Divorce & Marriage data, for the United States

Year Divorce
Rate per
1,000
Marriage
Rate per
1,000
Divorce to Marriage
Ratio
1867 0.3 9.6 0.031
1868 0.3 9.0 0.033
1869 0.3 8.9 0.034
1870 0.3 8.8 0.034
1871 0.3 8.8 0.034
1872 0.3 9.0 0.033
1873 0.3 9.0 0.033
1874 0.3 8.7 0.034
1875 0.3 9.1 0.033
1876 0.3 8.8 0.034
1877 0.3 8.7 0.034
1878 0.3 8.8 0.034
1879 0.3 8.9 0.034
1880 0.4 9.0 0.044
1881 0.4 9.0 0.044
1882 0.4 9.2 0.043
1883 0.4 9.3 0.043
1884 0.4 8.8 0.045
1885 0.4 8.9 0.045
1886 0.4 9.2 0.043
1887 0.5 8.7 0.057
1888 0.5 8.8 0.057
1889 0.5 9.1 0.055
1890 0.5 9.0 0.056
1891 0.6 9.2 0.065
1892 0.6 9.2 0.065
1893 0.6 9.0 0.067
1894 0.6 8.6 0.070
1895 0.6 8.9 0.067
1896 0.6 9.0 0.067
1897 0.6 8.9 0.067
1898 0.7 8.8 0.080
1899 0.7 9.0 0.078
1900 0.7 9.3 0.075
1901 0.8 9.6 0.083
1902 0.8 9.8 0.082
1903 0.8 10.1 0.079
1904 0.8 9.9 0.081
1905 0.8 10.0 0.080
1906 0.8 10.5 0.076
1907 0.9 10.8 0.083
1908 0.9 9.7 0.093
1909 0.9 9.9 0.091
1910 0.9 10.3 0.087
1911 1.0 10.2 0.098
1912 1.0 10.5 0.095
1913 0.9 10.5 0.086
1914 1.0 10.3 0.097
1915 1.0 10.0 0.100
1916 1.1 10.6 0.104
1917 1.2 11.1 0.108
1918 1.1 9.7 0.113
1919 1.3 11.0 0.118
1920 1.6 12.0 0.133
1921 1.5 10.7 0.140
1922 1.4 10.3 0.136
1923 1.5 11.0 0.136
1924 1.5 10.4 0.144
1925 1.5 10.3 0.146
1926 1.6 10.2 0.157
1927 1.6 10.1 0.158
1928 1.7 9.8 0.173
1929 1.7 10.1 0.168
1930 1.6 9.2 0.174
1931 1.5 8.6 0.174
1932 1.3 7.9 0.165
1933 1.3 8.7 0.149
1934 1.6 10.3 0.155
1935 1.7 10.4 0.163
1936 1.8 10.7 0.168
1937 1.9 11.3 0.168
1938 1.9 10.3 0.184
1939 1.9 10.7 0.178
1940 2.0 21.1 0.095
1941 2.2 12.7 0.173
1942 2.4 13.2 0.182
1943 2.6 11.7 0.222
1944 2.9 10.9 0.266
1945 3.5 12.2 0.287
1946 4.3 16.4 0.262
1947 3.4 13.9 0.245
1948 2.8 12.4 0.226
1949 2.7 10.6 0.255
1950 2.6 11.1 0.234
1951 2.5 10.4 0.240
1952 2.5 9.9 0.253
1953 2.5 9.8 0.255
1954 2.4 9.2 0.261
1955 2.3 9.3 0.247
1956 2.3 9.5 0.242
1957 2.2 8.9 0.247
1958 2.1 8.4 0.250
1959 2.2 8.5 0.259
1960 2.2 8.5 0.259
1961 2.3 8.5 0.271
1962 2.2 8.5 0.259
1963 2.3 8.8 0.261
1964 2.4 9.0 0.267
1965 2.5 9.3 0.269
1966 2.5 9.5 0.263
1967 2.6 9.7 0.268
1968 2.9 10.4 0.279
1969 3.2 10.6 0.302
1970 3.5 10.6 0.330
1971 3.7 10.6 0.349
1972 4.1 11.0 0.373
1973 4.4 10.9 0.404
1974 4.6 10.5 0.438
1975 4.9 10.1 0.485
1976 5.0 9.9 0.505
1977 5.0 9.9 0.505
1978 5.1 10.3 0.495
1979 5.3 10.4 0.510
1980 5.2 10.6 0.491
1981 5.3 10.6 0.500
1982 5.0 10.6 0.472
1983 4.9 10.5 0.467
1984 5.0 10.5 0.476
1985 5.0 10.1 0.495
1986 4.9 10.0 0.490
1987 4.8 9.9 0.485
1988 4.8 9.8 0.490
1989 4.7 9.7 0.485
1990 4.7 9.8 0.480
1991 4.7 9.4 0.500
1992 4.7 9.2 0.511
1993 4.6 9.0 0.511
1994 4.6 9.1 0.505
1995 4.4 8.9 0.494
1996 4.3 8.8 0.489
1997 4.3 8.9 0.483
1998 4.2 8.4 0.500
1999 4.1 8.6 0.477
2000 4.0 8.2 0.488
2001 4.0 8.2 0.488
2002 3.9 8.0 0.488
2003 3.8 7.7 0.494
2004 3.7 7.8 0.474
2005 3.6 7.6 0.474
2006 3.7 7.5 0.493
2007 3.6 7.3 0.493
2008 3.5 7.1 0.493
2009 3.5 6.8 0.515
2010 3.6 6.8 0.529
2011 3.6 6.8 0.529
2012 3.4 6.8 0.500