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Share of people 15+ who are divorced: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Share of people 15 and over who are divorced (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Marital status by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-10-29

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National value: 10.2 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 8.1 %
RI 10.3 %
DE 10.7 %
CT 10.3 %
NJ 8.4 %
MD 9.4 %
MA 9 %
VT 12.4 %
NH 11.6 %

Lowest: 8.1 to 9.5 %
Group 2: 9.5 to 10.4 %
Group 3: 10.4 to 11.2 %
Group 4: 11.2 to 11.8 %
Highest: 11.8 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. Values are as published in the source table.


1	New Mexico	13.1
2	West Virginia	12.8
3	Nevada	12.5
4	Arkansas	12.4
4	Vermont	12.4
6	Kentucky	12.2
6	Maine	12.2
8	Oklahoma	12.1
8	Oregon	12.1
8	Wyoming	12.1
11	Alabama	11.8
12	Florida	11.7
12	Indiana	11.7
14	Montana	11.6
14	New Hampshire	11.6
16	Missouri	11.5
17	Ohio	11.4
18	Alaska	11.3
18	Idaho	11.3
20	Arizona	11.2
20	Tennessee	11.2
22	Michigan	11.1
23	Washington	11
24	Kansas	10.9
24	Louisiana	10.9
26	Georgia	10.8
26	Mississippi	10.8
28	Delaware	10.7
29	Iowa	10.5
29	South Dakota	10.5
31	Wisconsin	10.4
32	Connecticut	10.3
32	Rhode Island	10.3
32	South Carolina	10.3
35	Colorado	10.1
36	North Carolina	9.9
37	Texas	9.8
38	Hawaii	9.7
39	Illinois	9.6
40	Nebraska	9.5
40	Virginia	9.5
42	Maryland	9.4
42	Pennsylvania	9.4
44	Minnesota	9.3
45	Massachusetts	9
45	North Dakota	9
47	California	8.5
47	New York	8.5
49	New Jersey	8.4
50	Utah	8.3
51	District of Columbia	8.1

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S1201: Marital Status. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by share of people 15 and over who are divorced (%) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S1201; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-divorced/

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