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America Counts: Stories Behind the Numbers
More Unmarried Women Than Unmarried Men in the U.S.?
The odds of finding a potential mate in the United States were in men?s favor in 2019; there were 89.8 unmarried men for every 100 unmarried women, according to a new U.S. Census Bureau analysis.
In this article, the unmarried population includes people age 18 and over who were never married, widowed or divorced, regardless of their sexual orientation.
Go to the nation?s capital, Washington, D.C., for one of the lowest ratios of unmarried men to women: 80 unmarried men for every 100 unmarried women. Head north to Alaska to find the opposite: 117 available men for every 100 women.
Ratios of unmarried men to women matter because people interested in romantic partnerships select from a pool of eligible candidates available to them, often called a ?marriage market.? The more eligible partners in a given market, the better the chances of forging a romantic partnership or marriage.
Continue reading?to learn more about:
- Where the odds of finding potential mates are highest
- Ratios of unmarried men to women by race and Hispanic origin
- Ratios of unmarried men to women by age
- Labor markets affecting the pool of unmarried men and women
 Related Data Visualization
Unmarried Ratio of Men to Women Aged 18 and Over by Race and Hispanic Origin and State
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