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Married-Couple and Unmarried-Partner Households for the U.S. and Regions, 2000

Find statistics on the marital status U.S. households, including married couples, opposite-sex unmarried partners, and same-sex couples. This information is from the 2000 U.S. Census.

Area	Total number of coupled households¹	Coupled households (% of all households)	Married couples (% of coupled households)	Unmarried partners (% of coupled households)	Opposite sex unmarried partners (% of coupled households)	Same-sex unmarried partners (% of coupled households)
United States	59,969,000	56.9%	90.9%	9.1%	8.1%	1.0%
Region
Northeast	11,205,641	55.2	90.4	9.6	8.6	1.1
Midwest	14,222,533	57.5	91.1	8.9	8.1	0.7
South	21,549,582	56.7	91.6	8.4	7.4	1.0
West	12,991,244	57.9	89.8	10.2	9.0	1.2