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What is your marital status?
Asked of: All respondents (years in which the item was asked)
Marital status · Asked in 20 waves, 2006–2025 · 717,309 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Harmonized across years by the Cumulative CES Common Content (Kuriwaki); response options are collapsed where years differ. See docs/sources/ces.md.
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group | Married | Separated | Divorced | Widowed | Single / Never Married | Domestic Partnership |
|---|
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooperative Election Study 2025 | 2025-11-05 to 2025-12-12 | web | 17,000 | 16,994 |
| Cooperative Election Study 2024 | 2024-10-01 to 2024-12-09 | web | 60,000 | 59,984 |
| Cooperative Election Study 2023 | 2023-11-08 to 2023-12-11 | web | 24,500 | 24,491 |
| Cooperative Election Study 2022 | 2022-09-29 to 2022-12-15 | web | 60,000 | 59,971 |
| Cooperative Election Study 2021 | 2021-11-03 to 2021-12-07 | web | 25,700 | 25,700 |
| Cooperative Election Study 2020 | 2020-09-29 to 2020-12-14 | web | 61,000 | 60,969 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2019 | 2019-11-06 to 2019-12-05 | web | 18,000 | 18,000 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2018 | 2018-09-27 to 2018-11-05 | web | 60,000 | 59,978 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2017 | 2017-11-08 to 2017-12-12 | web | 18,200 | 18,180 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2016 |
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| n |
|---|
| MoE |
|---|
| All respondents | 46% | 2% | 10% | 6% | 30% | 6% | 59984 | ±0.7 | |
| AK † | 39% | 8% | 22% | 4% | 24% | 3% | 128 | ±15 | |
| AL | 41% | 3% | 11% | 8% | 32% | 6% | 900 | ±6 | |
| AR | 42% | 1% | 12% | 10% | 28% | 7% | 532 | ±7 | |
| AZ | 44% | 3% | 12% | 6% | 26% | 9% | 1495 | ±5 | |
| CA | 43% | 2% | 10% | 5% | 35% | 6% | 4899 | ±2 | |
| CO | 50% | 1% | 12% | 4% | 28% | 5% | 1054 | ±5 | |
| CT | 41% | 1% | 10% | 5% | 36% | 6% | 594 | ±6 | |
| DC | 25% | 2% | 8% | 5% | 58% | 3% | 170 | ±10 | |
| DE | 47% | 3% | 11% | 7% | 29% | 4% | 219 | ±9 | |
| FL | 46% | 2% | 11% | 7% | 28% | 6% | 4401 | ±3 | |
| GA | 44% | 2% | 9% | 6% | 33% | 6% | 2055 | ±4 | |
| HI | 51% | 1% | 8% | 4% | 32% | 4% | 183 | ±10 | |
| IA | 48% | 2% | 14% | 3% | 25% | 8% | 615 | ±8 | |
| ID | 65% | 0% | 6% | 7% | 18% | 4% | 313 | ±11 | |
| IL | 46% | 1% | 11% | 4% | 31% | 6% | 2318 | ±4 | |
| IN | 47% | 1% | 11% | 6% | 29% | 6% | 1267 | ±5 | |
| KS | 57% | 2% | 8% | 5% | 24% | 4% | 502 | ±7 | |
| KY | 48% | 3% | 9% | 9% | 27% | 4% | 887 | ±5 | |
| LA | 40% | 2% | 12% | 7% | 35% | 4% | 709 | ±6 | |
| MA | 41% | 2% | 9% | 7% | 33% | 8% | 1118 | ±5 | |
| MD | 41% | 2% | 9% | 5% | 38% | 6% | 1068 | ±5 | |
| ME | 50% | – | 13% | 4% | 24% | 9% | 287 | ±7 | |
