Marriage and Divorce

Data are for the U.S.

  • Number of marriages: 1,985,072
  • Marriage rate: 6.0 per 1,000 total population
  • Number of divorces: 689,308 (45 reporting States and D.C.)
  • Divorce rate: 2.5 per 1,000 population (45 reporting States and D.C.)

Sources: National Marriage and Divorce Rate Trends for 2000-2021 [PDF – 116 KB] (data shown are provisional 2021)