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The real numbers behind the questions we ask on the street
We ask strangers what they want in a partner. Then we count how many people actually fit. These posts are the numbers behind the questions that come up most, all from the same Census Bureau and CDC data the calculator uses.
What percentage of men in Ireland are 6 feet tall?
About 1 in 4 Irish men is 6 feet or taller, about 40% more likely than men in the UK next door.
What percentage of men in Canada are 6 feet tall?
About 1 in 5 Canadian men is 6 feet or taller: almost exactly the same as young American men and the UK.
What percentage of men in Australia are 6 feet tall?
About 1 in 4 Australian men is 6 feet or taller, the tallest of any country outside Europe in the calculator.
What percentage of men in the UK are 6 feet tall?
About 1 in 5 UK men is 6 feet or taller. Inch by inch for men and women, and how the UK compares with the U.S. and Europe.
How many single men make $100k?
About 7.2 million unmarried American men earn six figures: 1 in 8 unmarried men, half the rate for men overall.
How many men are 6′5″ or taller?
About 1 in 240 American men. Then we ran the rest of the viral “6′5″, finance” list through the calculator.
How many women make six figures?
About 1 in 8 American women earns $100,000 or more. How that changes with age and marriage, and how it compares with men.
Cuffing season: how many single people are your age?
The single pool within three years of your age, for men and women, and the age where the balance flips.
How many single people have no kids?
“Single with no kids” keeps most people in their twenties and drops fast after 30, faster for women than men.
Where are the tall men? Countries ranked by share of men 6 feet or taller
In parts of the Balkans and the Netherlands nearly half of men are 6 feet or taller. In the U.S. it’s 1 in 6.
How many single people are there in the U.S.?
About 122 million American adults aren’t married. How that splits by age, and where men and women are out of balance.
Are my standards too high? Every standard, ranked
Height, income, kids, religion, build and more, ranked by how many people each one rules out on its own.
What are the odds of finding your perfect match?
We add common dating standards one at a time and watch the pool shrink, for a man’s list and a woman’s list.
How many men are 6 feet tall and make six figures?
About 1 in 27 American men is both. Add “not married” and it’s about 1 in 108. The full breakdown by age.
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