Georgia A Top State For Singles Lamenting Valentine's Day

ATLANTA, GA — If you’re dreading the prospect of another Valentine’s Day dining on a feast fit for one, you may be living in the wrong place.

Using U.S. Census Bureau data, Solitaire Bliss — which operates a website for people who like to play the one-person card game — compiled the list of suburbs with the most singles, including breakdowns for the most single men, most single women and most divorced people.

Overall, Georgia ranks 4th in the number of single residents. That puts the Peach State at 6th for most single men and 2nd for most single women.

Marietta, Smyrna, Sandy Springs and Tucker were listed among suburbs with the most singles (54.5 percent, 50.1 percent, 48.4 percent and 48.3 percent, respectively), and Marietta was ranked as having the 10th largest population among suburbs with divorcees.

Here are the top 10 suburbs with the most singles:

1. Euclid, Ohio (Cleveland): 62 percent single
2. Hoboken, New Jersey (New York City): 58.7 percent
3. Lakewood, Ohio (Cleveland) 58 percent
4. Paradise, Nevada (Las Vegas): 58 percent
5. Hackensack, New Jersey (New York City): 57.6 percent
6. Cicero, Illinois (Chicago): 57.2 percent
7. Hawthorne, California (Los Angeles): 57 percent
8. Long Beach, California (Los Angeles): 56.9 percent
9. Southfield, Michigan (Detroit): 56.1 percent
10. Waltham, Massachusetts (Boston): 55.3 percent

Several of those suburbs also got mention in rankings for the most single men and women, as well as in the percentage of people who are divorced.

Atlanta was ranked 3rd in the number of single men, and 4th in the number of single women.

The big cities with the most singles are:

1. Detroit: 70.8 percent single
2. Cleveland: 68.7 percent
3. Atlanta: 67.6 percent
4. Baltimore: 66.9 percent
5. Boston: 65.8 percent
6. Milwaukee, 65.4 percent
7. New Orleans, 64.8 percent
8. Philadelphia, 63.2 percent
9. Memphis, Tennessee, 62.9 percent
10. Minneapolis: 62.7 percent

The Miami suburbs of Hollywood and Hialeah took the No. 1 and No. 2 spots, respectively, with the highest percentages of residents who are divorced. Overall, Florida ranks seventh among states for the percentage of residents who are divorced.

The rankings are based on 2019 Census Bureau data that show the percentage of people ages 18-65 who are single in all 50 states, the 50 largest cities and 130 suburbs surrounding them.