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Men living alone: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Men living alone. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in People living alone by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-04

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National value: 13.1 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 21.3 %
RI 14.4 %
DE 11.2 %
CT 12.6 %
NJ 11.3 %
MD 12.2 %
MA 12.9 %
VT 14.6 %
NH 13.5 %

Lowest: 10.3 to 12.6 %
Group 2: 12.6 to 13.1 %
Group 3: 13.1 to 14 %
Group 4: 14 to 14.6 %
Highest: 14.6 to 21.3 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	District of Columbia	21.3
2	North Dakota	18.4
3	Iowa	15.6
4	South Dakota	15.4
5	Alaska	15.3
6	Montana	15.1
6	New Mexico	15.1
6	Ohio	15.1
9	Wisconsin	15
10	Nebraska	14.7
11	Michigan	14.6
11	Vermont	14.6
13	Rhode Island	14.4
13	Wyoming	14.4
15	Nevada	14.3
16	Colorado	14.2
16	Illinois	14.2
16	Minnesota	14.2
16	West Virginia	14.2
20	Pennsylvania	14.1
21	Kansas	14
21	Oklahoma	14
23	Indiana	13.9
23	Missouri	13.9
25	Kentucky	13.8
26	Louisiana	13.7
26	New York	13.7
28	New Hampshire	13.5
29	Alabama	13.4
30	Oregon	13.3
31	Arizona	13.1
31	Maine	13.1
31	Washington	13.1
34	Mississippi	13
35	Massachusetts	12.9
36	Arkansas	12.7
37	Connecticut	12.6
37	Hawaii	12.6
37	South Carolina	12.6
37	Tennessee	12.6
37	Texas	12.6
42	Georgia	12.4
43	Florida	12.3
44	Maryland	12.2
44	North Carolina	12.2
44	Virginia	12.2
47	Idaho	11.5
48	California	11.4
49	New Jersey	11.3
50	Delaware	11.2
51	Utah	10.3

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table DP02: Selected Social Characteristics. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by men living alone (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table DP02; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-04. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-men-living-alone/

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