South Carolina and South Dakota Divorce Statistics

Divorce Rate per 1,000 population

Year	South Carolina	South Dakota
2007	3.0	3.1
2006	3.0	3.2
2005	2.9	2.8
2004	3.2	3.1
2003	3.3	3.0
2002	3.4	3.3
2001	3.6	3.3
2000	3.8	3.5
1999	3.8	3.7
1995	3.9	3.9
1990	4.5	3.7

South Carolina Divorce Statistics

Year	Number of divorces + annulments	Divorce Rate per 1,000 population
1988	14,662	4.2
1987	13,835	4.0
1978	11,901	3.9

Number of children	Percentage of Number of divorces + annulments in 1988
None	46.4
1	28.0
2	19.1
3	6.2
4	1.0
5 or more	0.2

South Dakota Divorce Statistics

Year	Number of divorces + annulments	Divorce Rate per 1,000 population
1988	2,649	3.7
1987	2,696	3.8
1978	2,449	3.6

Number of children	Percentage of Number of divorces + annulments in 1988
None	40.4
1	24.8
2	22.9
3	8.9
4	2.2
5 or more	0.8

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