Marrying Later, Staying Single Longer https://t.co/bpJdAvN962 via @flowingdata #usa #marriage #sociology
— Kendall Harmon (@KendallHarmon6) July 29, 2017
Everyone has their own timeline for marriage (if at all), and a number of factors can play a part, whether it be finishing an education, establishing a career, or finding the right person. But looking over the past century, as a whole, people are staying single longer and marrying later.
Using data from the decennial census and the American Community Survey, you can see this shift.
The charts that follow show the timelines in animated form. Each line represents the percentage of people with a certain marital status, given their age. The time span is every 10 years, from 1900 to 2010 and ending at 2015.