Smokey
09-24-2014, 12:14 PM
This is an interesting statics. Single Americans make up more than half of the adult population for the first time since the government began compiling such statistics in 1976.
Some 124.6 million Americans were single in August, 50.2 percent of those who were 16 years or older, according to data used by the Bureau of Labor Statistic. In 1976, it was 37.4 percent and has been trending upward since.
The percentage of adult Americans who have never married has risen to 30.4 percent from 22.1 percent in 1976, while the proportion that are divorced, separated or widowed increased to 19.8 percent from 15.3 percent, according to the economist.
http://www.bloomberg.com/image/i5kUtaPYUPf8.jpg
Is Everybody Single? More Than Half the U.S. Now, Up From 37% in '76 - Bloomberg (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-09/single-americans-now-comprise-more-than-half-the-u-s-population.html)
Some 124.6 million Americans were single in August, 50.2 percent of those who were 16 years or older, according to data used by the Bureau of Labor Statistic. In 1976, it was 37.4 percent and has been trending upward since.
The percentage of adult Americans who have never married has risen to 30.4 percent from 22.1 percent in 1976, while the proportion that are divorced, separated or widowed increased to 19.8 percent from 15.3 percent, according to the economist.
http://www.bloomberg.com/image/i5kUtaPYUPf8.jpg
Is Everybody Single? More Than Half the U.S. Now, Up From 37% in '76 - Bloomberg (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-09/single-americans-now-comprise-more-than-half-the-u-s-population.html)