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Friday, Feb 14, 2025

Did Colorado have one of the highest marriage rates in the US in 2023?

Por Jaijongkit, The Colorado Sun
yes

Colorado placed in the top 5 states with the highest marriage rates among men and women, according to the 2023 American Community Survey. 

The Census Bureau survey measures the number of marriages in a given year per 1,000 men or women over 15 years of age. 

Colorado saw the third-highest marriage rate among women at 20.8, and the fifth-highest rate among men at 20.9. The national average was 16.8 for women and 18.1 for men. National divorce rates among men and women fell from 9.8 to 7.1 from 2012 to 2022. 

A 2022 survey by the Pew Research Center found that 3 in 10 Americans reported being single, though results varied by age, gender, race and sexual orientation. One in 10 adults in a relationship met their partner through a dating site or app, the same survey found.

A record 25% of 40-year-olds had never married as of 2021, Pew said, citing census data.

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