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Table 3. Provisional number of marriages and divorces: Each division and State, December 1999 and 2000, and cumulative figures, 19982000
[By State of occurrence. Divorces include reported annulments] Marriages Divorces December JanuaryDecember December JanuaryDecember Area
2000
1999
2000
1999
1998
2000
1999
2000
1999
1998
New England . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4,884
4,966
92,561
92,775
90,362
5,409
2,256
46,273
36,993
44,016
Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
419
370
10,488
10,146
10,494
639
532
5,846
5,731
5,132
New Hampshire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
890
702
11,558
9,676
7,345
726
321
7,106
6,966
7,021
Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
307
395
6,088
6,024
5,853
281
154
5,148
2,603
2,559
Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1,845
1,955
36,999
39,411
39,219
3,009
503
18,597
13,181
16,524
Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
444
397
8,010
7,770
7,515
224
302
3,121
2,857
3,165
Connecticut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
979
1,147
19,418
19,748
19,936
530
444
6,455
5,655
9,615
Middle Atlantic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,631
28,721
285,541
277,954
238,526
9,606
9,485
126,222
124,813
109,585
New York
1
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,157
14,003
161,984
137,153
115,928
3,629
4,358
62,794
61,803
45,781
New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4,468
11,768
50,360
65,632
48,400
2,119
2,185
25,576
25,181
25,295
Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4,006
2,950
73,197
75,169
74,198
3,858
2,942
37,852
37,829
38,509
East North Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,481
19,930
310,943
311,495
305,852
2
13,306
2
13,025
2
145,343
2
142,495
2
143,138
Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5,906
6,179
88,490
88,638
85,607
5,179
4,152
49,272
45,695
46,042
Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3,612
3,059
34,498
33,913
34,566
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4,412
5,448
85,517
85,944
84,533
3,412
4,251
39,078
41,025
40,549
Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3,133
3,659
66,372
67,136
66,089
3,267
3,122
39,377
38,017
38,882
Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1,418
1,585
36,066
35,864
35,057
1,448
1,500
17,616
17,758
17,665
West North Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7,126
7,768
144,248
144,324
143,646
6,398
6,331
72,379
69,253
72,409
Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1,038
1,450
33,355
33,123
32,197
1,584
1,272
14,779
13,514
15,319
Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
932
1,195
20,256
22,965
23,540
673
885
9,440
9,874
9,546
Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2,052
2,604
43,725
45,314
43,795
2,329
2,111
26,464
24,656
25,799
North Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
221
219
4,600
4,277
4,206
154
159
2,024
2,023
2,087
South Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
273
368
7,060
6,840
6,710
219
268
2,678
2,768
2,591
Nebraska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
846
750
13,020
12,801
12,320
581
541
6,414
6,254
6,376
Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1,764
1,182
22,232
19,004
20,878
858
1,095
10,580
10,164
10,691
South Atlantic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,851
33,615
432,257
434,098
425,442
17,045
20,285
225,164
230,321
227,474
Delaware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
437
302
5,131
5,180
5,028
268
373
3,177
3,647
3,373
Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4,702
2,789
39,986
39,179
37,515
1,771
1,379
16,968
16,785
16,397
District of Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . .
382
680
2,798
3,752
2,372
99
179
1,548
2,067
1,096
Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4,008
4,708
62,411
64,683
64,271
2,843
3,194
30,242
31,729
29,965
West Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1,065
1,115
15,687
13,549
11,738
991
994
9,336
8,957
9,314
North Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4,372
5,754
65,622
67,496
63,798
2,707
3,475
36,889
36,739
36,832
South Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3,026
3,300
42,667
40,728
41,494
1,265
1,466
14,409
14,496
14,608
Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4,044
4,160
56,031
62,642
59,763
1,596
2,221
30,734
34,227
35,753
Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9,815
10,807
141,924
136,889
139,463
5,505
7,004
81,861
81,674
80,136
East South Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,842
15,044
192,628
196,579
195,969
7,441
7,697
93,319
96,652
96,128
Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1,958
3,811
39,671
43,773
44,288
1,773
2,457
21,593
22,689
22,369
Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4,000
7,000
88,244
83,162
81,168
2,847
2,649
33,842
32,737
34,509
Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3,106
2,477
44,998
47,700
49,893
1,634
1,648
23,529
25,885
26,274
Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1,778
1,756
19,715
21,944
20,620
1,187
943
14,355
15,341
12,976
West South Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,396
29,522
293,659
290,645
278,895
2
4,808
2
7,446
2
113,111
2
108,480
2
118,068
Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3,142
3,046
41,127
39,363
38,446
1,198
1,351
17,895
15,501
15,376
Louisiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3,990
4,749
40,544
40,608
42,157
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1,740
1,215
15,571
23,304
25,872
1,505
798
12,352
19,696
19,971
Texas
3
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,524
20,512
196,417
187,370
172,420
2,105
5,297
82,864
73,283
82,721
Mountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,702
20,953
282,699
297,748
274,717
2
4,546
2
6,441
2
70,438
2
67,874
2
70,321
Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
307
383
6,568
6,633
6,358
180
246
2,149
2,548
3,351
Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
941
988
13,981
15,439
15,524
638
451
6,874
6,780
7,018
Wyoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
296
218
4,939
4,845
4,656
185
213
2,821
2,824
2,834
Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2,246
2,544
35,636
34,771
31,403
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
New Mexico
4,5
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1,144
1,056
14,462
14,506
13,379
741
719
9,203
8,258
7,667
Arizona
1
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2,648
3,661
38,716
41,174
37,936
699
1,766
21,593
22,983
25,798
Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1,333
1,409
24,097
21,089
21,547
756
1,127
9,714
9,455
8,835
Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9,787
10,694
144,300
159,291
143,914
1,347
1,919
18,084
15,026
14,818
Pacific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,167
38,265
294,318
311,802
288,055
2
4,615
2
4,624
2
51,245
2
51,861
2
52,016
Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2,021
3,026
40,891
42,325
41,185
2,690
2,571
27,210
28,970
28,786
Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1,431
1,583
25,973
25,721
26,040
1,400
1,538
16,695
15,867
15,208
California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,962
31,550
196,896
215,510
194,108
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
208
552
5,564
5,373
5,948
181
201
2,718
2,647
3,212
Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1,545
1,554
24,994
22,873
20,774
344
314
4,622
4,377
4,810
Puerto Rico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3,340
4,070
26,151
26,687
26,390
1,268
2,179
13,706
15,575
14,229
- - - Data not available.
1
Figures for marriages are marriage licenses issued for some counties. 2
Excludes figures for State(s) shown below as not available.
3
Figures include adjustments for varying lengths of reporting periods.
4
Figures for marriages are marriage licenses issued. 5
Figures for divorces include estimates for some counties. NOTES: Figures include all revisions received from the States. Cumulative figures for the current year reflect revisions received for previous months, and figures for earlier years may differ from those previously published. SOURCE: Provisional data from the National Vital Statistics System. Data are subject to monthly reporting variation. For discussion of the nature, sources, and limitations of the data, see Technical notes of the associated report, Births, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths: Provisional Data for January-December 2000
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