In the US, unmarried households outnumber married ones, with only 48% of households being married in 2010, partly due to an aging single population and young people waiting longer to marry. Cohabiting households account for 37% of households. Some states have higher marriage rates than others.
There are more unmarried families in the United States than married ones. In fact, only 48% of US households were married in 2010, a drop of 4% from 2009. This is partly due to an aging single population and a trend for young people to wait longer before getting married , but also reflects a significant increase in the amount of cohabiting households, which account for approximately 37 percent of households in the U.S.
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Nearly 40 percent of Americans said during the 2010 census that marriage is obsolete and that the median age for marriages has increased to about 28 for men and 26 for women.
The number of cohabiting families of the opposite sex increased by 13% from 2009 to 2010.
States that have the highest percentages of married couples include Iowa, Idaho and Utah, and states with the lowest marriage rates include Alaska, Rhode Island and New York.
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