Colorado Divorce Statistics

Highlights of Colorado Divorce Statistics

• Since 1950, more than 0.773 million divorces and more than 1.5 million marriage have been recorded in this state
• For a given day in Colorado, there are on an average 56 divorces and 96 marriages
• The divorce rate of this state in 2003 was the least in 34 years

Reasons why Colorado Divorce Statistics show a high divorce rate

• A large percentage of the residents of this state are not natives. They have moved to this state from other states and consequently have no or little support structures
• Most of the population in this state is young and these people are recreationally oriented and do not believe in long-term relations
• This state has one of the highest cohabitation rates and generally cohabitating relations result in failed marriages
• A major section of the population in this state is un-churched. It has been proved by research that those marriages that have a specific faith foundation have a better rate of survival

Some useful results

Year	Divorce Rate per 1,000 populaion
2005	4.3
2004	4.4
2003	4.2
2002	4.7
2001	4.7
2000	4.7
1999	No data
1990	5.5

Period	Provisional number of divorces
January to October 2006	17,918
January to October 2007	17,641
January to October 2008	17,627

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