Notes:
The CDC expresses divorce rates in terms of annual numbers of divorces per 1,000 population. Our headline, "Nevada 0.84%, Illinois 0.26%," translates that into the annual percentage of people getting divorced. It takes two to divorce.
"?" means that the state doesn't know and doesn't care what its divorce rate is.
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State |
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2019 |
2018 |
2017 |
|
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Nevada |
4.2 |
4.4 |
4.5 |
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Arkansas |
4.0 |
4.1 |
3.7 |
|
Idaho |
3.9 |
3.8 |
3.9 |
|
Oklahoma |
3.9 |
3.8 |
4.1 |
|
Wyoming |
3.8 |
3.8 |
4.0 |
|
Alabama |
3.6 |
3.7 |
3.7 |
|
Alaska |
3.6 |
3.7 |
3.6 |
|
West Virginia |
3.6 |
3.3 |
3.5 |
|
Florida |
3.5 |
3.6 |
3.6 |
|
Tennessee |
3.5 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
|
Utah |
3.5 |
3.8 |
3.4 |
|
Kentucky |
3.4 |
3.5 |
3.7 |
|
Colorado |
3.3 |
3.3 |
3.2 |
|
Oregon |
3.2 |
3.4 |
3.4 |
|
New Hampshire |
3.1 |
3.1 |
3.1 |
|
North Carolina |
3.1 |
3.1 |
3.1 |
|
Maine |
3.0 |
3.2 |
3.2 |
|
Montana |
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.1 |
|
Arizona |
2.9 |
3.0 |
3.5 |
|
Delaware |
2.9 |
2.8 |
3.0 |
|
Missouri |
2.9 |
3.0 |
3.1 |
|
New York |
2.9 |
2.8 |
2.7 |
|
Virginia |
2.9 |
3.1 |
3.0 |
|
Ohio |
2.8 |
2.9 |
2.9 |
|
Vermont |
2.8 |
3.1 |
2.9 |
|
Washington |
2.8 |
3.3 |
3.4 |
|
Connecticut |
2.7 |
2.9 |
2.9 |
|
Maryland |
2.7 |
2.4 |
2.5 |
|
UNITED STATES |
2.7 |
2.9 |
2.9 |
|
Nebraska |
2.7 |
2.9 |
3.0 |
|
Rhode Island |
2.7 |
2.9 |
2.9 |
|
Mississippi |
2.6 |
2.7 |
2.9 |
|
Pennsylvania |
2.6 |
2.6 |
2.6 |
|
South Carolina |
2.6 |
2.5 |
2.6 |
|
South Dakota |
2.6 |
2.6 |
2.7 |
|
New Jersey |
2.5 |
2.7 |
2.6 |
|
North Dakota |
2.5 |
2.6 |
2.5 |
|
District of Columbia |
2.4 |
2.5 |
2.5 |
|
Louisiana |
2.4 |
1.7 |
1.9 |
|
Georgia |
2.3 |
2.5 |
3.5 |
|
Iowa |
2.3 |
2.2 |
2.0 |
|
Kansas |
2.3 |
2.3 |
2.4 |
|
Michigan |
2.3 |
2.8 |
2.8 |
|
Wisconsin |
2.3 |
2.5 |
2.4 |
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Texas |
2.1 |
2.6 |
2.2 |
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Massachusetts |
1.5 |
2.1 |
2.2 |
|
Illinois |
1.3 |
1.5 |
1.9 |
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California |
? |
? |
? |
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Hawaii |
? |
? |
? |
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Indiana |
? |
? |
? |
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Minnesota |
? |
? |
? |
|
New Mexico |
? |
? |
? |
Divorce rates by State: 1990, 1995, and 1999-2019 -- pdf
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