It's National Singles Week!

Actually, it's officially "Unmarried and Single Americans Week" (an acknowledgment that many unmarried Americans do not identify with the word "single" because they are parents, have partners or are widowed) but National Singles Week has such a celebratory twang, doesn't it? Makes you want to go out and be single and mingle.

In honor of the week, I'd like to share some interesting and eye-opening singles stats, courtesy of our friends at the Census Bureau. Impress friends and family with your knowledge.

89.8 million: Number of unmarried and single Americans in 2005. This group comprised 41 percent of all U.S. residents age 18 and older.

54%: Percentage of unmarried and single Americans who are women.

60%: Percentage of unmarried and single Americans who have never been married. Another 25 percent are divorced and 15 percent are widowed.

14.9 million: Number of unmarried and single Americans age 65 and older. These older Americans comprise 14 percent of all unmarried and single people.

86: Number of unmarried men age 18 and older for every 100 unmarried women in the United States.

904: The number of dating service establishments nationwide as of 2002. These establishments, which include Internet dating services, employed nearly 4,300 people and pulled in $489 million in revenues.

29.9 million: Number of people who live alone. These persons comprise 26 percent of all households, up from 17 percent in 1970.

12.9 million: Number of single parents living with their children in 2005. Of these, 10.4 million are single mothers.

4.9 million: Number of unmarried-partner households in 2005. These households consist of a householder living with someone of the opposite sex who was identified as their unmarried partner.

36%: Percentage of voters in the 2004 presidential election who were unmarried.

82%: Percentage of unmarried people age 25 or older in 2004 who were high school graduates.

23%: Percentage of unmarried people age 25 or older with a bachelor’s degree or more education.