29.916 41.461 52.799 34.537 2016 53.489 28.341 41.566 54.332 32.439 2017 53.336 30.258 42.485 52.958 33.553 2018 53.233 29.341 41.42 52.812 34.753 2019 53.81 28.7 41.36 53.426 34.521 2020 53.282 28.697 39.719 54.36 34.544 2021 52.125 27.362 39.866 54.275 32.694 2022 52.197 27.978 39.792 53.407 34.13 2023 52.353 29.984 39.618 52.339 31.776
Year White Black Hispanic Asian Other 1996 3.646 3.96 3.969 2.494 6.504 1997 3.944 4.758 3.715 1.874 6.237 1998 4.185 3.823 3.617 1.825 6.266 1999 4.458 4.118 3.739 2.209 4.443 2000 4.784 5.22 4.855 2.45 7.858 2001 4.968 5.741 5.285 2.682 8.493 2002 5.123 5.064 5.083 2.513 8.227 2003 5.513 5.567 5.657 3.177 9.007 2004 5.649 5.595 5.642 1.805 9.365 2005 5.839 5.647 5.684 1.988 10.076 2006 5.946 5.614 5.116 2.685 11.023 2007 6.158 5.642 5.435 3.042 9.241 2008 6.495 5.892 5.855 3.031 9.013 2009 6.41 5.496 5.972 2.646 8.502 2010 7.263 7.291 6.801 2.952 10.813 2011 7.369 6.827 7.284 3.586 9.716 2012 7.673 6.774 7.711 3.572 9.997 2013 7.877 7.589 7.815 3.497 11.12 2014 7.682 6.891 7.771 2.989 10.286 2015 8.353 7.033 7.81 4.249 10.538 2016 8.343 6.989 7.635 3.489 11.136 2017 8.251 6.254 6.563 3.57 9.936 2018 8.897 7.486 7.412 3.697 11.169 2019 9.165 7.857 8.03 3.805 10.904 2020 9.249 6.801 7.775 3.816 10.281 2021 10.087 7.953 8.75 4.34 11.646 2022 10.311 8.86 9.265 4.778 10.463 2023 9.959 7.525 8.892 5.016 12.954
Year 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ 1996 12.549 50.53 65.149 70.089 79.025 97.733 1997 10.923 50.66 65.293 68.776 76.388 96.769 1998 11.138 51.54 64.49 68.409 75.213 97.324 1999 11.595 50.164 64.018 68.573 74.938 96.938 2000 11.124 50.764 64.037 68.869 74.913 94.799 2001 11.4 50.147 65.025 67.627 73.543 94.12 2002 11.348 49.556 64.749 66.316 74.021 93.873 2003 10.196 49.693 63.624 66.427 74.106 93.323 2004 10.298 49.516 63.111 65.892 73.866 93.431 2005 10.23 49.172 63.051 64.634 72.149 94.054 2006 10.237 48.217 62.372 63.803 72.045 93.125 2007 9.614 47.608 63.336 63.824 72.314 91.594 2008 8.694 45.429 62.291 63.386 70.774 93.155 2009 8.515 45.041 62.958 63.133 71.283 92.034 2010 7.759 43.512 62.141 62.496 70.347 90.823 2011 7.33 42.297 61.14 61.985 69.642 87.682 2012 7.048 42.312 60.362 61.337 68.719 89.373 2013 6.525 41.304 60.364 61.467 67.732 90.669 2014 6.751 40.498 59.792 61.537 67.223 92.255 2015 6.448 39.966 59.82 61.226 67.314 90.195 2016 6.049 38.099 60.356 60.752 66.958 87.17 2017 6.623 38.271 60.382 61.106 66.188 87.513 2018 6.109 38.081 60.275 60.302 65.999 85.32 2019 6.178 37.983 60.174 60.926 66.781 88.253 2020 4.658 36.512 59.563 61.054 66.761 88.345 2021 4.905 35.816 58.497 60.171 64.289 87.2 2022 5.417 36.428 58.161 60.529 63.281 86.785 2023 5.203 36.757 58.092 61.641 65.217 84.973
