States Where Couples Have Been Married the Longest

36. Virginia
> Median duration of current marriage (2019): 19.6 years (tied)
> Median age at first marriage (male): 30.0 — 23rd oldest
> Median age at first marriage (female): 28.4 — 19th oldest
> Widowed, as of 2019: 5.6% — 21st youngest
> 25-35 pop: 13.8% (1,174,655 total) — 17th oldest
> 18-62 pop: 58.6% (5,002,993 total) — 8th oldest
> 65 and over pop: 15.9% (1,358,336 total) — 11th youngest

35. Mississippi
> Median duration of current marriage (2019): 19.6 years (tied)
> Median age at first marriage (male): 28.1 — 8th youngest
> Median age at first marriage (female): 26.6 — 10th youngest
> Widowed, as of 2019: 6.9% — 3rd oldest
> 25-35 pop: 12.4% (368,227 total) — 4th youngest
> 18-62 pop: 56.3% (1,676,716 total) — 18th youngest
> 65 and over pop: 16.4% (486,804 total) — 20th youngest

34. Maryland
> Median duration of current marriage (2019): 19.6 years (tied)
> Median age at first marriage (male): 31.0 — 10th oldest
> Median age at first marriage (female): 29.4 — 8th oldest
> Widowed, as of 2019: 5.6% — 20th youngest
> 25-35 pop: 13.6% (820,575 total) — 22nd oldest
> 18-62 pop: 58.2% (3,517,784 total) — 12th oldest
> 65 and over pop: 15.9% (959,887 total) — 10th youngest

33. Louisiana
> Median duration of current marriage (2019): 19.6 years(tied)
> Median age at first marriage (male): 30.4 — 18th oldest
> Median age at first marriage (female): 28.1 — 24th oldest
> Widowed, as of 2019: 6.6% — 7th oldest
> 25-35 pop: 13.8% (643,422 total) — 14th oldest
> 18-62 pop: 56.7% (2,635,228 total) — 25th youngest
> 65 and over pop: 16.0% (742,194 total) — 12th youngest

32. Idaho
> Median duration of current marriage (2019): 19.7 years
> Median age at first marriage (male): 27.9 — 5th youngest
> Median age at first marriage (female): 25.5 — 3rd youngest
> Widowed, as of 2019: 5.0% — 9th youngest
> 25-35 pop: 13.1% (234,800 total) — 19th youngest
> 18-62 pop: 54.9% (981,628 total) — 3rd youngest
> 65 and over pop: 16.2% (288,617 total) — 17th youngest