Marital Status of the Aged by Age Group, 2000 | ||||||
65 to 74 | 75 to 84 | 85+ | ||||
Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
Total Population 65+ | 18,501,149 | 100.00% | 12,317,262 | 100.00% | 4,160,561 | 100.00% |
Never Married | 798,277 | 4.31% | 519,442 | 4.22% | 204,122 | 4.91% |
Male | 385,066 | 2.08% | 196,599 | 1.60% | 51,400 | 1.24% |
Female | 413,211 | 2.23% | 322,843 | 2.62% | 152,722 | 3.67% |
Married and Living with Spouse | 11,503,794 | 62.18% | 5,530,099 | 44.90% | 796,637 | 19.15% |
Male | 6,255,164 | 33.81% | 3,247,821 | 26.37% | 546,194 | 13.13% |
Female | 5,248,630 | 28.37% | 2,282,278 | 18.53% | 250,443 | 6.02% |
Separated | 248,559 | 1.34% | 95,508 | 0.78% | 25,157 | 0.60% |
Male | 119,346 | 0.65% | 45,778 | 0.37% | 9,342 | 0.22% |
Female | 129,213 | 0.70% | 49,730 | 0.40% | 15,815 | 0.38% |
Other* | 411,023 | 2.22% | 540,571 | 4.39% | 454,332 | 10.92% |
Male | 207,860 | 1.12% | 221,566 | 1.80% | 131,593 | 3.16% |
Female | 203,163 | 1.10% | 319,005 | 2.59% | 322,739 | 7.76% |
Widowed | 3,824,527 | 20.67% | 4,965,484 | 40.31% | 2,542,306 | 61.10% |
Male | 696,981 | 3.77% | 877,008 | 7.12% | 425,198 | 10.22% |
Female | 3,127,546 | 16.90% | 4,088,476 | 33.19% | 2,117,108 | 50.89% |
Divorced | 1,714,969 | 9.27% | 666,158 | 5.41% | 138,007 | 3.32% |
Male | 691,158 | 3.74% | 234,647 | 1.91% | 39,649 | 0.95% |
Female | 1,023,811 | 5.53% | 431,511 | 3.50% | 98,358 | 2.36% |
Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).
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