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20.9% (2022); 35.3% (1990) — Among U.S. adults aged 65 and older, 20.9% were widowed in 2022 — down from 35.3% in 1990.#

Source: National Center for Family & Marriage Research (NCFMR), Bowling Green State University — Family Profile FP-24-04 (2022) · verified 2026-08-13

29.5% women / 10.3% men (2022) — In 2022, 29.5% of U.S. women aged 65 and older were widowed, compared with 10.3% of men that age.#

Source: National Center for Family & Marriage Research (NCFMR), Bowling Green State University — Family Profile FP-24-04 (2022) · verified 2026-08-13

ever widowed: 58% women / 28% men; currently widowed: 54% women / 20% men — The U.S. Census Bureau reports that 58% of women aged 75 and older have ever been widowed, compared with 28% of men that age; 54% of women and 20% of men that age were currently widowed.#

Source: U.S. Census Bureau — "Marriage, Divorce, Widowhood Remain Prevalent Among Older Populations" (2016) · verified 2026-08-13

71% of men / 69% of women were 65+; 65+ = 19% of population 15+ — Among Americans widowed in the past 12 months, 71% of men and 69% of women were aged 65 or older — an age group that made up only 19% of the population aged 15 and over.#

Source: U.S. Census Bureau — "Marriage, Divorce, Widowhood Remain Prevalent Among Older Populations" (2016) · verified 2026-08-13

64% of men / 52% of women — Pew Research Center found that among adults whose first marriage ended in divorce or widowhood, 64% of men had remarried in 2013, compared with 52% of women.#

Source: Pew Research Center — "The Demographics of Remarriage" (Chapter 2 of Four-in-Ten Couples Are Saying "I Do," Again) (2013) · verified 2026-08-13

no number — directional statement only — Pew Research Center reports that widows are less likely than divorced adults to remarry, and that women are much more likely than men to be widowed.#

Source: Pew Research Center — "8 facts about divorce, marriage and remarriage in the United States" (2025) · verified 2026-08-13

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