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US divorce rates by state

Flip the table and Rhode Island closes it out at 5.1 divorces per 1,000 residents 15 and older in the previous 12 months, New Jersey right above at 5.2, Maine 5.3. The climb from there: South Carolina 5.5, a three-way 5.6 for Wisconsin, Connecticut and New York, Montana also 5.6, New Mexico and Hawaii 5.8, Michigan 5.8, California, Minnesota and Illinois all 5.9, Kansas 6.1, then Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Maryland at 6.2 apiece. North Dakota and Massachusetts 6.3, Iowa 6.4, Ohio, Alaska and South Dakota knotted at 6.5. Idaho 6.6, Utah and Georgia 6.8, Florida 6.9, Arizona 7.0, Missouri, Vermont and Virginia sharing 7.1. Louisiana 7.2, Washington and Texas 7.4, Indiana 7.5, Nebraska 7.6, Wyoming 7.7, Colorado and Oregon 7.8, Arkansas 8.0, New Hampshire 8.1, West Virginia and Delaware 8.2, Kentucky and Tennessee 8.4, Mississippi and Nevada 8.7, Alabama 8.8. Oklahoma owns the top of the 50-state list at 9.7. Data credited to USAFacts and the Census Bureau's 2024 ACS.

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US divorce rates by state

Flip the table and Rhode Island closes it out at 5.1 divorces per 1,000 residents 15 and older in the previous 12 months, New Jersey right above at 5.2, Maine 5.3. The climb from there: South Carolina 5.5, a three-way 5.6 for Wisconsin, Connecticut and New York, Montana also 5.6, New Mexico and Hawaii 5.8, Michigan 5.8, California, Minnesota and Illinois all 5.9, Kansas 6.1, then Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Maryland at 6.2 apiece. North Dakota and Massachusetts 6.3, Iowa 6.4, Ohio, Alaska and South Dakota knotted at 6.5. Idaho 6.6, Utah and Georgia 6.8, Florida 6.9, Arizona 7.0, Missouri, Vermont and Virginia sharing 7.1. Louisiana 7.2, Washington and Texas 7.4, Indiana 7.5, Nebraska 7.6, Wyoming 7.7, Colorado and Oregon 7.8, Arkansas 8.0, New Hampshire 8.1, West Virginia and Delaware 8.2, Kentucky and Tennessee 8.4, Mississippi and Nevada 8.7, Alabama 8.8. Oklahoma owns the top of the 50-state list at 9.7. Data credited to USAFacts and the Census Bureau's 2024 ACS.

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