| MI | 48% | 1% | 11% | 5% | 29% | 5% | 1950 | ±4 | |
| MN | 51% | 1% | 12% | 3% | 28% | 6% | 1016 | ±5 | |
| MO | 49% | 2% | 11% | 5% | 28% | 5% | 1322 | ±5 | |
| MS | 42% | 4% | 11% | 8% | 31% | 4% | 503 | ±7 | |
| MT | 50% | 3% | 14% | 8% | 21% | 4% | 231 | ±9 | |
| NC | 50% | 3% | 8% | 6% | 30% | 3% | 1912 | ±4 | |
| ND | 50% | – | 11% | 6% | 28% | 6% | 114 | ±11 | |
| NE | 51% | 1% | 7% | 5% | 33% | 4% | 353 | ±9 | |
| NH | 56% | 1% | 13% | 3% | 18% | 8% | 298 | ±7 | |
| NJ | 47% | 1% | 9% | 5% | 34% | 5% | 1604 | ±4 | |
| NM | 42% | 3% | 15% | 3% | 28% | 9% | 422 | ±8 | |
| NV | 40% | 2% | 15% | 5% | 33% | 5% | 738 | ±7 | |
| NY | 43% | 2% | 10% | 5% | 32% | 7% | 3453 | ±3 | |
| OH | 46% | 2% | 10% | 5% | 30% | 6% | 2563 | ±3 | |
| OK | 52% | 7% | 11% | 6% | 19% | 5% | 700 | ±6 | |
| OR | 49% | 1% | 11% | 5% | 30% | 5% | 1009 | ±5 | |
| PA | 50% | 2% | 8% | 7% | 27% | 5% | 3040 | ±3 | |
| RI | 37% | 1% | 10% | 4% | 37% | 10% | 211 | ±8 | |
| SC | 49% | 4% | 9% | 7% | 24% | 7% | 992 | ±6 | |
| SD | 50% | 1% | 5% | 7% | 31% | 5% | 173 | ±9 | |
| TN | 53% | 3% | 9% | 7% | 22% | 5% | 1371 | ±5 | |
| TX | 47% | 2% | 10% | 5% | 32% | 5% | 4815 | ±2 | |
| UT | 56% | 1% | 9% | 4% | 27% | 4% | 507 | ±7 | |
| VA | 50% | 2% | 10% | 6% | 29% | 3% | 1610 | ±4 | |
| VT | 45% | 1% | 12% | 4% | 31% | 7% | 124 | ±12 | |
| WA | 49% | 1% | 12% | 4% | 28% | 5% | 1382 | ±4 | |
| WI | 45% | 1% | 11% | 6% | 32% | 4% | 1334 | ±5 | |
| WV | 40% | 2% | 9% | 10% | 30% | 9% | 428 | ±10 | |
| WY † | 59% | 2% | 12% | 5% | 15% | 8% | 95 | ±14 |
Cooperative Election Study 2024 · US adults 18+ (YouGov opt-in panels, sample-matched to an ACS frame and weighted). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.
| 2016-09-28 to 2016-11-07 |
| web |
| 64,600 |
| 64,544 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2015 | 2015-11-06 to 2015-12-03 | web | 14,250 | 14,247 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2014 | 2014-10-01 to 2014-11-03 | web | 56,200 | 56,151 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2013 | 2013-11-06 to 2013-12-03 | web | 16,400 | 16,378 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2012 | 2012-10-01 to 2012-11-05 | web | 54,535 | 54,464 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2011 | 2011-11-09 to 2012-01-07 | web | 20,150 | 20,122 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2010 | 2010-10-01 to 2010-11-01 | web | 55,400 | 55,378 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2009 | 2009-11-05 to 2009-12-14 | web | 13,800 | 13,800 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2008 | 2008-10-08 to 2008-11-03 | web | 32,800 | 32,800 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2007 | 2007-11-09 to 2007-12-10 | web | 9,999 | 9,977 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2006 | 2006-10-07 to 2006-11-08 | web | 36,421 | 35,181 |