The National Center for Health Statistics at the CDC has released a 2010 divorce rate and absolute number of divorces, in a different and briefer format than in past years. It has also revised the rates it reported over the past decade, which it had reported to be as low as 3.4 divorces per 1000 population in 2009; that has been corrected to 3.5.
The 2010 rate is 3.6 divorces per 1000 population: i.e., 0.72% of the population got divorced that year. The absolute number of divorces was 872,000. This 2010 number and rate do not include any data for California, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Louisiana, and Minnesota.
The table below is from "National Marriage and Divorce Rate Trends", National Vital Statistics System, 2012.
Provisional number of divorces and annulments and rate: United States, 2000-2010
| Year | Divorces & annulments | Population | Rate per 1,000 total population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20101 | 872,000 | 244,122,529 | 3.6 |
| 20091 | 840,000 | 242,610,561 | 3.5 |
| 20081 | 844,000 | 240,545,163 | 3.5 |
| 20071 | 856,000 | 238,352,850 | 3.6 |
| 20061 | 872,000 | 236,094,277 | 3.7 |
| 20051 | 847,000 | 233,495,163 | 3.6 |
| 20042 | 879,000 | 236,402,656 | 3.7 |
| 20033 | 927,000 | 243,902,090 | 3.8 |
| 20024 | 955,000 | 243,108,303 | 3.9 |
| 20015 | 940,000 | 236,416,762 | 4.0 |
| 20005 | 944,000 | 233,550,143 | 4.0 |
1 Excludes data for California, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Louisiana, and Minnesota.
2 Excludes data for California, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, and Louisiana.
3 Excludes data for California, Hawaii, Indiana, and Oklahoma.
4 Excludes data for California, Indiana, and Oklahoma.
5 Excludes data for California, Indiana, Louisiana, and Oklahoma.
Note: Rates for 2001-2009 have been revised and are based on intercensal population estimates from the 2000 and 2010 censuses. Populations for 2010 rates are based on the 2010 census.
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