Iowa Divorce Statistics

Iowa Divorce Statistics from 1st Jan 2004 to 6th Jan 2008 County Number of Divorces Polk 6,302 Linn 3,014 Scott 2,390 Black Hawk 1,730 Woodbury 1,625 Pottawattamie 1,577 Johnson 1,056 Dubuque 949 Story 898 Muscatine 859 Clinton 798 Lee 771 Des Moines 770 Wapello 766 Dallas 765 Marshall 743 Warren 672 Cerro Gordo 659 Webster 658 Jasper 646 Boone 552 Marion 552 Mahaska 430 Benton 317 Plymouth 315 Washington 314 Henry 307 Poweshiek 295 Jefferson 292 Bremer 289 Clay 271 Carroll 269 Hardin 265 Buchanan 262 Madison 257 Jones 254 Buena Vista 248 Fayette 247 Jackson 245 Page 242 Union 239 Crawford 238 Winneshiek 238 Cass 237 Tama 235 Appanoose 234 Hamilton 231 Floyd 227 Cedar 224 Clayton 224 Sioux 223 Mills 217 Harrison 215 Guthrie 213 Dickinson 199 Kossuth 197 Montgomery 194 Shelby 189 Winnebago 189 Humboldt 181 Louisa 181 Iowa 178 O'Brien 164 Butler 162 Wright 159 chickasaw 157 Greene 153 Cherokee 152 Emmet 150 Hancock 149 Keokuk 148 clarke 146 Lucas 144 Franklin 143 Grundy 143 Howard 141 Allamakee 138 Decatur 136 Monroe 132 Delaware 131 Sac 126 Adair 123 Monona 121 Wayne 119 Mitchell 117 Van Buren 115 Worth 115 Fremont 111 Calhoun 108 Pocahontas 106 Davis 104 Lyon 102 Ida 101 Palo Alto 94 Audubon 84 Taylor 83 Adams 73 Osceola 59 Ringgold 54

Overall Iowa Divorce Statistics Year Divorce Rate per 1,000 population Number of Divorces 1998 3.5 9,880 1997 3.4 9,712 1996 3.5 10,347 1995 3.7 10,545 1990 3.9 10,913 1980 4.1 11,854 1970 2.5 7,188 1960 1.7 4,559 1950 2.1 5,404 1940 1.9 4,776 Year Divorce Rate per 1,000 population 2007 2.6 2006 2.7 2005 2.7 2004 2.8 2003 2.8 2002 3.1 2001 3.3 2000 3.3 1999 3.3

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