Marriages and Divorces, 1900–2009

The following table lists the number and rate of marriages and divorces in the United States from 1900 to 2009.

	Marriage		Divorce¹
Year	Number	Rate²	Number	Rate²
1900	709,000	9.3	55,751	0.7
1910	948,166	10.3	83,045	0.9
1920	1,274,476	12.0	170,505	1.6
1930	1,126,856	9.2	195,961	1.6
1940	1,595,879	12.1	264,000	2.0
1950	1,667,231	11.1	385,144	2.6
1960	1,523,000	8.5	393,000	2.2
1965	1,800,000	9.3	479,000	2.5
1970	2,158,802	10.6	708,000	3.5
1975	2,152,662	10.1	1,036,000	4.9
1980	2,406,708	10.6	1,182,000	5.2
1981	2,438,000	10.6	1,219,000	5.3
1982	2,495,000	10.8	1,180,000	5.1
1983	2,444,000	10.5	1,179,000	5.0
1984	2,487,000	10.5	1,155,000	4.9
1985	2,425,000	10.2	1,187,000	5.0
1986	2,400,000	10.0	1,159,000	4.8
1987	2,421,000	9.9	1,157,000	4.8
1988	2,389,000	9.7	1,183,000	4.8
1989	2,404,000	9.7	1,163,000	4.7
1990	2,448,000	9.8	1,175,000	4.7
1991	2,371,000	9.4	1,187,000	4.7
1992	2,362,000	9.2	1,215,000	4.8
1993	2,334,000	9.0	1,187,000	4.6
1994	2,362,000	9.1	1,191,000	4.6
1995	2,336,000	8.9	1,169,000	4.4
1996	2,344,000	8.8	1,150,000	4.3
1997	2,384,000	8.9	1,163,000	4.3
1998	2,256,000	8.4	1,135,000	4.2
1999	2,358,000	8.6	—	4.1
2000	2,329,000	8.5	—	4.2
2001	2,327,000	8.4	—	4.0
2002	2,254,000	7.8	—	4.0
2003	2,187,000	7.5	—	3.8
2004	2,279,000	7.8	—	3.7
2005	2,230,000	7.5	—	3.6
2006	2,193,000	7.6	—	3.6
2007	2,208,000	7.4	—	3.7
2008	2,208,000	7.3	—	3.6
2009	2,080,000	6.8	840,000³	3.5³

NOTE: (—) Data not available. Marriage and divorce figures for most years include some estimated data. Alaska is included beginning 1959, Hawaii beginning 1960.

1. Includes annulments.

2. Per 1,000 population.

3. Excludes data for California, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Louisiana, and Minnesota.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics. Web: www.cdc.gov/nchs/ .

Marital Status

Median Age at First Marriage, 1890–2006