The Hard Economic Fact for Unmarried Women: They Make Less
A look at median income by marital status reveals two facts to consider as the nation and states contemplate increasing the minimum wage, allowing workers to earn paid sick time, and enacting other policies and programs that would touch and improve the lives of most Americans:
Married men make close to 40 percent more ($22,319) than women who are divorced, separated, widowed or who never have been married.
Unmarried Women and Poverty
Single women are having a harder time making ends meet than married women in America. Over the next several weeks, we’re going to document the different economic realities that define the lives and needs of the one out of every two U.S. women who are widowed, divorced, separated or have never been married. Our goal is to use data from the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor, and other sources to make the case for a policy agenda that speaks to and improves the lives of half of all American women.
More than one in five unmarried women (22.7 percent) live in poverty. Single women are more than three times as likely than married women (6.3 percent) or married men (6.3 percent) to live in poverty.
2014 Population and Poverty Rates for U.S. Women, by Marital Status
Statistical Profile of Unmarried Women: Indiana
Our research team has compiled available data from the US Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and other sources to put together this statistical profile of the demographic and economic circumstances facing unmarried women in the state of Indiana.
Report updated August 2016
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Statistical Profile of Unmarried Women: Wisconsin
Our research team has compiled available data from the US Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and other sources to put together this statistical profile of the demographic and economic circumstances facing unmarried women in the state of Wisconsin.
Report updated August 2016
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Statistical Profile of Unmarried Women: Virginia
Our research team has compiled available data from the US Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and other sources to put together this statistical profile of the demographic and economic circumstances facing unmarried women in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Report updated May 2017
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Statistical Profile of Unmarried Women: Texas
Our research team has compiled available data from the US Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and other sources to put together this statistical profile of the demographic and economic circumstances facing unmarried women in the state of Texas.
Report updated January 2016
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Statistical Profile of Unmarried Women: Pennsylvania
Our research team has compiled available data from the US Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and other sources to put together this statistical profile of the demographic and economic circumstances facing unmarried women in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Report updated May 2017
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Statistical Profile of Unmarried Women: Ohio
Our research team has compiled available data from the US Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and other sources to put together this statistical profile of the demographic and economic circumstances facing unmarried women in the state of Ohio.
Report updated August 2016
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Statistical Profile of Unmarried Women: North Carolina
Our research team has compiled available data from the US Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and other sources to put together this statistical profile of the demographic and economic circumstances facing unmarried women in the state of North Carolina.
Report updated June 2017
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Statistical Profile of Unmarried Women: New York
Our research team has compiled available data from the US Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and other sources to put together this statistical profile of the demographic and economic circumstances facing unmarried women in the state of New York.
Report updated January 2016
