Darn, we missed "Singles Week"

Unmarried and Single Americans Week: Sept. 19 — 25, 2010
“National Singles Week” was started by the Buckeye Singles Council in Ohio in the 1980s to celebrate single life and recognize singles and their contributions to society. The week is now widely observed during the third full week of September (Sept. 19-25 in 2010) as “Unmarried and Single Americans Week,” an acknowledgment that many unmarried Americans do not identify with the word “single” because they are parents, have partners or are widowed.

Single Life
96.6 million
Number of unmarried Americans 18 and older in 2009. This group comprised 43 percent of all U.S. residents 18 and older.

53%
Percentage of unmarried Americans 18 and older who were women.

61%
Percentage of unmarried Americans 18 and older who had never been married. Another 24 percent were divorced, and 15 percent were widowed.

16.2 million
Number of unmarried Americans 65 and older. These older Americans comprised 17 percent of all unmarried and single people 18 and older.

88
Number of unmarried men 18 and older for every 100 unmarried women in the United States.

52.5 million
Number of households maintained by unmarried men or women. These households comprised 45 percent of households nationwide.

31.7 million
Number of people who lived alone. They comprised 27 percent of all households, up from 17 percent in 1970.