Percent of People 18 years and older

Year Married Single Widowed Divorced 1910 62.7 28.6 8.1 0.6 1920 64.8 25.7 8.5 1.0 1930 65.6 24.5 8.5 1.4 1940 65.8 24.1 8.6 1.5 1950 72.2 16.8 9.0 2.0 1960 73.9 14.7 8.9 2.5 1970 71.7 16.2 8.9 3.2 1980 65.5 20.3 8.0 6.2 1990 61.9 22.7 7.6 8.3 1999 59.5 23.8 6.8 9.9

This table shows the status of Americans from 1910-1999. There are a lot of different increases and decreases which I thought were interesting. There was a 6.4% increase in the amount of people married from 1940-1950. This was probably because of World War II. This was also the time where the percentage of those Widowed was greatest, at 9%. This is another cause of WWII. Another trend that is noticeable is the Divorce increase. From 1910- 1999, there has been a 9.3% increase. That is a tremendous amount, and a sure indication that times have changed since last century.