Divorce rates for specific U.S. states and localities

State divorce rates and marriage rates in 1990, 1995, and 1999-2002
Study of State Divorce Rates and Divorce Laws
State divorce and marriage rates are on the last page of pdf of the Vital Statistics Section of the 2006 Statistical Abstract of the U.S. (It is p. 68 , No. 111. Future Statistical Abstracts will be available at http://www.census.gov/statab/www/ )
State divorce totals for 2004 (pdf file to download)
State-by-state divorce rates 1994, ranked (includes national average)
State-level statistics on current marital status
Divorce statistics available from state governments
New Report on Divorce in Alabama
States temper no-fault divorce laws (incl. Calif. statistics)
Divorces up in Tulsa
Iowa Divorce Rates 1940-1998
Chicago area 1997 divorce/marriage rates x
Divorce rate drops in Chicago area; social and economic costs cited x
Divorce up 28% in N.Y. City 1993-97, down 9% in NY State, Brooklyn up 44%
Oklahoma Divorce Rate & what is being done
Oklahoma divorce rates, attitudes, and marriage movement progress 2002
Texas: Table of Texas divorce rates
Problems with State Divorce Numbers

"In Utah, divorce and its financial stresses account for 75 percent to 80 percent of the people on welfare rolls. And with a 1994 divorce rate of 4.7 per 1,000 -- slightly higher than the national average -- [Gov.] Leavitt notes that a huge number of abuse cases arise from dysfunctional families"
-- From "Utah's Unique Take on How to Strengthen Marriages" by Katharine Biele in The Christian Science Monitor 9/21/98

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