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Half the men in Seattle are never-married singles, census data shows

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118 points blondie9x | 5 comments | 13 Apr 25 14:36 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
1. knappa ◴[13 Apr 25 14:53 UTC] No.43673224[source]▶
So, by "men", they mean 15 or older. Median age of first marriage is ~30 for US men.
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2. WarOnPrivacy ◴[13 Apr 25 18:21 UTC] No.43674752[source]▶
> Median age of first marriage is ~30 for US men.

Based on genealogy I've done, this stat also applies to the late 19th, early 20th centuries.

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3. dragonwriter ◴[13 Apr 25 18:28 UTC] No.43674788[source]▶
> > Median age of first marriage is ~30 for US men.

> Based on genealogy I've done, this stat also applies to the late 19th, early 20th centuries.

It was ~26 in 1890 reached a low of around 22 in the 1950s, and has been trending up since; its been consistently lower for women, though that gap has fluctuated over time and compressed recently to less than 2 years.

https://www.bgsu.edu/ncfmr/resources/data/family-profiles/ju...

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4. dragonwriter ◴[13 Apr 25 18:31 UTC] No.43674813[source]▶
> So, by "men", they mean 15 or older.

Which is kind of a silly age range to use for this purpose in Seattle, since Washington (unlike a number of other states) does not permit child (under 18) marriages and declares any marriage contracted by anyone under 18 void.

5. WarOnPrivacy ◴[13 Apr 25 18:37 UTC] No.43674858{3}[source]▶
My observations vary by region. ex: I found later first marriages in NYC, earlier in Scranton PA - the latter being marked by a lot of labor-related deaths.