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Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles Sociology 2018 FP-18-20 Marriage Rate in the U.S.: Geographic Variation, 2017 Valerie Schweizer Bowling Green State University, vschwei@bgsu.edu Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/ncfmr_family_profiles  Part of the Family, Life Course, and Society Commons Repository Citation Schweizer, Valerie, "FP-18-20 Marriage Rate in the U.S.: Geographic Variation, 2017" (2018). National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles. 155. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/ncfmr_family_profiles/155 This Report is brought to you for free and open access by the Sociology at ScholarWorks@BGSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@BGSU. Marriage Rate in the U.S.: GeographicVariation, 2017 National Center for Family & Marriage Research In this Family Profile, an update to a previous profile on the marriage rate (FP-17-25), we estimate adjustedmarriage rates for the nation and each state for 2017. Using American Community Survey data, we enumerateestimates of the number of marriages occurring in the last year among unmarried women, calculate theirmargins of error, and provide information on their geographic variation. For detailed information on the adjustedmarriage rate from 2008-2017, see Charting Marriage & Divorce in the U.S.: The Adjusted Marriage Rate.   NCFMR BGSU FP-18-20 Valerie Schweizer  Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey,2017 1-yr est.  * MOE = Margin of Error. The MOE is a measure of samplingerror and expresses the maximum range in which the rate isexpected to differ from the actual population. The MOE iscalculated for the derived estimates at the 90% confidence level.  Clarke. S. C. (1995). Advanced report of final marriage statistics, 1989 and 1990. Monthly VitalStatistics Report, 42(12), Supp. National Center for Health Statistics.https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/mvsr/supp/mv43_12s.pdf   Hemez, P. (2017). Marriage rate in the U.S.: Geographic variation, 2016. Family Profiles, FP-17-25.Bowling Green, OH: National Center for Family & Marriage Research.https://www.bgsu.edu/ncfmr/resources/data/family-profiles/hemez-marriage-rate-2016-fp-17-25.html  National Center for Health Statistics (1974). Summary report final marriage statistics, 1970. MonthlyVital Statistics Report, 23(2), Supp.1. U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/mvsr/supp/mv23_02s1acc.pdf    References: National Center for Health Statistics (1983). Advance report of final marriage statistics, 1980. Monthly Vital Statistics Report, 32(5), Supp. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/mvsr/supp/mv32_05s.pdf    National Center for Health Statistics (2001). Births, marriages, divorces, and deaths: Provisional data for January-December, 2000. National Vital Statistics Report, 49(6), Associated Table3. Department of Health & Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr49/nvsr49_06.pdf    U.S. Census Bureau (2018). American Community Survey, 2017 1-Year Estimates [Table B12001]. Retrieved from:https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_17_1YR_B12001&prodType=table  U.S. Census Bureau (2018). American Community Survey, 2017 1-Year Estimates [Table B12501]. Retrieved from:https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_17_1YR_B12501&prodType=table  Five Highest and Lowest Marriage Rates, 2017 Utah continues to hold the top spot in terms of themarriage rate with 59 marriages per 1,000 unmarriedwomen in 2017.  Rhode Island continues to hold the lowest marriage ratein 2017. The rate decreased from 23 marriages per1,000 unmarried women in 2016 to 19 marriages per1,000 unmarried women in 2017. Rank & State 1. Utah 2. Wyoming 3. Alaska 4. Idaho 5. North Dakota 47. New Mexico 48. Maine 49. Louisiana 50. Connecticut 51. Rhode Island +/-   4.6 +/-   4.7 +/-   2.6 +/-   3.3 +/-   4.5 Marriage Rate 59.4 50.1 49.8 48.1 47.4 U.S. 32.2 Women's Highest and Lowest Marriage Rates MOE* +/-   5.8 +/- 12.6 +/-   9.3 +/-   6.4 +/-   9.0 +/-   0.4 26.5 26.0 24.6 24.0 19.0 U.S. Marriage Rate, 2017*  Figure 1. Women’s Adjusted Marriage Rate, 1970 – 2017   Source: 1970-2000, National Center of Health Statistics: 2008-2017, U.S.Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 1-yr est.    The marriage rate continues to be stable for2017, remaining at a 45-year low since 2010.  In 2017, there were 32.2 marriages per 1,000unmarried women.  2.3 million women married in 2017, an increaseof about 203,000 marriages from 2010.   Rates are represented as the number of women aged 15 orolder who married in the past year per 1,000 unmarriedwomen aged 15 or older. * This project is supported with assistance from Bowling Green State University.From 2007 to 2013, support was also provided by the U.S. Department ofHealth and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning andEvaluation. The opinions and conclusions expressed herein are solely those ofthe author(s) and should not be construed as representing the opinions orpolicy of any agency of the state or federal government.Family Profiles: Original reports summarizing andanalyzing nationally representative data with thegoal to provide the latest analysis of U.S. families.These profiles examine topics related to theNCFMR's core research themes. 419.372.3119 ncfmr@bgsu.eduSuggested Citation:Schweizer, V. (2018). Marriage rate in the U.S.: Geographic variation, 2017. Family Profiles, FP-18-20. Bowling Green, OH: National Centerfor Family & Marriage Research. https://doi.org/10.25035/ncfmr/fp-18-20. http://www.bgsu.edu/ncfmrNCFMR BGSU Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American CommunitySurvey, 2017 1-yr est.  Figure 2. State Variation in the Adjusted Marriage Rate per1,000 Unmarried Women Aged 15+ by Quartile, 2017 The states with the highest marriage rates (making up the1st quartile) in 2017 had rates of at least 37.5 marriagesper 1,000 unmarried women aged 15 and older. Among thestates in the top quartile, all are significantly above thenational average.  The states with the lowest marriage rates (making up the4th quartile) in 2017 had fewer than 29.0 marriages per1,000 unmarried women. Among the states in the bottomquartile, those with marriage rates significantly below thenational average are Rhode Island, Connecticut, Louisiana,Maine, New Mexico, New Jersey, New York, Alabama,Massachusetts, and Florida.   State Rankings and Geographic Variation in Marriage Rates, 2017 Figure 3. Geographic Variation of Women’s Adjusted Marriage Rate AmongStates, 2017   Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2017 1-yr est.  Most states in the Western region of the country had highmarriages rates (1st or 2nd quartile).   Exceptions include California, Arizona, and New Mexico.  Midwestern states exhibited marriage rates in the top threequartiles with the largest share found in the 3rd.   Exceptions include North Dakota, Indiana, and Kansas, whichare in the top quartile.  Southern states can be found spread across each quartile. Thelargest shares are found in the top and bottom quartiles.  All states in the Northeast exhibited low marriage rates (3rd or4th quartile). 1st Quartile:  2nd Quartile:  3rd Quartile: 4th Quartile:  37.4 - 59.4 32.2 - 37.3 29.2 - 32.1 19.0 - 29.1 

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