Marriage by Numbers

Marriage by Numbers Who's married? For how long? 56,909,121 8 27,461,972 Total number of opposite-sex marriages in 2009. Total number of marriages that lasted 20 or more years. Men vs. Women Demographics The highest proportion (34%) of men entering into first marriages in 2009 were those aged Marriages that lasted 20 or more years had the highest percentage (34.5%) of households below poverty level. 25-39 The median age of women in their first marriage in 2009. Of the total number of marriages, 19,650,780 of the householder's 3+1=4 had a bachelor's degree or more. 26.5 Over half of all homeowners had been married for 20 or more years, while a little over one in ten homeowners had been married for less than 5 years. The number of times the husband was married three or more times 2,860,336 Men vs. Women, Part 2 Median ages of men and women in their first marriage 1970-2009 30 In 2009, first marriages for men were also distributed across a range of age groups, including 24% marrying between the ages of 20 and 24, 20% marrying between the ages of 30 and 34, and 9% marrying between the ages of 35 and 39. 20 10 In 1970, 42% of women marrying for the first time were teenágers, but in 1988 only 18% were teenagers, and by 2009 only 7% were teenagers. 1970 1988 2009 I Men I Women For more information on marriage, please visit http://roundrock.zdfamilylaw.com. Statistics provided by Census.gov. Zinda&Davis ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW