| United States and States |
| R1101. Percent of Households That are Married-Couple Families: 2005 Universe: Households Data Set: 2005 American Community Survey Survey: 2005 American Community Survey, 2005 Puerto Rico Community Survey |
| NOTE. Data are limited to the household population and exclude the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see . |
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Rank |
State |
Percent |
Margin of Error |
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1 |
Utah |
61.5 |
+/-1.1 |
|
2 |
Idaho |
56.3 |
+/-1.2 |
|
3 |
New Hampshire |
54.3 |
+/-1.1 |
|
4 |
Hawaii |
53.4 |
+/-1.1 |
|
4 |
Wyoming |
53.4 |
+/-1.6 |
|
6 |
Iowa |
53.2 |
+/-0.7 |
|
7 |
Kansas |
52.7 |
+/-0.8 |
|
7 |
Minnesota |
52.7 |
+/-0.6 |
|
9 |
West Virginia |
52.5 |
+/-0.9 |
|
10 |
Nebraska |
52.4 |
+/-0.8 |
|
11 |
Montana |
52.1 |
+/-1.2 |
|
12 |
South Dakota |
51.9 |
+/-1.2 |
|
13 |
New Jersey |
51.8 |
+/-0.5 |
|
14 |
Texas |
51.7 |
+/-0.4 |
|
15 |
Indiana |
51.6 |
+/-0.6 |
|
16 |
Kentucky |
51.5 |
+/-0.6 |
|
17 |
Maine |
51.3 |
+/-1.1 |
|
18 |
Virginia |
51.2 |
+/-0.5 |
|
19 |
Arkansas |
51.1 |
+/-0.8 |
|
20 |
Connecticut |
51.0 |
+/-0.7 |
|
20 |
North Dakota |
51.0 |
+/-1.2 |
|
20 |
Oklahoma |
51.0 |
+/-0.7 |
|
23 |
Wisconsin |
50.8 |
+/-0.5 |
|
24 |
Delaware |
50.3 |
+/-1.3 |
|
24 |
Missouri |
50.3 |
+/-0.6 |
|
26 |
Michigan |
50.1 |
+/-0.4 |
|
27 |
Alaska |
49.9 |
+/-1.5 |
|
27 |
Colorado |
49.9 |
+/-0.6 |
|
29 |
Alabama |
49.8 |
+/-0.6 |
|
29 |
Pennsylvania |
49.8 |
+/-0.4 |
|
29 |
Tennessee |
49.8 |
+/-0.6 |
|
29 |
Washington |
49.8 |
+/-0.5 |
|
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United States |
49.7 |
+/-0.2 |
|
33 |
California |
49.7 |
+/-0.3 |
|
33 |
Illinois |
49.7 |
+/-0.3 |
|
35 |
Georgia |
49.5 |
+/-0.4 |
|
36 |
Ohio |
49.4 |
+/-0.4 |
|
36 |
Oregon |
49.4 |
+/-0.7 |
|
38 |
North Carolina |
49.3 |
+/-0.4 |
|
39 |
Maryland |
49.0 |
+/-0.6 |
|
40 |
Arizona |
48.9 |
+/-0.6 |
|
41 |
Vermont |
48.5 |
+/-1.6 |
|
42 |
South Carolina |
48.2 |
+/-0.7 |
|
43 |
Florida |
47.9 |
+/-0.3 |
|
43 |
New Mexico |
47.9 |
+/-1.1 |
|
45 |
Massachusetts |
47.6 |
+/-0.6 |
|
46 |
Nevada |
47.5 |
+/-0.9 |
|
47 |
Rhode Island |
46.8 |
+/-1.4 |
|
48 |
Mississippi |
46.5 |
+/-0.8 |
|
49 |
Louisiana |
45.9 |
+/-0.8 |
|
50 |
New York |
44.9 |
+/-0.3 |
|
51 |
District of Columbia |
21.8 |
+/-1.4 |
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Puerto Rico |
48.0 |
+/-0.6 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2005 American Community Survey
Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate arising from sampling variability is represented through the use of a margin of error. The value shown here is the 90 percent margin of error. The margin of error can be interpreted roughly as providing a 90 percent probability that the interval defined by the estimate minus the margin of error and the estimate plus the margin of error (the lower and upper confidence bounds) contains the true value. In addition to sampling variability, the ACS estimates are subject to nonsampling error (for a discussion of nonsampling variability, see Accuracy of the Data). The effect of nonsampling error is not represented in these tables.