LOVE MISCONNECTION: Not finding Mister or Miss...

LOVE MISCONNECTION: Not finding Mister or Miss Right? You’re not alone. Nearly half the men and women in Orange County are unmarried. . . . Today, 46.5% of the county’s 1.9 million adults are single, compared to 43.8% a decade ago, the U.S. Census Bureau says. . . . Lots of locals haven’t even bothered to step down the aisle of bliss and blitzkrieg--30% have never been married. . . . A growing number are chucking the institution altogether. In 1980, 10.8% in Orange County were divorced or separated. By 1990, it was 11.4%.

O.C. Marriage Report

The 1990 census surveyed the marital status of everyone 15 and older. Never Married Men: 35% Women: 25% Married Men: 54% Women: 53% Other Men: 11% Women: 22% NOTE: “Other” includes separated, widowed and divorced.