Divorce Rate in America 2008
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Overall Divorce Rate in America 2008
| | Divorce Rate | Error Margin |
| For 1,000 Men 15 years and over | 9.9 | (+/-) 0.2 |
| For 1,000 Women 15 years and over | 10.5 | (+/-) 0.2 |
State-wise Divorce Rate in America 2008
The states have been arranged in increasing order of divorce rates.
| Women 15 years and over | Men 15 years and over |
| State | Divorce Rate per 1,000 women | Error Margin |
| North Dakota | 6.0 | (+/-) 2.2 |
| New York | 7.1 | (+/-) 0.5 |
| Hawaii | 7.7 | (+/-) 2.3 |
| Pennsylvania | 8.0 | (+/-) 0.7 |
| Connecticut | 8.5 | (+/-) 1.3 |
| Rhode Island | 8.5 | (+/-) 2.2 |
| New Jersey | 8.7 | (+/-) 0.8 |
| Massachusetts | 8.8 | (+/-) 0.8 |
| South Dakota | 8.9 | (+/-) 3.6 |
| New Hampshire | 9.2 | (+/-) 2.0 |
| Minnesota | 9.3 | (+/-) 0.8 |
| Illinois | 9.7 | (+/-) 0.6 |
| Nebraska | 9.7 | (+/-) 1.7 |
| Iowa | 9.8 | (+/-) 1.3 |
| South Carolina | 9.8 | (+/-) 1.0 |
| Wisconsin | 9.8 | (+/-) 1.0 |
| California | 9.9 | (+/-) 0.5 |
| Michigan | 9.9 | (+/-) 0.9 |
| Ohio | 9.9 | (+/-) 0.7 |
| Maryland | 10.0 | (+/-) 1.1 |
| North Carolina | 10.1 | (+/-) 0.8 |
| Vermont | 10.1 | (+/-) 3.0 |
| New Mexico | 10.2 | (+/-) 1.7 |
| Montana | 10.3 | (+/-) 2.1 |
| Wyoming | 10.3 | (+/-) 3.8 |
| Louisiana | 10.4 | (+/-) 1.4 |
| Florida | 10.6 | (+/-) 0.7 |
| Nevada | 11.2 | (+/-) 1.9 |
| Virginia | 11.2 | (+/-) 1.0 |
| Missouri | 11.3 | (+/-) 1.1 |
| Oregon | 11.3 | (+/-) 1.6 |
| Mississippi | 11.6 | (+/-) 1.7 |
| Colorado | 11.7 | (+/-) 1.4 |
| Georgia | 11.7 | (+/-) 1.0 |
| Delaware | 11.8 | (+/-) 3.2 |
| Indiana | 11.8 | (+/-) 1.1 |
| Maine | 11.9 | (+/-) 2.3 |
| Arizona | 12.0 | (+/-) 1.4 |
| Alaska | 12.5 | (+/-) 4.0 |
| Washington | 12.5 | (+/-) 1.3 |
| Texas | 12.7 | (+/-) 0.7 |
| Kansas | 12.8 | (+/-) 1.9 |
| Tennessee | 12.8 | (+/-) 1.1 |
| West Virginia | 12.8 | (+/-) 2.4 |
| Alabama | 13.5 | (+/-) 1.4 |
| Utah | 14.0 | (+/-) 1.9 |
| Arkansas | 14.1 | (+/-) 1.8 |
| Idaho | 14.5 | (+/-) 2.8 |
| Kentucky | 15.0 | (+/-) 1.7 |
| Oklahoma | 16.5 | (+/-) 1.6 |
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| State | Divorce Rate per 1,000 men | Error Margin |
| New Jersey | 7.0 | (+/-) 0.8 |
| New York | 7.0 | (+/-) 0.5 |
| Massachusetts | 7.9 | (+/-) 1.0 |
| Pennsylvania | 8.2 | (+/-) 0.6 |
| California | 8.3 | (+/-) 0.5 |
| Hawaii | 8.4 | (+/-) 2.0 |
| Rhode Island | 8.4 | (+/-) 2.5 |
| Wisconsin | 8.5 | (+/-) 0.9 |
| Illinois | 8.7 | (+/-) 0.8 |
| Connecticut | 9.3 | (+/-) 1.2 |
| Minnesota | 9.3 | (+/-) 1.3 |
| Iowa | 9.5 | (+/-) 1.3 |
| North Carolina | 9.5 | (+/-) 0.9 |
| South Carolina | 9.5 | (+/-) 1.3 |
| Montana | 9.6 | (+/-) 2.5 |
| New Mexico | 9.6 | (+/-) 2.0 |
| Virginia | 9.7 | (+/-) 1.0 |
| New Hampshire | 9.8 | (+/-) 2.0 |
| Ohio | 9.8 | (+/-) 0.9 |
| Florida | 10.1 | (+/-) 0.6 |
| Maryland | 10.1 | (+/-) 1.2 |
| North Dakota | 10.2 | (+/-) 3.0 |
| Idaho | 10.3 | (+/-) 1.8 |
| Michigan | 10.3 | (+/-) 0.8 |
| West Virginia | 10.3 | (+/-) 2.1 |
| Louisiana | 10.4 | (+/-) 1.3 |
| Oregon | 10.4 | (+/-) 1.7 |
| Texas | 10.9 | (+/-) 0.7 |
| Arkansas | 11.1 | (+/-) 1.8 |
| Delaware | 11.1 | (+/-) 3.2 |
| Missouri | 11.2 | (+/-) 1.1 |
| South Dakota | 11.2 | (+/-) 3.0 |
| Arizona | 11.3 | (+/-) 1.4 |
| Georgia | 11.3 | (+/-) 1.1 |
| Washington | 11.5 | (+/-) 1.1 |
| Vermont | 11.6 | (+/-) 3.1 |
| Utah | 12.1 | (+/-) 2.1 |
| Nebraska | 12.3 | (+/-) 2.1 |
| Indiana | 12.4 | (+/-) 1.2 |
| Maine | 12.5 | (+/-) 2.6 |
| Kansas | 12.6 | (+/-) 1.7 |
| Nevada | 12.8 | (+/-) 2.2 |
| Tennessee | 12.8 | (+/-) 1.4 |
| Colorado | 13.0 | (+/-) 1.6 |
| Alaska | 13.2 | (+/-) 4.4 |
| Kentucky | 13.3 | (+/-) 2.1 |
| Oklahoma | 13.6 | (+/-) 1.5 |
| Alabama | 13.7 | (+/-) 1.5 |
| Mississippi | 14.0 | (+/-) 2.1 |
| Wyoming | 21.0 | (+/-) 5.5 |
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