This is where you should start looking if you’re single: These are the US states with the most unmarried people
Looking for love? These are the best places where you might have a good chance of finding it.
No intimate candlelit dinner for two on Valentine’s Day? Don’t fret, there are many US states where singletons outnumber couples - and if you are looking for love, we look at the best places to find it.
How many US citizens are currently single?
According to the latest US Census data, around 46% of American adults over the age of 20 are unmarried, and some cities have an even greater percentage of populations of single people. The odds of finding a potential mate in the United States favored men with 89.8 unmarried men for every 100 unmarried women. The 30-to-34 age group has the highest ratio - nearly 121 men to 100 women, according to the most recent figures.
While this data can’t predict where you will find love, it can at least guide you to the places where you are most likely to meet someone.
The state with the highest ratio of singles is New Mexico, where 56.5% of adults are either divorced, separated, widowed or have never married. In the case of the latter, 36% have never been married. Utah meanwhile, has the lowest rate of singles, with only 45.1% of adults now unmarried.
Latest w/ @chrisbullivant @Deseret: “On the family front, America has just crossed a historic threshold where, of adults aged 18-55, there is now a greater share of single adults with no children than there are married adults with children.” #kinlessAmerica https://t.co/p0sZez8cEG pic.twitter.com/5KPc2oMcoT
— Brad Wilcox (@BradWilcoxIFS) April 18, 2024
Percentage of the population who are unmarried
- 80.5% Kakawai County
- 78.9% Oglala Lakota County
- 70.7% Sioux County
- 69.1% Issaquena County
- 69% Culberson County
- 68.7% De Baca County
- 68.5% Petersburg City
- 67.6% Radford City
- 67.3% Baltimore City
66.8% Lee CountySource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023
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Married American adults and those in multi-earner households made more progress up the income ladder from 1971 to 2021 than unmarried adults and those in single-earner households. https://t.co/TYELY7iVN4 pic.twitter.com/iD9sgskTjW
— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) April 25, 2022
The more eligible partners in a given market, the better the chances of forging a romantic partnership or marriage,” the Census Bureau explains.
However, those who are still unattached better get their skates on because according to Pew Research Center analysis, the number of unpartnered adults in the US is in decline.
“Singledom has peaked,” Dr. Richard Fry, who conducted the Pew survey, told CBS News, citing a 2% drop in the figures over the past 25 years.
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