Married couples, whose numbers have been declining for decades as a proportion of American household

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• Married couples, whose numbers have been
  declining for decades as a proportion of American
  households, have finally slipped into the
  minority.

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• Of the nation's 111.1 million households in
  2005, 49.7 percent, or 55.2 million, were made up
  of married couples -- with and without children.

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• This stat is down more than 52 percent from
  five years earlier.

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• Married couples have not been a majority of
  households headed by adults younger than 25 since
  the 1970s.

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• Among those aged 25 to 34 the proportion
  slipped below 50 percent for the first time
  within the past five years.

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• Among Americans aged 35 to 64, married couples
  still make up a majority of all households.

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• Since 2000, those identifying themselves as
  unmarried opposite-sex couples rose by about 14
  percent.

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• Male couples by 24 percent
• Female couples by 12 percent.

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