Divorce Statistics in America

Presently, divorce statistics in the United States have been analyzed to be approximately 50 percent. It has been projected that if the current trend continues, then, 40 or 50 percent of the marriages would end in divorce.

Per capita Divorce Statistics in America

Year	Divorce Rate (in percent)
2004	0.37
2003	0.38
2002	0.38
2001	0.40
2000	0.41
1999	0.41
1998	0.42
1997	0.43
1996	0.43
1995	0.46
1994	0.46
1993	0.46
1992	0.48
1991	0.47

How children affect Divorce Statistics in America

Children	Divorce Rate (in percent)
Present	40
Absent	66

Divorce Statistics and instance of Marriage

Instance of Marriage	Percent of marriages that end in divorce
First	45 to 50
Second	60 to 67
Third	70 to 73

Some other statistics

Instance of Divorce	Mean age of males in years	Mean age of females in years
First	30.5	29
Second	39.3	37

• Average duration of divorce proceedings = 1 year
• After being divorced for the first time, the average number of years individuals wait to remarry are 3.3 for males and 3.1 for females
• 10 percent of the American population is divorced
• Nevada State has the highest divorce rate at 9.1 per 1000 population
• Massachusetts State has the lowest divorce rate at 2.4 per 1000 population
• Those couples who have an annual income of less than 0.25 million USD have a 50 percent possibility of getting divorced
• Women who marry before their 25th birthday constitute 64 percent of all divorces in America
• Women who marry in their late twenties constitute 16 percent of the divorces in the country
• 25 percent of the adults experienced minimum 1 divorce during the course of their life
• As compared with other faith groups, the divorce rate amongst conservative Christians was considerably more
• 11 southern states comprising of Texas, South Carolina, Oklahoma, New Mexico, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Georgia, Florida, Arizona, Arkansas and Alabama had an average of 5.1 divorces per 1000 population

How the 20th century has fared?

After the World War II, the divorce rate in the United States suddenly increased and reached a peak from where it declined for some period. In the 1960s, it increased at a slow speed and this speed further increased in the 1970s. During the 1980s, the divorce rate had a more or less constant value and in the 1990s it dropped slightly.

The following observations were made in the 20th century –

• The number of committed couples, who intended to adhere to a common law relationship instead of getting married, increased (and is increasing day by day)
• The number of individuals, who generally preferred to enter into their first marriage at an older age, increased
• American youth preferred the lifestyle in which they could live with their partner for a temporary period of time in what can be termed as an informal trial marriage. Such relationships often did not stand the test of time

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