2010 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Marital Status

**Marital Status and Fertility by Educational Attainment**
Characteristic	Total	Less than high school graduate	High school graduate, GED, or alternative credential	Some college or associate’s degree	Bachelor’s degree or higher	Percent high school graduate, GED, or alternative credential or higher	Percent bachelor’s degree or higher
MARITAL STATUS [1]
Males 18 years and over	18,888	3,463	7,346	4,888	3,191	81.7%	16.9%
…Never married	6,180	1,411	2,467	1,562	740	77.2%	12.0%
…Now married, except separated	10,762	1,698	4,102	2,824	2,138	84.2%	19.9%
…Separated	857	127	382	231	117	85.2%	13.7%
…Widowed	395	106	160	82	47	73.2%	11.9%
…Divorced	694	121	235	189	149	82.6%	21.5%
Females 18 years and over	17,846	3,393	6,389	4,485	3,579	81.0%	20.1%
…Never married	6,296	1,138	2,305	1,740	1,113	81.9%	17.7%
…Now married, except separated	8,813	1,494	3,109	2,153	2,057	83.0%	23.3%
…Separated	712	121	285	199	107	83.0%	15.0%
…Widowed	1,158	463	381	189	125	60.0%	10.8%
…Divorced	867	177	309	204	177	79.6%	20.4%
FERTILITY
Females 18 years and over	17,846	3,393	6,389	4,485	3,579	81.0%	20.1%
…No children ever born	4,319	690	1,458	1,171	1,000	84.0%	23.2%
…1 child ever born	3,546	612	1,311	854	769	82.7%	21.7%
…2 children ever born	3,650	476	1,318	960	896	87.0%	24.5%
…3 children ever born	2,573	366	978	694	535	85.8%	20.8%
…4 children ever born	1,660	357	624	437	242	78.5%	14.6%
…5 or more children ever born	2,098	892	700	369	137	57.5%	6.5%