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Household Trends:
One-person households
Married-couple households
Unmarried-couple
households:
Male-Female couples
Same-sex couples
Family Diversity
Population trends:
Unmarried Americans:
15 years of age and
older
18 years of age
and older
Currently Divorced People
Women 65 Years and Over
Children with Single Parents
Children with Grandparents
Rising Age of First Marriages
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Background Information -- Historical Trends
Divorce Trends: 1970 -
2000
"The Population of Divorced People Keeps Rising" |
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| Year |
Total Number
of Adults |
Number of
Currently
Divorced People |
Percent
of All Adults |
Rate of
Divorce
per 1,000 population |
| 2000 |
201,800,000 |
19,881,000 |
9.9 |
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| 1999 |
199,700.000 |
19,700,000 |
9.9 |
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| 1998 |
197,400,000 |
19,400.000 |
9.8 |
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| 1997 |
195,600,000 |
19,300,000 |
9.9 |
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| 1996 |
193,200,000 |
18,200,000 |
9.4 |
4.3 |
| 1995 |
191,600,000 |
17,600,000 |
9.2 |
4.1 |
| 1994 |
190,000,000 |
17,400,000 |
9.2 |
4.6 |
| 1990 |
181,800,000 |
15,100,000 |
8.3 |
4.7 |
| 1980 |
159,500,000 |
9,900,000 |
6.2 |
5.2 |
| 1970 |
132,500,000 |
4,300,000 |
3.2 |
3.5 |
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| Sources: Current Population Survey, March 2000. Ethnic and Hispanic Studies
Branch.
Table 2.1. Marital Status of the Population, 15 years and over, by Sex,
Hispanic Origin, and Race: March 2000.
Internet Release Date: 3-6-01.
http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/hispanic/p20-535/tab02-1.txt
Update for 2000 from Current Population Survey, March 1999.
Ethnic and Hispanic Studies Branch.
Table 2.1. Marital Status of the Population, 15 years and over, by Sex,
Hispanic Origin, and Race: March 1999.
Internet Release Date: 3-8-00.
http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/hispanic/p20-535/tab02-1.txt
Table 62. Marital Status of the Population by Sex,
Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1980 - 1998.
Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1999, Section 1: Population.
Internet version last revised on 2-16-01.
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-us.html
Table 61. Marital Status of the Population by Sex,
Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1980 - 1997.
Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1998, Section 1: Population.
Internet version last revised on 2-16-01.
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-us.html
Table 59. Marital Status of the Population by Sex and
Age: 1996.
Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1997, Section 1: Population.
Internet version last revised on 2-16-01.
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-us.html
Table 58. Marital Status of the Population by Sex,
Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1970 - 1995.
Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1996, Section 1: Population.
Internet version last revised on 2-16-01.
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-us.html
Tables 59. Marital Status of the Population by Sex and
Age: 1994.
Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1995, Section 1: Population.
Internet version last revised on 2-16-01.
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-us.html
Table 77. Live Births, Deaths, Marriages, Divorces: 1950 to
1998
Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2000
Section 1. Population
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