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

Measure: Women 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.

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2026-11-04
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National value: 16 (United States).

Washington: 14.9Idaho: 13.3Montana: 15.2North Dakota: 15.1Minnesota: 16.1Michigan: 16.5Ohio: 17.5Pennsylvania: 17.3New York: 18.2Vermont: 16.7New Hampshire: 14.8Maine: 16.8Arizona: 15.3California: 13.8New Mexico: 16.4Texas: 14Louisiana: 17.4Mississippi: 17.8Alabama: 17.8Florida: 16.3Georgia: 16South Carolina: 16North Carolina: 17Virginia: 16.3District of Columbia: 28.4Maryland: 17.1Delaware: 16.3New Jersey: 15.3Connecticut: 17.2Rhode Island: 17.7Massachusetts: 17.4Oregon: 16.8Utah: 10.8Wyoming: 13.9Nevada: 14.4Colorado: 15.1South Dakota: 15.6Nebraska: 15.6Kansas: 16Oklahoma: 16Iowa: 16.8Missouri: 17.2Wisconsin: 16.6Illinois: 17.7Kentucky: 16.5Arkansas: 15.8Tennessee: 16.4West Virginia: 17.4Indiana: 16.4Alaska: 12.9Hawaii: 12.9

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 10.8 to 15.1 %
  • Group 2: 15.1 to 16 %
  • Group 3: 16 to 16.5 %
  • Group 4: 16.5 to 17.3 %
  • Highest: 17.3 to 28.4 %
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.

1District of Columbia28.4
2New York18.2
3Alabama17.8
3Mississippi17.8
5Illinois17.7
5Rhode Island17.7
7Ohio17.5
8Louisiana17.4
8Massachusetts17.4
8West Virginia17.4
11Pennsylvania17.3
12Connecticut17.2
12Missouri17.2
14Maryland17.1
15North Carolina17
16Iowa16.8
16Maine16.8
16Oregon16.8
19Vermont16.7
20Wisconsin16.6
21Kentucky16.5
21Michigan16.5
23Indiana16.4
23New Mexico16.4
23Tennessee16.4
26Delaware16.3
26Florida16.3
26Virginia16.3
29Minnesota16.1
30Georgia16
30Kansas16
30Oklahoma16
30South Carolina16
34Arkansas15.8
35Nebraska15.6
35South Dakota15.6
37Arizona15.3
37New Jersey15.3
39Montana15.2
40Colorado15.1
40North Dakota15.1
42Washington14.9
43New Hampshire14.8
44Nevada14.4
45Texas14
46Wyoming13.9
47California13.8
48Idaho13.3
49Alaska12.9
49Hawaii12.9
51Utah10.8

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 women 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-women-living-alone/

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