Daniel Pink points us to the Population Reference Bureau where they did some census number crunching and came up with a rather shocking statistical nugget:

For the first time in U.S. history, the number of young adults (those between 25 and 34) who have never been married exceeds those who are married.

Pink wonders if this is part of the weaker demand in the housing market, “It’s harder to buy a house with one income than two, and tougher to commit to a gigantic purchase if you’re living together.” And he notes that singles vote Democratic.

The U.S. began tracking marriage statistics in 1880. The WSJ has more on the data.