Fewer Americans are walking down the aisle today than ever before.

Statistics from last year’s U.S. census show that for the first time married couples are the minority in America, accounting for 48% of all households, the Daily Mail reported. That figure is down from 52% 10 years ago.

That doesn’t mean Americans fear commitment. Couples today may not be as quick to say ‘I do’ as they were a decade earlier, but census reports revealed that the number of opposite-sex couples who opt to live together rather than get married is at 7.5 million, up 13% from 2009.

Still, many young couples have put off tying the knot for fear of not being able to keep a job while starting a new family, experts said. The average age of people getting married for the first time has risen dramatically since the 1960s, with men waiting until they are 28 and women 26.

Those couples who do choose marriage today are taking their vows seriously. According to census statistics, three in four couples who got married after 1990 celebrated a 10-year anniversary, the Washington Post reported. That number is up 3% from the early 1980s, when the country’s divorce rate hit its peak.

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