Community Corner
Single Ladies, It's Your Week
Monday kicks off National Single Americans Week—yes, there is a week dedicated to the unmarried, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
"National Singles Week" kicks off Monday as it's observed nationwide during the third week in September.
The Buckeye Singles Council in Ohio created the week in the 1980s to celebrate single life, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
CNNMoney last month in the U.S. to find rich and single residents.
Find out what's happening in Hermosa Beachfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
The ranking said that 47.5 percent of Hermosa Beach's 19,082 residents are single.
Nationwide, there were 99.6 million unmarried adults in the U.S. last year, according to the bureau. Here are more facts and figures from the bureau about single Americans:
Find out what's happening in Hermosa Beachfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
About 44.9 percent of unmarried adults in the U.S. were women last year.
About 61 percent of unmarried adults in the U.S. had never been married, 23. 8 percent were divorced, and 14.4 percent were widowed.
About 6.5 million couples in 2009 lived together, and 581,300 of them were same-sex couples.
Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.
