Indicator 4: Marriage
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| Table 4. Number of marriages, percentage of persons who are married, and median age at first marriage: Various years, 1950 to 2003 | ||||||
| Percentage of persons 15 years old and over who are married2 | Median age at first marriage | |||||
| Year | Number of marriages1 [in thousands] | Total | Male | Female | Male | Female |
| 1950 | 1,667 | 66.63 | 67.53 | 65.83 | 22.8 | 20.3 |
| 1955 | 1,531 | — | — | — | 22.6 | 20.2 |
| 1960 | 1,523 | 67.63 | 69.33 | 65.93 | 22.8 | 20.3 |
| 1965 | 1,800 | — | — | — | 22.8 | 20.6 |
| 1970 | 2,159 | 64.2 | 66.8 | 61.9 | 23.2 | 20.8 |
| 1975 | 2,153 | — | — | — | 23.5 | 21.1 |
| 1980 | 2,390 | 61.0 | 63.2 | 58.9 | 24.7 | 22.0 |
| 1985 | 2,413 | — | — | — | 25.5 | 23.3 |
| 1986 | 2,407 | — | — | — | 25.7 | 23.1 |
| 1987 | 2,403 | — | — | — | 25.8 | 23.6 |
| 1988 | 2,396 | — | — | — | 25.9 | 23.6 |
| 1989 | 2,403 | — | — | — | 26.2 | 23.8 |
| 1990 | 2,443 | 58.7 | 60.7 | 56.9 | 26.1 | 23.9 |
| 1991 | 2,371 | — | — | — | 26.3 | 24.1 |
| 1992 | 2,362 | — | — | — | 26.5 | 24.4 |
| 1993 | 2,334 | 58.1 | 59.9 | 56.4 | 26.5 | 24.5 |
| 1994 | 2,362 | 57.4 | 59.0 | 55.9 | 26.7 | 24.5 |
| 1995 | 2,336 | 57.5 | 58.9 | 56.2 | 26.9 | 24.5 |
| 1996 | 2,344 | 57.0 | 58.5 | 55.6 | 27.1 | 24.8 |
| 1997 | 2,384 | 56.3 | 57.8 | 54.9 | 26.8 | 25.0 |
| 1998 | 2,244 | 56.4 | 58.0 | 54.9 | 26.7 | 25.0 |
| 1999 | 2,358 | 56.2 | 57.9 | 54.7 | 26.9 | 25.1 |
| 2000 | 2,329 | 56.2 | 57.9 | 54.7 | 26.8 | 25.1 |
| 2001 | 2,345 | 56.2 | 58.0 | 54.6 | 26.9 | 25.1 |
| 2002 | 2,254 | 55.7 | 57.4 | 54.2 | 26.9 | 25.3 |
| 2003 | — | 55.6 | 57.2 | 54.0 | 27.1 | 25.3 |
| — Not available. | ||||||
| 1Includes remarriages. | ||||||
| 2Includes separated married couples. | ||||||
| 31950 and 1960 data are for the population 14 years old and over. | ||||||
| NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. | ||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2004; Current Population Reports, Series P-20, Household and Family Characteristics, Marital Status and Living Arrangements, and America's Families and Living Arrangements, nos. 468, 478, 491, and 553; Table MS-1: Marial Status of the Population 15 Years Old and Over, by Sex and Race: 1950 to Present; and Marital Status Historical Time Series Table MS-2: Estimated Median Age at First Marriage, by Sex: 1890 to the Present, 2004. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics, Monthly Vital Statistics Report, various years; National Vital Statistics Reports, various years; and Vital Statistics of the United States, various years. | ||||||
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