U.S. DATING POOL ESTIMATOR2024 / 2026 DATA

Same standards.
Two different pools.

Choose a location and a few measurable filters. Men and women are scored side by side using Census microdata and measured CDC health data.

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DATE TAB / 2026BANK OF AMERICA + IPSOS

51%

of Gen Z reported spending $0 a month on romantic dates.

That is a spending answer, not a count of active daters. In the same survey, 45% were single and not actively dating.

YOUR DATE TABMONTHLY → YEARLY

$50/ MONTHWhat do you spend on dates each month?

ONE YEAR$600

THE NEXT 14%Your answer falls in the survey’s $1–$50 monthly spending band.

51%of both men and women reported $0 monthly

14%reported spending $1–$50 monthly

24%are delaying relationship progress because of finances

74%say financial responsibility matters in a partner

Survey benchmark, not transaction data. Ipsos surveyed 1,133 U.S. Gen Z adults ages 18–29 online from February 10–28, 2026. Results were weighted to national benchmarks; margin of sampling error ±3 percentage points. Read the report ↗

THE RECEIPTS

Real inputs. Honest caveats.

National and state demographic filters are weighted jointly from public microdata. Physical traits are modeled from measured national distributions and labeled as estimates.

Age, income & marital status

Weighted jointly by U.S. or state from the 2024 American Community Survey one-year Public Use Microdata Sample—not multiplied from unrelated headline percentages.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Height

Age- and sex-specific measured height percentiles from the CDC's August 2021–August 2023 NHANES reference tables.

CDC / NCHS report ↗

Body-mass filter

Sex- and age-specific measured obesity prevalence from NHANES. It is optional, clinical, and never presented as a measure of attractiveness.

CDC prevalence tables ↗

MODEL LIMIT

Height and obesity are applied independently of income and marital status because no single current public dataset measures all five traits together. PUMS identifies states, not exact cities. Results are estimates, not odds of meeting—or being chosen by—a compatible partner.

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Is this the female or male delusion calculator?

It is a neutral alternative to both. Every filter is applied to men and women at the same time so the two estimated pools can be compared directly.

Does a rare result mean my standards are wrong?

No. Rarity is not compatibility, and a demographic estimate cannot tell you what matters in a relationship. It only shows how quickly measurable filters shrink a national pool.

Does this measure what men or women expect?

No. Government demographic data measures who exists, not what people want. Claims about an entire gender's expectations require separate, representative preference data.

Does 51% mean half of active Gen Z daters spend nothing?

No. The Bank of America and Ipsos survey covered all Gen Z adults ages 18–29, including the 45% who said they were single and not actively dating. The result describes reported monthly spending across the full sample.

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Plain-language answers for the dating-statistics questions people are already arguing about—each connected to the underlying calculator.

STATE REPORTS

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Each page uses weighted 2024 Census microdata for that state. Height and BMI remain nationally modeled from measured CDC data.

Same standards.Two different pools.