Society · Facts & sources
4 sourced facts about single and unmarried adults, each with the context behind the number. 4 more are in today's round and appear here after it closes.
Answer30 years old
Men's median age at first marriage has climbed steadily, from 23 in the early 1970s to about 30 today.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, cited via Wikipedia (2024) en.wikipedia.org
Answerabout 9%
Never-marrying used to be rare among this age group; today more than a third have never married.
Source: Wikipedia, citing Pew Research/Census data (2018) en.wikipedia.org
Answerabout 38%
That's up from 29% back in 1990, another sign that living without a partner has become far more common among adults in this age range.
Source: Wikipedia, citing Pew Research/Census data (2019) en.wikipedia.org
Answerabout 60%
Stockholm is often cited as having one of the highest single-occupancy household rates of any major city in the world.
Source: Wikipedia, Single person (2020) en.wikipedia.org