Crude divorce rate

United States

1,000 residents in the reporting area

Crude divorce rate, United StatesTrend from 2000 to 2023. Exact values and source notes are in the table below. Whiskers show 90% margins of error when available.012342000200520102015202020232000: 4.02001: 4.02002: 3.92003: 3.82004: 3.72005: 3.62006: 3.72007: 3.62008: 3.52009: 3.52010: 3.62011: 3.62012: 3.42013: 3.32014: 3.22015: 3.12016: 3.02017: 2.92018: 2.92019: 2.72020: 2.32021: 2.52022: 2.42023: 2.4
Source: CDC/NCHS — National Vital Statistics System. 2000–2023. Provisional; reporting coverage varies by year. Lines stop at coverage changes. Definitions & data
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Recorded divorce events and reporting-area resident population. 1,000 residents in the reporting area. Source: CDC/NCHS — National Vital Statistics System.
YearCrude divorce rateNotes
20004.0Provisional; Excluded: California, Indiana, Louisiana, Oklahoma · 47 reporting areas
20014.0Provisional; Revised rate using intercensal population estimates; Excluded: California, Indiana, Louisiana, Oklahoma · 47 reporting areas
20023.9Provisional; Revised rate using intercensal population estimates; Excluded: California, Indiana, Oklahoma · 48 reporting areas
20033.8Provisional; Revised rate using intercensal population estimates; Excluded: California, Hawaii, Indiana, Oklahoma · 47 reporting areas
20043.7Provisional; Revised rate using intercensal population estimates; Excluded: California, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Louisiana · 46 reporting areas
20053.6Provisional; Revised rate using intercensal population estimates; Excluded: California, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota · 45 reporting areas
20063.7Provisional; Revised rate using intercensal population estimates; Excluded: California, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota · 45 reporting areas
20073.6Provisional; Revised rate using intercensal population estimates; Excluded: California, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota · 45 reporting areas
20083.5Provisional; Revised rate using intercensal population estimates; Excluded: California, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota · 45 reporting areas
20093.5Provisional; Revised rate using intercensal population estimates; Excluded: California, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota · 45 reporting areas
20103.6Provisional; Excluded: California, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota · 45 reporting areas
20113.6Provisional; Excluded: California, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota · 45 reporting areas
20123.4Provisional; Excluded: California, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota · 45 reporting areas
20133.3Provisional; Excluded: California, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Minnesota · 46 reporting areas
20143.2Provisional; Excluded: California, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Minnesota · 46 reporting areas
20153.1Provisional; Excluded: California, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Minnesota · 46 reporting areas
20163.0Provisional; National count and rate revised for Illinois and Texas; Excluded: California, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Minnesota, New Mexico · 45 reporting areas
20172.9Provisional; Excluded: California, Hawaii, Indiana, Minnesota, New Mexico · 46 reporting areas
20182.9Provisional; Excluded: California, Hawaii, Indiana, Minnesota, New Mexico · 46 reporting areas
20192.7Provisional; Excluded: California, Hawaii, Indiana, Minnesota, New Mexico · 46 reporting areas
20202.3Provisional; Excluded: California, Hawaii, Indiana, Minnesota, New Mexico · 46 reporting areas
20212.5Provisional; National count revised for Maryland; total rate unchanged; Excluded: California, Hawaii, Indiana, Minnesota, New Mexico · 46 reporting areas
20222.4Provisional; Excluded: California, Hawaii, Indiana, Minnesota, New Mexico · 46 reporting areas
20232.4Provisional; Excluded: California, Hawaii, Indiana, Minnesota, New Mexico · 46 reporting areas

The reporting area matters

California, Hawaii, Indiana, Minnesota and New Mexico did not report in 2023. They are excluded from both the national event count and its population denominator. A missing value means not reported, not zero divorces.

These administrative figures include annulments and, for some jurisdictions, divorce petitions or legal separations. Historical reporting coverage changes, so the national series is not a constant-geography panel.

A rate is not a lifetime probability

This rate uses the entire reporting-area population, including children and people who are not married. It is different from a rate among married people, a currently divorced share or a marriage-cohort estimate.

Annual divorces divided by annual marriages compares events from different cohorts. It does not tell us what fraction of marriages will eventually end in divorce.

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Initial edition, October 1, 2026. Revision history. Numerical answers are generated from release 2026-10-01-r3.