Adults Currently Married 70.3 72.2 68.6 75% 65.0 65.8 66.1
But, also consider: It is one thing to get married, it is another thing to stay married. In spite of the recent uptick in newlyweds since 2011, it is still the case that fewer adults were currently married in 2012 (50.5%) than in 2011 (50.8%). The share of adults presently married peaked around 72% in 1960.
Adults Currently Married  | 70.3 72.2 68.6  | 75%  | 65.0 65.8 66.1  | 62.3  | 58.5 57.4  | 60  | 53 2 53.1 52.5 51.9 51.4 50.8 50.5  | 45  | 30  | 15  | 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012  | Notes: Based on adults age 18 and older. Currently married includes respondents reporting married, spouse absent. Those reporting  | se parated" are not included in "currently married  | Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of the 1920-2000 Decennial Census data and 2006-12 American Community Survey (ACS)  | Integrated Public Use Micro Samples  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 