More than 50% of Cleveland residents are unmarried

• That's higher than Ohio's overall figure of 50.7% of residents and the national average of 49.1%.

How it works: These figures include people who have never been married, plus those who were married at one point but have since gotten divorced or separated, or have been widowed.

The big picture: Baltimore (74%), the Bronx (71.9%) and Washington, D.C. (69.3%) have the highest rates of unmarried 20-and-older residents among U.S. counties with at least 25,000 such residents overall.

Between the lines: Marriage rates are tied to a variety of socioeconomic factors, including income, employment, education and more.

• The modern era's historically low marriage rates can also be understood as a reflection of women's decreasing reliance on men compared to past decades.
• It was only 50 years ago that women needed a husband or male relative to co-sign with them for a loan or credit card, for instance.

The latest: The Trump administration is prioritizing at least some investment in communities with higher-than-average marriage and birth rates — an effort that's perhaps tied to Trump ally Elon Musk's long-standing fixation on falling birthrates.