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Number of houses in Baltimore:

Male householder, no wife present, family

12,255

5.2%

Female householder, no husband present, family

54,186

23.0%

I always wondered what that number was.

Number of houses in Greenville, SC:

Male householder, no wife present, family

7,423

4.6%

Female householder, no husband present, family

20,476

12.6%

2005-2007 Census Findings in Baltimore

PERCENTAGE OF FAMILIES AND PEOPLE WHOSE INCOME

IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS IS BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL

Married couple families

6.6%

Families with female householder, no husband present

28.8%

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MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	221,148,671	100.0%
Never married	59,913,370	27.1
Now married, except separated	120,231,273	54.4
Separated	4,769,220	2.2
Widowed	14,674,500	6.6
Female	11,975,325	5.4
Divorced	21,560,308	9.7
Female	12,305,294	5.6

I can't believe that 54.4% of everyone over 15 is married. This is incredibly reassuring to me. I've grown up in a single-parent household and have just assumed that I will be divorced eventually. I am just so surprised right now that that many people are married and not divorced! 27.1% of everyone has never been married, so the divorce rate is not as high as I thought it was in my head.

My experience seeing my parents separate has absolutely shaped my views of divorce. It is so normal to me and I can see how easily it can happen that I'm kinda surprised that so many people can do it [marriage].

Census Press Release

“Just over two-thirds (67 percent) of the nation’s 73.7 million children younger than 18 lived with two married parents in 2006.”

That means that 33% of our children live in a single-parent household.