The 2000 census shows that the US has more unmarried females than males. However, the Census also divides unmarried people into three groups: never-married, divorced, and widowed. [http://www.census.gov/population/cen2000/phc-t27/tab04.pdf]
Looking at the data, we find that widowed females dwarf males (presumably due to females living 8 years longer on average while the average marriage age delta has been stable at 2-3 years), and that males remarry easier than females (or females don't want to remarry ;).
In the never-married category, males dwarf females. Running the numbers by state, we find the ratio of males to females as:
State/Non-state Never-Married Males to Never-Married Females
District of Columbia 0.96
Maryland 1.04
Delaware 1.06
New York 1.07
Rhode Island 1.07
Massachusetts 1.07
Louisiana 1.08
Mississippi 1.1
Pennsylvania 1.11
Connecticut 1.11
South Carolina 1.13
Alabama 1.13
New Jersey 1.13
Illinois 1.14
Ohio 1.14
New Mexico 1.16
Michigan 1.16
Missouri 1.16
Virginia 1.16
Vermont 1.17
Maine 1.17
New Hampshire 1.18
Georgia 1.18
Indiana 1.19
Tennessee 1.19
Wisconsin 1.19
North Carolina 1.2
Utah 1.2
Minnesota 1.2
Iowa 1.22
Arkansas 1.22
Texas 1.22
Kentucky 1.22
West Virginia 1.23
California 1.24
Nebraska 1.24
Florida 1.24
Kansas 1.26
Oregon 1.26
Washington 1.27
Oklahoma 1.27
South Dakota 1.28
Arizona 1.28
Colorado 1.3
Idaho 1.31
Hawaii 1.33
Wyoming 1.33
Montana 1.33
North Dakota 1.36
Nevada 1.42
Alaska 1.45
The Census does not account for geographic clustering of sexual preferences, so assuming Gimein's observation held up with additional data gathering, he may live in a sexual-preference skewed location and/or Alaska.
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Gimein's troll-baiting....
The 2000 census shows that the US has more unmarried females than males. However, the Census also divides unmarried people into three groups: never-married, divorced, and widowed. [http://www.census.gov/population/cen2000/phc-t27/tab04.pdf]
Looking at the data, we find that widowed females dwarf males (presumably due to females living 8 years longer on average while the average marriage age delta has been stable at 2-3 years), and that males remarry easier than females (or females don't want to remarry ;).
In the never-married category, males dwarf females. Running the numbers by state, we find the ratio of males to females as:
State/Non-state Never-Married Males to Never-Married Females
District of Columbia 0.96
Maryland 1.04
Delaware 1.06
New York 1.07
Rhode Island 1.07
Massachusetts 1.07
Louisiana 1.08
Mississippi 1.1
Pennsylvania 1.11
Connecticut 1.11
South Carolina 1.13
Alabama 1.13
New Jersey 1.13
Illinois 1.14
Ohio 1.14
New Mexico 1.16
Michigan 1.16
Missouri 1.16
Virginia 1.16
Vermont 1.17
Maine 1.17
New Hampshire 1.18
Georgia 1.18
Indiana 1.19
Tennessee 1.19
Wisconsin 1.19
North Carolina 1.2
Utah 1.2
Minnesota 1.2
Iowa 1.22
Arkansas 1.22
Texas 1.22
Kentucky 1.22
West Virginia 1.23
California 1.24
Nebraska 1.24
Florida 1.24
Kansas 1.26
Oregon 1.26
Washington 1.27
Oklahoma 1.27
South Dakota 1.28
Arizona 1.28
Colorado 1.3
Idaho 1.31
Hawaii 1.33
Wyoming 1.33
Montana 1.33
North Dakota 1.36
Nevada 1.42
Alaska 1.45
The Census does not account for geographic clustering of sexual preferences, so assuming Gimein's observation held up with additional data gathering, he may live in a sexual-preference skewed location and/or Alaska.