19 Divorce statistics from the United States that you did not know! Are couples with college degrees more likely to get divorced? Is your third marriage more likely to last than your first or second? Presented By: Law Office of Steven Fritsch

2. The United
States
has the
third highest
divorce rate
in the world

3. DIVORCES
per minute

4. 3,117
DIVORCES
per day

5. 94,800
DIVORCES
per month

6. Around 50 percent
of marriages in the United States end in
divorce.

7. 41 percent
of first marriages end in divorce.
41%

8. 60 percent
of second marriages end in divorce.
60%
Second Marriage
First Marriage

9. 73 percent
of third marriages end in divorce.
73%
Third Marriage
Second MarriageFirst Marriage

10. Average Divorce Rate:
3.6
per 1,000 population
(44 reporting States and D.C.)

11. Nevada
has the highest rate of divorces

12. Iowa
has the lowest rate of divorces

13. If you’ve
attended college,
your risk of divorce
decreases
by 13 percent.

14. The average age
for couples going through their first divorce is
30 years old

15. The average
length
of a marriage that
ends in divorce is
eight years

16. People wait an average of three
years after a divorce to remarry
(if they remarry at all)
3 years

17. If your parents are
happily married, your risk of
divorce decreases by 14 percent

18. People who wait to marry
until
they are over the age of
25
are 24 percent
less likely to get divorced

19. 2008 voter data shows that
“red” states (states that tend to vote
Republican),
have higher divorce rates than
“blue” states (states that tend to vote
Democrat).

20. The divorce rate
among couples
with children is 40
percent lower
than couples
without children

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