Seems like this blog post is actually each week late. From Sep 20 before 26 in ’09 it absolutely was National Singles day. Into the 1980s, the Buckeye Singles Council of Kansas began this observance which falls from the 3rd full few days of Sep. It had been started to

… recognize that lots of unmarried People in the us don’t determine using the term “solitary” because they are moms and dads, have actually lovers or are widowed.

Below are a few previous fascinating facts and statistics on singles in the us:

• these day there are 95.9 million single folks in the U.S. who are 18 many years or more mature. This makes upwards 43% of grownups. (from 2008)
• 53 percent of these singles are ladies
• 61 per cent of the singles never have been hitched prior to. 24 % have already been separated and a further 15 per cent happened to be widowed.
• Seniors (65+) be the cause of 15.8 million of person singles which 16 percent having never been married.
• 11.6 million of sex singles are parents managing kids, 9.8 million are women.

For your complete fact sheet on Unmarried and solitary People in the us day, check out the U.S. Census Bureau.