SOI shows that in 2020 (latest year available), single was the most common filing status:
| Filing status |
Count (million) |
| Single |
84 |
| Joint+widow |
55 |
| Head of household |
21 |
| Separate |
4 |
As select statements are more performant when using default (#1176), especially with the most common case, let's use SINGLE as the default filing status.