The Washington area’s men are marrying more often than women and they’re doing it most often in Virginia, a report released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau shows. Virginia has the region’s highest marriage rate — but also the highest divorce rate — while the District’s urban environment attracts the greatest percentage of singles, the data show. The report assesses data collected in 2009 on marital events — marriage, divorce or widowhood — that occurred within the prior year for respondents who are at least 15 years old.
In Virginia, men got married in 2009 at a rate of 20.5 per 1,000, according to the report. Virginia women married at a rate of 18.8 per 1,000. Both rates are slightly above the national average, while D.C. and Maryland fall below the average. For all jurisdictions, the rate for men is significantly higher than for women.