Year 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ 1996 4.799 5.5 3.383 2.203 1.397 2.267 1997 4.82 6.279 3.232 2.475 1.987 3.231 1998 4.523 6.315 3.418 2.681 2.125 2.676 1999 4.936 6.875 3.675 2.689 2.047 3.062 2000 5.562 7.608 4.447 2.736 2.563 5.201 2001 6.079 7.785 4.551 3.246 2.488 5.88 2002 6.078 7.83 4.72 3.224 2.119 6.127 2003 6.753 8.039 5.421 3.58 2.653 6.677 2004 6.713 8.228 5.406 3.421 3.146 6.569 2005 7.188 8.763 4.93 3.826 3.242 5.946 2006 7.213 8.701 5.307 3.898 2.809 6.875 2007 7.334 9.039 5.425 3.905 3.056 8.406 2008 7.533 9.464 5.83 4.046 3.644 6.845 2009 6.292 9.83 5.598 4.428 3.213 7.966 2010 6.451 11.29 6.87 5.297 3.91 9.177 2011 7.193 11.434 6.604 5.019 4.142 12.318 2012 6.862 11.742 6.951 5.249 4.923 10.627 2013 6.533 12.147 7.588 5.522 5.083 9.331 2014 6.233 12.064 7.264 5.189 4.744 7.745 2015 7.011 12.513 7.702 5.704 4.944 9.805 2016 6.516 12.42 7.503 5.59 5.138 12.83 2017 6.326 11.39 7.274 5.471 4.789 12.487 2018 6.372 12.259 8.148 5.752 6.239 14.68 2019 7.013 13.704 7.95 5.822 5.527 11.747 2020 6.555 13.399 8.021 5.89 5.348 11.655 2021 7.238 15.419 8.628 6.162 5.924 12.8 2022 8.928 15.805 8.667 6.13 5.741 13.215 2023 8.534 14.479 8.778 5.902 5.541 15.027
vvalue 0 1 2 3+ 1996 34.992 70.617 82.286 81.384 1997 34.44 69.684 81.555 82.144 1998 34.533 70.059 82.131 81.506 1999 34.522 70.022 81.221 81.411 2000 35.04 68.699 81.292 82.834 2001 34.991 69.201 81.634 81.859 2002 34.922 68.599 81.077 81.52 2003 34.877 67.774 81.014 80.761 2004 34.801 67.268 80.456 80.751 2005 33.867 67.594 80.328 80.234 2006 33.654 67.016 79.973 80.606 2007 33.617 66.99 79.638 79.995 2008 32.734 66.934 78.933 79.113 2009 33.081 65.748 78.311 80.198 2010 31.934 64.512 77.376 77.904 2011 31.302 63.816 77.029 76.566 2012 31.349 63.083 76.079 76.28 2013 30.585 62.898 76.058 76.187 2014 29.982 63.332 76.063 75.401 2015 29.33 63.146 76.546 76.135 2016 29.273 62.681 76.138 76.041 2017 29.634 63.038 76.823 75.584 2018 28.844 63.674 76.624 75.991 2019 29.382 63.354 76.509 78.169 2020 27.787 64.624 77.522 78.012 2021 27.563 63.377 76.059 75.917 2022 27.488 62.923 76.504 76.302 2023 27.364 64.342 77.225 77.257
vvalue 0 1 2 3+ 1996 3.845 4.433 2.726 3.397 1997 4.184 4.659 2.949 3.368 1998 4.291 4.462 3.018 3.445 1999 4.62 4.528 3.155 3.715 2000 5.088 5.29 3.844 3.949 2001 5.365 5.571 4.027 4.147 2002 5.229 5.894 4.104 3.96 2003 5.708 6.562 4.312 4.473 2004 5.633 6.603 4.395 5.021 2005 6.018 6.612 4.436 4.507 2006 5.982 6.733 4.504 4.609 2007 6.32 6.682 4.3 4.948 2008 6.628 6.713 4.739 5.478 2009 6.212 7.39 5.101 4.71 2010 7.247 8.156 5.789 5.839 2011 7.155 8.449 6.067 6.264 2012 7.231 9.199 6.261 6.739 2013 7.749 8.703 6.407 7.211 2014 7.394 8.603 6.22 6.908 2015 8.041 9.098 6.345 7.356 2016 7.954 8.899 6.453 7.127 2017 7.608 8.195 6.142 7.026 2018 8.543 8.632 6.624 7.577 2019 9.425 8.534 6.455 6.13 2020 9.592 8.115 5.33 6.213 2021 10.284 8.945 6.537 7.699 2022 10.534 9.937 6.77 7.501 2023 10.233 8.997 6.453 7.314
