Table 17. -- Age-Adjusted Central Divorce Rates by
Calendar Year and Alternative

(Per hundred thousand married couples)
Calendar year
Age-adjusted divorce rate
1979 2,205
1980 2,209
1981 2,256
1982 2,177
1983 2,153
1984 2,168
1985 2,198
 
1986 2,174
1987 2,151
1988 2,191
1989 2,134
1990 2,123
 
1991 2,111
1992 2,157
1993 2,120
1994 2,140
1995 2,131
1996 2,131

Calendar year
Age-adjusted divorce rate
Low Cost alternative
Intermediate alternative
High Cost alternative
1997 2,141 2,129 2,116
1998 2,151 2,128 2,102
1999 2,161 2,126 2,088
2000 2,172 2,124 2,074
 
2001 2,182 2,123 2,060
2002 2,193 2,121 2,046
2003 2,203 2,119 2,032
2004 2,213 2,118 2,019
2005 2,224 2,116 2,005
 
2006 2,235 2,114 1,992
2007 2,245 2,113 1,978
2008 2,256 2,111 1,965
2009 2,267 2,109 1,952
2010 2,278 2,108 1,939
 
2011 2,288 2,106 1,926
2012 2,299 2,105 1,913
2013 2,310 2,103 1,900
2014 2,321 2,101 1,887
2015 2,332 2,100 1,874
 
2016 2,344 2,098 1,862
2017 2,355 2,096 1,849
2018 2,366 2,095 1,837
2019 2,377 2,093 1,824
2020 2,389 2,092 1,812
2021 2,400 2,090 1,800

Note: The central divorce rate is the ratio of the number of divorces during the year in the tabulated age cell to the midyear number of married couples in that cell.