This report, part of a series that presents population and housing data collected by Census 2000, presents data on the marital status of people aged 15 and over. It describes marital status distributions forthe United States, including regions, states, counties, and places with populations of 100,000 or more. Highlights include marital status patterns by age,sex, race and Hispanic origin, ratios of unmarried men to unmarried women, and changes in marital status distributions observed since the 1950 census.