Statistical Profile of Unmarried Women: Colorado 1

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1 1 I. Population, 18 years and older, Total: million Men: million (49.5% of total) million (50.5% of total) Married women: million (28.2% of total; 55.9% of women) Unmarried women: million (22.2% of total; 44.1% of women) Widowed: million ( 7.3% of women; 16.6% of unmarried women) Divorced: million (12.6% of women; 28.5% of unmarried women) Separated: million ( 1.3% of women; 3.0% of unmarried women) Never married: million (22.9% of women; 51.9% of unmarried women) Non-Hispanic White: million (79.4% of total) Unmarried women: million (20.5% of non-hisp. White; 73.4% of unm. women) Hispanic: million (14.3% of total) Unmarried women: million (28.2% of Hispanic; 18.1% of unmarried women) African American: million ( 3.5% of total) Unmarried women: million (25.9% of Af.Am.; 4.1% of unmarried women) Asian: million ( 1.7% of total) Unmarried women: million (39.7% of Asian; 3.0% of unmarried women) II. Age Distribution, 18 years and over, 2014 (percentages are of each row) 7 Median < Total: % 36.0% 24.8% 19.2% Men: % 36.3% 25.8% 17.0% % 35.8% 23.8% 21.2% Married women: % 41.5% 28.4% 20.3% Unmarried women: % 28.5% 18.0% 22.3% Widowed: % 3.9% 16.9% 79.2% Divorced: % 40.0% 36.0% 19.7% Separated: NA NA NA NA NA Never married: % 29.4% 7.8% 5.0% A PROJECT OF VOTERPARTICIPATIONCENTER VOTERCENTER

2 III. Educational Attainment, 18 years and over, 2014 (numbers in millions; percentages are of each row) 8 High school College graduate/ degree/ less Some college post-graduate Total: (32.5%) (26.0%) (41.6%) Men: (34.0%) (26.9%) (39.1%) (31.0%) (25.1%) (43.9%) Married women: (27.1%) (25.8%) (47.1%) Unmarried women: (35.9%) (24.1%) (39.9%) Widowed: (52.9%) (18.8%) (28.2%) Divorced: (24.7%) (28.4%) (46.9%) Separated: NA NA NA Never married: (35.6%) (23.6%) (40.8%) IV. Labor Force Participation and Unemployment, 18 years and over, 2014 (percentages for employed are of adult civilian population for each row; percentages for unemployed are of labor force for each row) 9 Total: 68.5%; 66.2% employed; 3.3% unemployed Men: 74.1%; 71.6% employed; 3.4% unemployed 63.0%; 61.0% employed; 3.1% unemployed Married women: 63.9%; 62.2% employed; 2.7% unemployed Unmarried women: 61.7%; 59.5% employed; 3.7% unemployed Widowed: 23.9%; 23.9% employed; 0.0% unemployed Divorced: 69.2%; 68.4% employed; 1.1% unemployed Never married: 72.0%; 68.1% employed; 5.5% unemployed V. Minimum wage Colorado s minimum wage rose from $8.00/hour to $8.23/hour on 1/1/15, under a 2006 state constitutional amendment providing for annual indexation of the state s minimum wage. 10 The same provision applies to the state s tipped (or sub-minimum) wage rate, which increased from $4.98/hour to $5.21/hour. About six in ten of all minimum wage or below-minimum wage workers in Colorado are women. 11 2

3 VI. Median Earnings for Full-time, Year-round Workers, Person Earnings, 18 years and over, Total: $50,002 Men: $58,000 $43,367 (74.8% of men s earnings) Married women: $49,000 (84.5% of men s earnings) Unmarried women: $37,500 (64.7% of men s earnings) Widowed: $53,895 (92.9% of men s earnings) Divorced: $42,352 (73.0% of men s earnings) Separated: NA Never married: $34,754 (59.9% of men s earnings) VII. Distribution of Household Income, years and over, 2013 (percentages are of each row) 14 0-$11,999 $12-$24,999 $25-$39,999 $40-$74,999 $75,000+ Total: 7.0% 10.1% 15.4% 27.4% 40.2% Men: 5.9% 9.1% 16.0% 28.2% 40.7% 8.1% 11.0% 14.7% 26.5% 39.7% Married women: 3.9% 5.4% 10.1% 29.5% 51.1% Unmarried women: 13.5% 18.2% 20.5% 22.6% 25.1% Widowed: 12.4% 29.0% 23.6% 21.2% 13.8% Divorced: 13.5% 19.7% 19.4% 27.0% 20.4% Separated: NA Never married: 13.5% 14.3% 19.2% 21.2% 31.8% VIII. Number and percentage of 18 years and over without Health Insurance Coverage for the entire calendar year, Total: million (12.7%) Men: million (12.6%) million (12.7%) Married women: million ( 9.1%) Unmarried women: million (17.4%) Widowed: million ( 4.3%) Divorced: million (18.8%) Never married: million (20.2%) 3

4 IX. Number in Poverty and Poverty Rates, 18 years and over, Total: million ( 8.2%) Men: million ( 8.1%) million ( 8.3%) Married women: million ( 4.3%) Unmarried women: million (13.5%) Widowed: million (14.5%) Divorced: million (12.7%) Never married: million (11.7%) NA=Not available because of insufficient sample for further analysis 1 Unless otherwise indicated, all figures in this analysis are for vote eligible population only 2 Census Bureau, Current Population Survey: Voting and Registration Supplement, November 2014, 3 Married women includes married with spouse absent. 4 Hispanic may be of any race. 5 Includes Hispanic. 6 Includes Hispanic. 7 Census Bureau, Current Population Survey: Voting and Registration Supplement, November 2014, 8 Census Bureau, Current Population Survey: Voting and Registration Supplement, November 2014, 9 Census Bureau, Current Population Survey: Voting and Registration Supplement, November 2014, 10 National Conference of State Legislatures, State Minimum Wages: Minimum Wage by State, December 18, 2014, 11 National Women s Law Center, Women and the Minimum Wage, State by State, July 1, 2015, 12 Census Bureau, Current Population Survey: March Supplement, March 2014, 13 Household income includes the sum of the income of all people 15 years and older living in the household. Income is pre-tax income, and includes wages, self-employment income, interest payments, Social Security and pension income, and public assistance, among other sources. 4

5 14 Census Bureau, Current Population Survey: Voting and Registration Supplement, November 2014, 15 Census Bureau, Current Population Survey: March Supplement, March 2014, 16 Census Bureau, Current Population Survey: March Supplement, March 2014, 5