49% Of Hispanic Women Are Single
17 June 2008, 3:00 PM. By Daniel Mauser
A close review of the 2005 U.S. Census reveals some factors as to why more women than ever are living without a spouse. More bathroom counter space is high on our list, personally:
Several factors are driving the statistical shift. At one end of the age spectrum, women are marrying later or living with unmarried partners more often and for longer periods of time. At the other end, women are living longer as widows and, after a divorce, are more likely than men to delay remarriage, sometimes delighting in their newfound freedom.
You go ‘head and delight, Miss Lady. You deserve it.
In addition, marriage rates among black women remain low. Only about 30 percent of black women are living with a spouse, according to the Census Bureau, compared to about 49 percent of Hispanic women, 55 percent of non-Hispanic white women and more than 60 percent of Asian women.
In a relatively small number of cases, the living arrangement is temporary, because the husbands are working out of town, are in the military or are institutionalized. But while most women eventually marry, the larger trend is unmistakable.
This sounds like an excellent study to send out to certain meddling relatives.
What about you, though? Do you prefer the single life to married? Are you comfortable with the thought that, hey, maybe you won’t end up getting married - and maybe you’ll be pretty damn happy that way? Or is marriage a definite goal for you? Do share!
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Totally comfortable that I may not be married. I’m 32 next week and not a sucker in sight. I love me!
As a Latino male I never plan on getting married I really don’t see how it would benefit me or my significant other. i don’t plan on having any children either for that matter. Needless to say my family thinks there is something wrong with me because of it.
I think I’ve heard the “sige tu carrera primero m’ija…” speech one too many times from my family that its messed with my psyche.
I’ll be honest though and admit I only fantasize about wearing a wedding dress rather than actually getting married and spending the rest of my life with someone (who will probably end up cheating on me.)
Personal experience makes me believe that skepticism [of marriage] and actually getting cheating on is the reasoning for those percentages.
I’ve always imagined getting married and having kids. I already have my wedding planned i just haven’t found the sucker who will marry me!
my parents are hardcore traditional mexicans so they expect my siblings and i to get married. and I’ve grown up believeing in that too. my brother was actually frowned upon by my parents because he didn’t get married in a church since my sisterin law isn’t catholic.
but if it dont get married i dont think i’d be bummed out as long as im with someone for the rest of my life.
makes sense, I am dating like three or four girls at a time on average…
I’m a typically a typical 24 year-old latina living in los angeles who thinks the concept of marriage sounds nice…you know someone to share your life with…but then again, the logistics of “marriage” seem so friggin’ complicated and overwhelming (no my parents are not together/ this does not help convince me that my idealist concept of marriage is possible) at this time as I strive to forge a career/ life that I am pround of. I strongly prefer to date men of color and feel even more stubborn about marrying a man of color, which at this point doesn’t mean peanuts because I’m just not having much luck finding someone who is as much of a drunk, dedicated to his career, or loves/ will attempt to understand my off beat fun lovin’ nature. The latter is made more depressing by the fact that I do meet nice, smart, and interesting men on a fairly regular basis in a variety of circles in my life but that exactly my point–I find that the smart, interesting, and sometimes even handsome men I meet are just ONE fragment of what I am looking for and so I just “say no.”
I’m ALL ABOUT being married. So much so that I’m on husband #4. I was divorcing #3 when a lady from my church finally told me the truth: “Nobody’s good enough for Mexican girls.”
I used to think that marriage/kids was something I would do when I got older. Now I’m older… and I still don’t want it yet. Maybe one day??
Also, I needed to know that I could buy a house and support myself with no help from anyone at all. I’ve known way too many women who depend on their husbands only to be left broke and homeless.
that number will go up by the end of the year with the gay marrying that started today.
the registry at Home Depot and Sports Chalet is gonna be fierce.
Times have changed. Growing up, parents conditioned their kids to believe “one day you will meet a nice boy / girl and you will get married and live happily ever after.” The reality is, everyone has too much independence now. Divorces are convenient, and a lot of women now a days have the “Sex and the City” mentality. No gracias.
@ Latin_Princess: I agree with you 100%. When I was 22 and moving out of state for grad school, my abuelo was all, “It’s nice that you’re going to school, but when are you getting married? You’re not getting any younger, you know…” I’m 35 now and still not married, but I bought my house without any help from anyone and I have a career that allowed me to do that.
I believe in marriage and, yeah, I would like to be married some day but I really don’t feel any need to be married TODAY. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I watched my sister rush into marrying her husband because she thought she was getting too old (at 28!) and now she’s stuck in a miserable marriage with a man who my mom and I both believe is actually gay and 3 kids who are pretty much out of control?
I definitely want to be married for a variety of reasons. My career is on point and I take care of myself. I should probably get the hell out of Southern CA. It’s one big playground for adults out here. I know too many late 20s dudes living with 5 roommates, having weak jobs and screwing around with 19 year olds. Is that how it is everywhere?