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April 06, 2008
Read the original article at The Courier Journal.
92 million: Number of unmarried and single Americans ages 18 and older in 2006. This group comprises 42 percent of all U.S. residents ages 18 and older.
54: Percentage of unmarried and single Americans ages 18 and older who are women.
60: Percentage of unmarried and single Americans ages 18 and older who have never been married. Another 25 percent are divorced, and 15 percent are widowed.
15 million: Number of unmarried and single Americans ages 65 and older. These older Americans comprise 16 percent of all unmarried and single people ages 18 and older.
86: Number of unmarried men ages 18 and older for every 100 unmarried women in the United States.
30.5 million: Number of people who live alone. They comprise 27 percent of all households, up from 17 percent in 1970.
12.9 million: Number of single parents living with their children in 2006. Of these, 10.4 million were single mothers.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau