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Divorce rate of women, per 1,000 women 15+: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Divorce rate of women, per 1,000 women 15 and over (derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Marriage and divorce rates by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-09

Download full table CSV Source: U.S. Census Bureau (Table B12501) (opens in a new tab)Source: U.S. Census Bureau (Table B12503) (opens in a new tab)

National value: 6.6 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 2.8
RI 13.1
DE 7
CT 7.2
NJ 6.5
MD 7.2
MA 6.4
VT 6.8
NH 7.2

Lowest: 2.8 to 5.8
Group 2: 5.8 to 6.5
Group 3: 6.5 to 7.1
Group 4: 7.1 to 7.9
Highest: 7.9 to 13.1

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Rhode Island	13.1
2	Alaska	12.5
3	Wyoming	9.1
4	Colorado	9
5	Arkansas	8.8
6	Nebraska	8.2
6	West Virginia	8.2
8	Alabama	8.1
8	Kentucky	8.1
8	Utah	8.1
11	Tennessee	7.9
12	South Carolina	7.7
13	Oklahoma	7.4
14	Georgia	7.3
14	Oregon	7.3
16	Connecticut	7.2
16	Maryland	7.2
16	New Hampshire	7.2
19	Nevada	7.1
19	Virginia	7.1
19	Washington	7.1
22	Delaware	7
22	Florida	7
22	Indiana	7
22	Missouri	7
26	Mississippi	6.9
27	Vermont	6.8
28	Minnesota	6.6
28	Texas	6.6
30	Maine	6.5
30	New Jersey	6.5
32	Massachusetts	6.4
32	Montana	6.4
32	New Mexico	6.4
35	Arizona	6.3
35	Ohio	6.3
37	Michigan	6.2
37	North Carolina	6.2
39	Illinois	6.1
40	Wisconsin	5.9
41	Hawaii	5.8
41	Iowa	5.8
41	Pennsylvania	5.8
44	California	5.6
45	Louisiana	5.5
45	North Dakota	5.5
47	South Dakota	5.4
48	Kansas	5.3
48	New York	5.3
50	Idaho	5.2
51	District of Columbia	2.8

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table B12501: Marriages in the Last Year by Sex by Marital Status for the Population 15 Years and Over
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table B12503: Divorces in the Last Year by Sex by Marital Status for the Population 15 Years and Over. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by divorce rate of women, per 1,000 women 15 and over (derived) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Tables B12501 and B12503; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-divorce-rate-of-women-per-1000-women-15-and-over/

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