National Marriage and Divorce Rate Trends

Provisional number of marriages and marriage rate: United States, 2000-2011

Year	Marriages	Population	Rate per 1,000 total population
2011	2,118,000	311,591,917	6.8
2010	2,096,000	308,745,538	6.8
2009	2,080,000	306,771,529	6.8
2008	2,157,000	304,093,966	7.1
2007	2,197,000	301,231,207	7.3
2006¹	2,193,000	294,077,247	7.5
2005	2,249,000	295,516,599	7.6
2004	2,279,000	292,805,298	7.8
2003	2,245,000	290,107,933	7.7
2002	2,290,000	287,625,193	8.0
2001	2,326,000	284,968,955	8.2
2000	2,315,000	281,421,906	8.2

¹ Excludes data for Louisiana.
Note: Rates for 2001-2009 have been revised and are based on intercensal population estimates from the 2000 and 2010 censuses. Populations for 2010 rates are based on the 2010 census.
Source: CDC/NCHS National Vital Statistics System.

Provisional number of divorces and annulments and rate: United States, 2000-2011

Year	Divorces & annulments	Population	Rate per 1,000 total population
2011¹	877,000	246,273,366	3.6
2010¹	872,000	244,122,529	3.6
2009¹	840,000	242,610,561	3.5
2008¹	844,000	240,545,163	3.5
2007¹	856,000	238,352,850	3.6
2006¹	872,000	236,094,277	3.7
2005¹	847,000	233,495,163	3.6
2004²	879,000	236,402,656	3.7
2003³	927,000	243,902,090	3.8
2002⁴	955,000	243,108,303	3.9
2001⁵	940,000	236,416,762	4.0
2000⁵	944,000	233,550,143	4.0

¹ Excludes data for California, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Louisiana, and Minnesota.
² Excludes data for California, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, and Louisiana.
³ Excludes data for California, Hawaii, Indiana, and Oklahoma.
⁴ Excludes data for California, Indiana, and Oklahoma.
⁵ Excludes data for California, Indiana, Louisiana, and Oklahoma.
Note: Rates for 2001-2009 have been revised and are based on intercensal population estimates from the 2000 and 2010 censuses. Populations for 2010 rates are based on the 2010 census.
Source: CDC/NCHS National Vital Statistics System.