Percentage of 15- to 29-year-olds who have never married, by sex and age group, and median age of the total population at first marriage, by sex: Selected years, 1980 through 2009

NCES 2012-026
December 2011

Youth Indicators 2011
America’s Youth: Transitions to Adulthood

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Table 6.	Percentage of 15- to 29-year-olds who have never married, by sex and age group, and median age of the total population at first marriage, by sex: Selected years, 1980 through 2009

Year	Percent of 15- to 29-year-olds who have never married									Median age of total population at first marriage
	Total			Male			Female			Male	Female
	15–19	20–24	25–29	15–19	20–24	25–29	15–19	20–24	25–29	Male	Female
1980	94.2	59.2	26.5	97.3	68.6	32.4	91.1	50.2	20.8	24.7	22.0
1990	96.8	70.9	38.1	98.5	79.3	45.2	95.0	62.8	31.1	26.1	23.9
2000	97.2	78.2	45.2	98.5	83.7	51.7	95.9	72.8	38.9	26.8	25.1
2001	97.3	77.8	46.5	98.4	84.1	52.9	96.1	71.5	40.1	26.9	25.1
2002	97.4	79.7	47.0	98.3	85.4	53.7	96.5	74.0	40.4	26.9	25.3
2003	97.9	80.7	47.5	98.6	86.0	54.6	97.2	75.4	40.3	27.1	25.3
2004	98.1	80.9	48.7	98.7	86.4	56.6	97.4	75.4	40.8	27.4	25.3
2005	97.9	80.5	48.4	98.7	86.2	55.2	97.2	74.7	41.5	27.1	25.3
2006	97.8	81.1	50.3	98.5	86.7	57.4	97.2	75.3	43.1	27.5	25.5
2007	97.7	81.7	50.6	98.4	86.9	57.6	97.0	76.4	43.4	27.5	25.6
2008	97.6	83.2	52.3	98.2	87.3	58.8	96.9	78.9	45.5	27.4	25.6
2009	97.9	82.2	53.8	98.5	86.9	61.1	97.2	77.4	46.3	28.1	25.9

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, Series P-20, America's Families and Living Arrangements; Table A1. Marital Status of People 15 Years and Over by Age, Sex, Personal Earnings, Race, and Hispanic Origin, various years; and Current Population Survey, March and Annual Social and Economic Supplements, selected years 2000–09, Marital Status Historical Time Series Table MS-2: Estimated Median Age at First Marriage, by Sex: 1890 to the Present, retrieved November 10, 2010 from http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam.html.