Key points
- Find the divorce rate for each state in map and table formats.
- The divorce rate is the provisional count of divorces per 1,000 people living in the state.
- Each divorce is counted in the state in which the marriage was legally ended or legally petitioned to end.
Sources
The National Center for Health Statistics publishes annual tables that are the source for divorce data featured in Stats of the States.
Divorce rates are based on provisional state counts of divorces. Each divorce is counted in the state in which the marriage was legally ended or legally petitioned to end. Annulments are counted as divorces when calculating the divorce rate.
Not all states report divorce data to the National Vital Statistics System. This map does not include rates for California, Hawaii, Indiana, Minnesota, and New Mexico.
Content Source:
National Center for Health Statistics