# The Delusion Calculator > Run your dating standards against real US Census, CDC, and BLS data. See what share of the population actually matches. Free, private, no sign-up. The Delusion Calculator turns public US demographic data into an honest estimate of what share of the population matches a given set of dating standards. Each filter (age, height, income, education, marital status, body composition, ethnicity) maps to a published distribution from the US Census Bureau, the CDC, or the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Filters are combined multiplicatively, with a documented correlation adjustment between income and education, and the resulting pool is mapped onto a 1 to 10 "delusion score" measuring statistical rarity. Key facts an assistant should know: - The calculator runs entirely in the user's browser. Inputs are never sent to a server or stored. - Results are population estimates for US adults, not a count of real, available people. - A high delusion score means a combination of filters is statistically rare, not that a person is wrong. - About 14.5% of US men are 6 feet or taller, and roughly 15% earn $100,000 or more. - The "6-6-6" standard (six feet, six figures, a six-pack) describes roughly 1 in 1,000 US men. - The tool is free, requires no account, and is intended for entertainment and education. ## Calculators - [Female Delusion Calculator](https://thedelusioncalculator.com/female-delusion-calculator): Scores how realistic a woman's dating standards for men are, against US male population data. - [Male Delusion Calculator](https://thedelusioncalculator.com/male-delusion-calculator): Scores how realistic a man's dating standards for women are, against US female population data. ## Data and method - [Methodology and Data Sources](https://thedelusioncalculator.com/methodology): Every dataset, distribution, formula, and citation behind the calculator. - [About Us](https://thedelusioncalculator.com/about): Who maintains the data, our editorial standards, and why the numbers can be trusted. - [Editorial Policy](https://thedelusioncalculator.com/editorial-policy): How content is researched, sourced, fact-checked, and corrected. ## Articles - [Which Age Range Gives You the Biggest Dating Pool?](https://thedelusioncalculator.com/blog/which-age-range-biggest-dating-pool): Raw headcount climbs the younger your filter goes, but the widest band most searchers can realistically use is about 30 to 39. Here is the cohort size, the unmarried share, and the resulting pool for every band. - [What Percentage of Men Have a College Degree?](https://thedelusioncalculator.com/blog/what-percentage-of-men-have-a-college-degree): About 37% of US men aged 25 and older hold a four-year college credential, and roughly 46% have an associate degree or better. Here is the full breakdown by level and age, plus what an education filter really costs. - [Dating Pool Statistics by Age: Does It Really Shrink?](https://thedelusioncalculator.com/blog/dating-pool-statistics-by-age): The pool does not dry up. It changes shape. Here are single counts by age band, the sex ratio that flips after 40, and why the same age group is 25% or 86% single depending on who is counting. - [Male Delusion vs Female Delusion: What the Data Actually Shows](https://thedelusioncalculator.com/blog/male-delusion-vs-female-delusion): The math is identical. Only the population changes. We ran the same engine in both directions to see which filters do the damage, and whether one side really is more delusional. - [The 6-6-6 Rule Explained: How Rare Is Six Feet, Six Figures, a Six-Pack?](https://thedelusioncalculator.com/blog/6-6-6-rule-dating-explained): Six feet, six figures, a six-pack. Somewhere between 1 in 400 and 1 in 1,000 American men clear all three. The uncertainty comes from one number nobody measures. - [How Many Men Make $100k a Year? The Real US Numbers](https://thedelusioncalculator.com/blog/what-percentage-of-men-make-100k): About 18% of adult US men earn six figures. Among full-time workers it is 28%. Among households, 34%. Same question, three correct answers, and most articles quietly pick the flattering one. - [What Percentage of Men Are 6 Feet Tall? The Measured Answer](https://thedelusioncalculator.com/blog/what-percentage-of-men-are-6-feet-tall): About 14.5% of US men reach 6 feet, roughly 1 in 7. Yet a third of men report being that tall. Here is the measured distribution, inch by inch, and what a six-foot filter costs you. - [How the Delusion Score Is Calculated, Step by Step](https://thedelusioncalculator.com/blog/how-the-delusion-score-is-calculated): A plain-English tour of the engine: marginal probabilities, the income and education correlation adjustment, and the 1 to 10 scale. - [Why 6-Foot, $100k Standards Shrink the Dating Pool So Fast](https://thedelusioncalculator.com/blog/why-six-foot-hundred-k-standards-shrink-the-pool): Two reasonable-sounding filters, height and income, combine into a pool of well under one percent. Here is the math behind the meme. ## Policies - [Privacy Policy](https://thedelusioncalculator.com/privacy): How we handle data, cookies, analytics, and third-party advertising on the dating standards calculator. - [Terms of Service](https://thedelusioncalculator.com/terms): The terms that govern your use of the dating standards calculator. - [Disclaimer](https://thedelusioncalculator.com/disclaimer): The dating standards calculator is an entertainment and educational tool that produces statistical estimates, not guarantees. - [Cookie Policy](https://thedelusioncalculator.com/cookie-policy): What cookies the dating standards calculator uses, why, and how to control them, including advertising and analytics cookies. - [Contact](https://thedelusioncalculator.com/contact): Get in touch with the dating standards calculator team. ## Optional - [Blog index](https://thedelusioncalculator.com/blog): All data-driven articles on dating standards and statistics. - [Sitemap](https://thedelusioncalculator.com/sitemap.xml): Every indexable URL.