Divorce Rate Statistics

Divorce rate statistics for the United States

The divorce rates in the various states in the United States are arranged in the ascending order for the year 2007.

State	2007	2004	2000
Massachusetts	2.3	2.2	2.5
Illinois	2.6	2.6	3.2
Iowa	2.6	2.8	3.3
Rhode Island	2.8	3.0	2.9
New York	2.9	3.0	3.0
Pennsylvania	2.9	3.0	3.1
Wisconsin	2.9	3.0	3.2
New Jersey	3.0	3.0	3.0
North Dakota	3.0	3.1	3.4
Maryland	3.0	3.2	3.3
South Carolina	3.0	3.2	3.8
South Dakota	3.1	3.1	3.5
Connecticut	3.2	3.1	3.3
Texas	3.3	3.6	4.0
Kansas	3.4	3.3	3.6
Michigan	3.4	3.4	3.9
Ohio	3.4	3.6	4.2
Nebraska	3.5	3.4	3.7
Vermont	3.6	3.9	4.1
Utah	3.6	4.1	4.3
Delaware	3.7	3.7	3.9
Missouri	3.8	3.8	4.5
Virginia	3.8	3.8	4.5
New Hampshire	3.8	3.8	4.5
Oregon	3.9	4.1	4.8
Arizona	3.9	4.2	4.6
North Carolina	4.0	4.2	4.5
Washington	4.0	4.3	4.6
Montana	4.1	3.8	4.2
Alaska	4.2	4.3	3.9
Maine	4.3	4.3	5.0
New Mexico	4.3	4.6	5.1
Tennessee	4.3	4.9	5.9
Colorado	4.4	4.4	4.7
Mississippi	4.5	4.5	5.0
Florida	4.6	4.8	5.1
Alabama	4.6	4.9	5.5
Kentucky	4.7	4.9	5.1
Idaho	4.9	5.0	5.5
Wyoming	5.0	5.2	5.8
West Virginia	5.1	5.0	5.1
Oklahoma	5.2	4.9	no data
Arkansas	5.9	6.1	6.4
Nevada	6.5	6.4	9.9
Minnesota	no data	2.8	3.2
Georgia	no data	no data	3.3
Hawaii	no data	no data	3.9
California	no data	no data	no data
Indiana	no data	no data	no data
Louisiana	no data	no data	no data

Divorce rate statistics as per age

Age	Males	Females
35 to 39 years	6.5	5.1
30 to 34 years	11.6	8.5
20 to 24 years	38.8	36.6
Less than 20 years	11.7	27.6

Other divorce rates

As per the statistics collected so far, the divorce rate of first marriages in the United States is 41 percent, while of the second marriage is 60 percent and of the third marriage is 73 percent. The divorce rate of couples who have no children is slightly higher than those who have children.

If the citizens are grouped as per their religious beliefs, then the following results are obtained.

	Divorce rate in percent
Agnostics and Athiests	21
Other Christians	24
Born-again Christians	27
Jews	30

The various denominations can be summarized as follows:

Denomination	Divorce rate in percent
Lutheran	21
Catholic	21
Presbyterian	23
Methodist	26
Pentecostal	28
Episcopal	28
Baptist	29
Non-denominational	34

As per the different locations in the country, the various results are as under -

Region	Divorce rate in percent
Northeast	19
West	26
Midwest	27
South	27

If the society is grouped as per age, the following table can be developed -

Age group	Divorce rate in percent
Seniors more than 72 years	18
Builders from 53 to 72 years	37
Baby boomers from 33 to 52 years	34

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