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Young adults living with a partner: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Share of adults 18 to 34 living with an unmarried partner (%, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Living arrangements of young adults aged 18 to 34 by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

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

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National value: 11.8 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 13.3 %
RI 13.3 %
DE 10 %
CT 11.7 %
NJ 8.9 %
MD 9.5 %
MA 11.7 %
VT 22.7 %
NH 12.1 %

Lowest: 8.8 to 10.5 %
Group 2: 10.5 to 11.9 %
Group 3: 11.9 to 13.5 %
Group 4: 13.5 to 15.2 %
Highest: 15.2 to 23.1 %

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. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Maine	23.1
2	Vermont	22.7
3	North Dakota	20.2
4	Wyoming	18.5
5	South Dakota	18.3
6	Montana	17
7	Nebraska	16.2
8	Wisconsin	16.1
9	Colorado	15.8
10	Missouri	15.2
10	Oregon	15.2
12	Minnesota	15
13	Alaska	14.9
13	West Virginia	14.9
15	Ohio	14.5
16	Washington	14.1
17	Iowa	14
17	New Mexico	14
19	Kansas	13.9
20	Indiana	13.7
21	Kentucky	13.5
22	Arizona	13.4
23	District of Columbia	13.3
23	Rhode Island	13.3
25	Michigan	13.2
25	Pennsylvania	13.2
27	Louisiana	12.6
28	Oklahoma	12.5
29	Tennessee	12.2
30	New Hampshire	12.1
31	Arkansas	11.9
32	Connecticut	11.7
32	Massachusetts	11.7
32	Nevada	11.7
32	North Carolina	11.7
36	Illinois	11.6
36	South Carolina	11.6
38	Florida	11.5
39	Idaho	10.9
40	Virginia	10.8
41	New York	10.5
42	Hawaii	10.2
43	Delaware	10
44	Texas	9.9
45	California	9.7
46	Maryland	9.5
47	Alabama	8.9
47	New Jersey	8.9
49	Georgia	8.8
49	Mississippi	8.8
49	Utah	8.8

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, Table B09021: Living arrangements of adults 18 years and over by age. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by share of adults 18 to 34 living with an unmarried partner (%, derived) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, Table B09021: Living arrangements of adults 18 years and over by age; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-11. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-share-of-adults-18-to-34-living-with-an-unmarried-partner/

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