Getting Married is Going Out of Style in Massachusetts
Friday, May 15, 2015
According to a 2014 Pew Research report, "about 20% of Americans older than 25 had always been single in 2012, up from 9% in 1960." And if the winds keep blowing in this direction, their analysis suggests that 25% of millennials will never marry.
SEE BELOW: INTERACTIVE MAP of MARRIAGE TRENDS
Why is marriage on the downtrend? It could be that marriage is starting to lose the status it once had, or that unemployment is preventing people from settling down.Though wedding bells might not be ringing as often throughout the country as a whole, there are still some places where marriage is very much alive and thriving.
Genealogy site MooseRoots used census data to see how marriage rates have changed in Massachusetts over time- and as it turns out, tying the knot has been going out of style. Click on the arrow at the bottom left of the heat map to see how the number of married people has fluctuated since 1970: Taking a closer look at Massachusetts on a county level, you'll notice that at 15.1%, Hampden County has seen the biggest drop in married couples since 1970.
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