Year Single Female Single Male Married Female Married Male Cohabiter Female Cohabiter Male 1996 1674 1764 1693 2237 1694 2007 1997 1660 1760 1710 2239 1750 2025 1998 1666 1775 1726 2243 1774 2052 1999 1690 1821 1739 2253 1777 2065 2000 1700 1803 1740 2261 1792 2073 2001 1721 1819 1752 2260 1794 2075 2002 1708 1787 1754 2225 1805 2067 2003 1695 1788 1752 2217 1794 1989 2004 1691 1770 1758 2219 1764 2007 2005 1704 1803 1761 2229 1767 2027 2006 1711 1807 1787 2234 1774 2053 2007 1710 1825 1796 2246 1781 2048 2008 1722 1801 1808 2239 1808 2066 2009 1676 1752 1790 2204 1765 2006 2010 1655 1684 1782 2143 1739 1907 2011 1655 1715 1790 2154 1777 1925 2012 1644 1720 1799 2183 1780 1996 2013 1649 1742 1813 2187 1790 2010 2014 1659 1760 1813 2188 1776 2034 2015 1681 1797 1817 2219 1833 2050 2016 1689 1798 1842 2208 1842 2052 2017 1704 1817 1849 2208 1862 2067 2018 1720 1813 1855 2217 1884 2078 2019 1725 1841 1869 2217 1883 2090 2020 1719 1806 1866 2200 1899 2058 2021 1605 1702 1804 2114 1762 1969 2022 1719 1787 1890 2180 1832 2031 2023 1739.29 1829.26 1896.31 2180 1902 2053
Year Single Female Single Male Married Female Married Male Cohabiter Female Cohabiter Male 1996 46579 54335 54950 108576 48963 65573 1997 47126 55509 54680 106535 48439 69074 1998 46479 55405 55025 105747 46511 69176 1999 45994 55861 55959 105046 48393 69047 2000 45112 53976 53989 101868 48282 67900 2001 46688 54304 54816 107117 49170 66953 2002 48326 55055 57084 107390 49469 68236 2003 47709 54955 58381 108297 49125 64701 2004 47706 53286 59658 106344 48850 65281 2005 46576 53347 57714 105115 45985 64343 2006 47331 52973 57502 104013 46674 64579 2007 46656 52070 59347 105401 45642 61181 2008 46265 50562 58750 101651 46456 62274 2009 44858 49413 57588 101206 45313 63230 2010 44859 51289 61205 101007 49296 61668 2011 44862 50560 60453 99371 48637 59719 2012 44208 51002 60728 101606 48061 63679 2013 43979 50336 60317 100173 47022 60679 2014 43963 50983 60546 101487 46891 66356 2015 42939 51934 60916 100800 50045 61964 2016 43005 52071 63280 99743 50378 65805 2017 44431 54678 65000 102460 52485 67948 2018 44812 53016 64833 101387 56404 69906 2019 45488 53264 65026 102774 51974 66944 2020 46358 51473 69112 105408 52693 65031 2021 44456 49790 66598 103273 52050 66156 2022 46335 49233 66491 99937 48277 61861 2023 46486.24 50295.89 69041.93 100959.09 51730.92 66151.74
