List of Divorce Rates Across the US, 1998

Rankings of the 50 states by number of divorces per 1000 people in 1998, calculated by The Associated Press based on US govt statistics.

The national average was 4.2.
 
 

 Ranking 
State
Divorces per 
1000 marriages
Average
All
4.2
1
NV
8.5
2
TN
6.4
3
AR
6.1
4
AL
6.0
5
OK
6.0
6
NH
5.9
7
WY
5.9
8
ID
5.7
9
KY
5.7
10
AZ
5.5
11
FL
5.4
12
AK
5.2
13
WV
5.1
14
WA
5.1
15
TX
4.9
16
NC
4.9
17
MO
4.7
18
MS
4.7
19
GE
4.7
20
OR
4.6
21
NM
4.6
22
DE
4.5
23
VA
4.4
24
VE
4.3
25
UT
4.2
26
MA
4.1
27
OH
4.1
28
KS
4.1
29
HA
4.0
30
MI
4.0
31
NE
3.8
32
SC
3.8
33
MT
3.8
34
SD
3.5
35
WI
3.4
36
IL
3.4
37
IA
3.3
38
ND
3.3
39
MN
3.2
40
PN
3.2
41
RI
3.2
42
ML
3.2
43
NJ
3.1
44
CT
2.9
45
MA
2.7
46
NY
2.5

Figures for Texas are from 1997; figures for California, Colorado, Indiana and Louisiana were not available

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