Divorce Statistics – Number of Divorces and Annulments – Michigan and US
Have you ever wondered what the real divorce rate is. What do the divorce statistics really say? Do 1/2 of all marriages really end in divorce? Here is the hard data obtained by Michigan’s leading divorce firm, TheDivorceGuy.com and Findling Law. This data was obtained from the U.S. Census and Michigan’s vital statistics.
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Source – 2012 Census data – and Michigan Vital statistics – divorce statistics
Michigan and United States
Occurrences
Selected Years, 1900 – 2012
|
Year |
United States |
Michigan |
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|
Number |
Rate |
Number |
Rate |
|
|
1900 |
709,000 |
18.6 |
23,295 |
19.2 |
|
1910 |
948,000 |
20.5 |
29,039 |
20.7 |
|
1920 |
1,274,476 |
23.9 |
50,805 |
27.7 |
|
1930 |
1,126,856 |
18.3 |
29,482 |
12.2 |
|
1940 |
1,595,879 |
24.2 |
46,342 |
17.6 |
|
1950 |
1,667,231 |
22.1 |
58,180 |
18.3 |
|
1960 |
1,523,000 |
17.0 |
61,090 |
15.6 |
|
1970 |
2,158,802 |
21.2 |
91,933 |
20.7 |
|
1980 |
2,390,252 |
21.2 |
86,898 |
18.8 |
|
1990 |
2,443,489 |
19.6 |
76,099 |
16.3 |
|
1991 |
2,371,000 |
18.8 |
72,747 |
15.5 |
|
1992 |
2,362,000 |
18.5 |
71,322 |
15.1 |
|
1993 |
2,334,000 |
18.1 |
70,771 |
14.9 |
|
1994 |
2,362,000 |
18.1 |
70,966 |
14.8 |
|
1995 |
2,336,000 |
17.8 |
71,042 |
14.7 |
|
1996 |
2,344,000 |
17.7 |
68,598 |
14.1 |
|
1997 |
2,384,000 |
17.8 |
66,974 |
13.7 |
|
1998 |
2,244,000 |
16.6 |
65,642 |
13.4 |
|
1999 |
2,358,000 |
17.3 |
67,105 |
13.6 |
|
2000 |
2,334,971 |
16.5 |
66,326 |
13.4 |
|
2001 |
2,346,017 |
16.5 |
66,876 |
13.6 |
|
2002 |
2,240,184 |
15.6 |
65,104 |
13.2 |
|
2003 |
2,244,514 |
15.5 |
62,920 |
12.5 |
|
2004 |
2,270,937 |
15.5 |
61,932 |
12.3 |
|
2005 |
2,238,489 |
15.1 |
61,108 |
12.1 |
|
2006 |
2,043,716 |
13.7 |
59,400 |
11.8 |
|
2007 |
2,206,358 |
14.6 |
56,996 |
11.3 |
|
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|
2008 |
2,226,409 |
14.6 |
55,465 |
11.0 |
|
2009 |
2,207,742 |
14.4 |
53,528 |
10.7 |
|
2010 |
2,096,000 |
13.6 |
54,182 |
11.1 |
|
2011 |
2,118,000 |
13.6 |
56,159 |
11.4 |
|
2012 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
56,315 |
11.4 |
| Note: Rates are the number of persons married per 1,000 population.2012 rate was calculated using 2011 population estimate.Beginning with 1978, marriage data for the U.S. include non-licensed marriages registered in California. If non-licensed marriages were included in the 1977 total, the marriage rate would increase from 19.8 to 20.1. |
1991-1999 U.S. data are provisional.
U.S. marriages from 2000-2007 were estimated using “Table 1300. Marriage and Divorce Rates by Country”, U.S. Bureau of Census.
Marriage and divorce rate by County can be found here:
http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/pha/osr/marriage/MxDivCounty.asp?MType=1
By: Daniel Findling
The Divorce Guy, Michigan Divorce Attorneys and Specialists
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