Year Single Female Single Male Married Female Married Male Cohabiter Female Cohabiter Male 1996 1317 1576 1588 1958 1484 1840 1997 1324 1583 1597 1968 1512 1861 1998 1337 1604 1617 1994 1533 1885 1999 1371 1640 1657 2038 1569 1939 2000 1366 1636 1659 2039 1562 1939 2001 1387 1660 1676 2063 1573 1942 2002 1375 1639 1652 2029 1552 1909 2003 1370 1629 1638 2008 1544 1891 2004 1368 1628 1636 2005 1538 1890 2005 1384 1659 1655 2026 1549 1905 2006 1396 1671 1663 2034 1562 1913 2007 1410 1691 1682 2056 1574 1936 2008 1416 1686 1683 2051 1580 1941 2009 1365 1641 1634 1990 1540 1896 2010 1322 1588 1576 1918 1501 1835 2011 1332 1608 1583 1924 1504 1829 2012 1338 1618 1595 1938 1520 1859 2013 1350 1630 1613 1957 1538 1879 2014 1366 1644 1624 1970 1556 1896 2015 1391 1689 1659 2009 1586 1937 2016 1396 1689 1663 2014 1593 1947 2017 1415 1714 1679 2032 1616 1958 2018 1430 1731 1699 2053 1637 1991 2019 1442 1756 1720 2076 1644 2007 2020 1430 1728 1697 2049 1639 1985 2021 1310 1591 1555 1875 1495 1820 2022 1422 1727 1680 2024 1605 1951 2023 1455 1765 1730 2084 1657 2004
Year Single Female Single Male Married Female Married Male Cohabiter Female Cohabiter Male 1996 29915 42960 46411 74597 32921 52083 1997 29966 42679 46288 74380 33913 53123 1998 29913 42667 46419 74620 34218 53638 1999 30539 43833 47826 76597 35161 55533 2000 29812 43063 47261 75228 33990 54583 2001 30589 43489 48079 76872 34244 53769 2002 30930 43618 48513 77047 34736 53443 2003 31219 43735 48741 77107 34999 53585 2004 31017 43261 48492 76382 34491 53147 2005 30451 42801 47976 74820 33370 51829 2006 30707 42892 47725 74520 33774 51814 2007 30579 42808 48240 74982 33748 52012 2008 30576 42289 48171 74154 33871 52136 2009 29053 40827 46574 71440 32869 51153 2010 29051 41208 46486 71314 34019 51486 2011 28848 40985 46040 70305 33313 50001 2012 28519 40477 45976 70100 33602 50952 2013 28118 40081 45921 69496 33276 50635 2014 28828 40540 46855 70815 34181 51472 2015 28619 40915 47164 70741 34227 51705 2016 28986 41268 47825 71819 34751 53035 2017 30103 42791 49174 73812 36753 54403 2018 30208 42917 49697 74261 37208 56029 2019 30605 43801 50842 75509 36773 55154 2020 30579 43317 50996 76148 37470 55994 2021 29323 41652 49021 72873 35774 53639 2022 29931 42556 50002 73798 35519 53079 2023 30891 43928 52235 77199 37210 55480
Year Married Historical Cohabiter Historical Married Projected Cohabiter Projected 1996 55.9 3.9 1997 55.4 4.1 1998 55.4 4.3 1999 54.9 4.6 2000 55 5.1 2001 54.9 5.4 2002 54.4 5.3 2003 54.2 5.9 2004 53.8 5.9 2005 53.3 6.1 2006 52.9 6.2 2007 52.9 6.4 2008 51.8 6.7 2009 51.7 6.5 2010 50.7 7.6 2011 49.7 7.6 2012 49.2 8 2013 48.9 8.3 2014 48.5 8 2015 48.3 8.6 2016 47.8 8.6 2017 48 8.1 2018 47.6 8.7 2019 47.8 9.2 2020 47.2 9.1 2021 46.3 10.1 2022 46.3 10.3 2023 46.4 9.9 2024 45.8 9.82 45.8 9.82 2025 45.5 9.99 2026 45.3 10.17 2027 45.2 10.4 2028 44.8 10.67 2029 44.5 10.93 2030 44.3 11.23 2031 44 11.6 2032 43.6 11.98 2033 43.2 12.41 2034 42.8 12.86 2035 42.4 13.34 2036 41.8 13.89 2037 41.2 14.49 2038 40.6 15.12 2039 39.9 15.8 2040 39.1 16.58