Marital Movement

At the peak in 1949, 78.8% of households contained married couples. By 2021, that percentage had declined to 47.3%. Simultaneously, single-person households rose from 3.8% in 1960 to 11.1% in 2021. Relatedly, age at first marriage bottomed in 1956 at 22 for men and 20 for women. Today, its 30 and 28. In 1990, 9.4% of women and 6.8% of men were divorced. Those rates are now 11% and 8.4%.