Coupled households are still the most common type of households but their share declined to 53.2% in 2020, down from 55.1% in 2010 and 56.9% in 2000.
Coupled households are when the householder has a spouse or partner living with them.
The majority of these households were opposite-sex married (45.7%) couples, followed by opposite-sex unmarried (6.5%), same-sex married (0.5%) and same-sex unmarried (0.4%).
The 2020 Census demographic characteristics data released today shows that the highest percentage of coupled households of all types were in the West (47.3% of households were opposite-sex married, 0.7% same-sex married, 7.0% opposite-sex unmarried, and 0.5% same-sex unmarried).
At the other end of the spectrum, the Northeast had the lowest share of opposite-sex married couple households at 44.0%, while the South had the lowest share of opposite-sex unmarried couple households at 6.0%. The Midwest had the lowest percentage of both same-sex married (0.4%) and same-sex unmarried (0.3%) coupled households.
Share of Opposite-Sex Married Couple Households Highest in Utah
Utah had the biggest share (57.8%) of opposite-sex married couple households, and the District of Columbia had the smallest (22.8%).
Vermont had one of the highest percentages (9.0%) of opposite-sex unmarried couple households, and Alabama and Utah had the lowest (4.9%).
District of Columbia Had Highest Share of Same-Sex Married Couple Households
The District of Columbia had the largest share of same-sex married couple households (1.4%), and North Dakota, South Dakota and Puerto Rico had the smallest (0.2%).
The District of Columbia also had the highest percentage of same-sex unmarried households (1.2%) of all households, while Idaho, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming had the lowest (0.2%).
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