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National Marriage and Divorce Rate Trends

Year	Marriages	Population	Rate per 1,000 total population
2007	2,197,000	302,226,000	7.3
2006 ¹	2,193,000	294,527,000	7.4
2005	2,249,000	296,497,000	7.6
2004	2,279,000	293,623,000	7.8
2003	2,245,000	291,384,000	7.7
2002	2,290,000	288,369,000	7.9
2001	2,326,000	285,318,000	8.2
2000	2,315,000	281,422,000	8.2

¹ Excludes data for Louisiana.

Note: Populations are consistent with the 2000 census.

Source: National Center for Health Statistics, CDC.

Year	Divorces & annulments	Population	Rate per 1,000 total population
2007 ¹	856,000	238,759,000	3.6
2006 ¹	872,000	236,172,000	3.7
2005 ¹	847,000	234,114,000	3.6
2004 ²	879,000	237,042,000	3.7
2003 ³	927,000	245,200,000	3.8
2002 ⁴	955,000	243,600,000	3.9
2001 ⁵	940,000	236,650,000	4.0
2000 ⁵	944,000	233,550,000	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: Populations are consistent with the 2000 census.

Source: National Center for Health Statistics, CDC.

This page last reviewed April 06, 2009