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An official website of the United States government Here’s how you know (cid:0)    BACK TO TOPICS PAGE [/ACS/WWW/ABOUT/WHY-WE-ASK-EACH-QUES… We ask questions about whether a person is currently married, widowed, divorced, separated, or never married; whether his/her marital status changed in the past 12 months; and lifetime marriages to create statistics about current marital status and marital history. Marital status and marital history data help federal agencies understand marriage trends, forecast future needs of programs that have spousal benefits, and measure the effects of policies and programs that focus on the well-being of families, including tax policies and financial assistance programs. Your privacy concerns "I Don't Want Everyone to Know When I Got Married or How Many Times I've Been Married" We use your confidential survey answers to create statistics like those in the results below and in the full tables that contain all th data—no one is able to figure out your survey answers from the statistics we produce. The Census Bureau is legally bound to strict confidentiality requirements. Individual records are not shared with anyone, including federal agencies and law enforcemen entities. By law, the Census Bureau cannot share respondents' answers with anyone, including companies, other federal agenci and law enforcement. Questions as they appear on the form We ask four questions that cover information about marital status, changes in marital status, and lifetime marital history. (cid:0)    VIEW QUESTIONS Results from these questions We compile the results from these questions to provide communities with important statistics to help plan spousal and family assistance programs. You can see some of these published statistics here for the nation, states, and your community. United States Men Who Have Never Been Married 37.0 percent [https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2023.DP02] Source: Latest ACS 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles/Social Characteristics [https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2023.DP02] Women Who Have Never Been Married 31.3 percent [https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2023.DP02] Source: Latest ACS 5-Year Estimates Subject Tables: S1201 [https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2023.S1201] Population Married (Except Separated) 47.9 percent [https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2023.S1201] Is this page helpful? ✕ Yes No Source: Latest ACS 5-Year Estimates Subject Tables: S1201 [https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2023.S1201] Marital status/marital history data help communities: Provide Benefits to Spouses and Survivors We ask about how many times you have been married to help federal agencies plan and fund programs with spousal benefits, including veteran and social security programs, and help communities determine where gaps in benefits and services might exist. Provide Assistance to Families We want to know about families, particularly blended and single-parent families, along with data about the presence of children, labor force status, and poverty status, to help communities: Enroll eligible families in programs designed to assist them, such as the Children's Health Insurance Program. Qualify for grants to fund these programs. Evaluate programs like Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). Understand Changing Households We ask about marital status to help us understand marriage trends (whether people are marrying later in life, not getting married, or marrying again), in combination with information about age, presence of children, income, etc., to help communities understand if the available housing, job training, rental assistance, and administrative services and programs are meeting residents' needs during their major life changes. These data also help the federal government plan for the future. For example, the Social Security Administration estimates future program needs based on the current relationships of working people. History of marital questions Marital status originated with the 1880 Census, while marital history originated with the 1850 Census. Marital status was transferred to the ACS in 2005 when it replaced the decennial census long form, while marital history was added in 2008. Is this page helpful? ✕ Yes No [https://acsdatacommunity.prb.org/] Is this page helpful? ✕ Yes No