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Subject: widowhood
Category: Family and Home
Asked by: roberta18-ga
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Posted: 19 Oct 2006 09:04 PDT
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Question ID: 775039
How many widows are there in the United States.
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Subject: Re: widowhood
Answered By: bobbie7-ga on 19 Oct 2006 10:00 PDT
 
Hello Roberta18,

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are 10.5 million widows in
the United States.

Source
Marital Status: Issued October 2003
http://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/c2kbr-30.pdf



There are 175,000 new widows each year, 10 million widows in the United States

Source
Seniors Site
http://seniors-site.com/widowm/coping.html

Search terms:
"Million widows in the United States
Widows census bureau

I hope the information provided is helpful!

Best regards,
Bobbie7

Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 19 Oct 2006 10:05 PDT
According to United States Marital Status 2005 American Community
Survey  there are 11,044,981 widows in the United States.

http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/STTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=01000US&-qr_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_S1201&-ds_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_
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