Divorce/data

US Per capita divorce rates

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Year	# per capita	Sources
1940	.0020	3
1941	.0022	3
1942	.0024	3
1943	.0026	3
1944	.0029	3
1945	.0035	3
1946	.0043	3
1947	.0034	3
1948	.0028	3
1949	.0027	3
1950	.0026	2,3
1951	.0025	3
1952	.0025	3
1953	.0025	3
1954	.0024	3
1955	.0023	2,3
1956	.0023	3
1957	.0022	2,3
1958	.0021	3
1959	.0022	3
1960	.0022	2,3
1961	.0023	3
1962	.0022	3
1963	.0023	3
1964	.0024	3
1965	.0025	2,3
1966	.0025	3
1967	.0026	3
1968	.0029	3
1969	.0032	3
1970	.0035	2,3
1971	.0037	2,3
1972	.0040	2,3
1973	.0043	2,3
1974	.0046	2,3
1975	.0048	2,3
1976	.0050	2,3
1977	.0050	2,3
1978	.0051	2,3
1979	.0053	2,3
1980	.0052	2,3
1981	.0053	2,3
1982	.0051	2,3
1983	.0050	2,3
1984	.0050	2,3
1985	.0050	2,3
1986	.0049	2,3
1987	.0048	2,3
1988	.0048	2,3
1989	.0047	2,3
1990	.0047	2,3
1991	.0047	1,2
1992	.0048	1,2
1993	.0046	1,2
1994	.0046	1,2
1995	.0046, .0044	1,2
19961	.0043	1,2
1997	.0043	1,2
1998	.0042	1,2
1999	.0041	1,2
2000	.0041, .0042	1,2
2001	.0040	1,2
2002	.0038	1

Sources

1. Americans for Divorce Reform: Divorce Rates - Divorce Statistics Collection

2. 2003 Statistical Abstract of the U.S. Section 2 (US Census Bureau), Table 83 (page 4) -- but numbers were copied from here and need to be checked for accuracy; inclined to distrust this source's figure for 1995

3. 1995-03-22 Monthly Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 43, #9 (Centers for Disease Control), Table 1 (page 9)

Notes

1. Originally said "1995", but this must be a typo