WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --
Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S.
Census Bureau:
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Profile America — Saturday,
December 20th. Throughout history, bachelors have had to put
up with a lot of pressure from friends, family and society in
general. They tend to be stereotyped, and many television sitcoms
deal with their supposedly hapless lives. But no insult can rival
that enacted in Missouri on this
date 1820, when the legislature voted to tax bachelors between the
ages of 21 and 50 $1 a year — just
for being unmarried. Obviously, the tax did not stand the test of
time or legality. Today, around 34 percent of males over age 15
have never been married, compared with over 28 percent of females.
Together, they number just over 77 million people, nearly a quarter
of the total population. You can find more facts about
America's people, places and economy from the American Community
Survey at www.census.gov.
Sources:
Kane's Famous First Facts, 7644
Marital status/Table A1 All Races:
http://www.census.gov/hhes/families/files/cps2012/tabA1-all.xls
Profile America is produced by the Center for New Media
and Promotions of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are
available as produced segments, ready to air, on the Internet at
http://www.census.gov (look for "Multimedia Gallery" by the
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SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau