17-14. Marriage and Divorce and Annulment Rates in the United States and Southeastern States: 1980, 1985, 1993

                               MARRIAGES                DIVORCES & ANNULMENTS

                       RATE PER 1,000 POPULATION      RATE PER 1,000 POPULATION

                                          1993                           1993
 U.S./STATE             1980     1985    PRELIM.       1980      1985   PRELIM.

 UNITED STATES          10.6     10.1    1/ 9.0         5.2    2/ 5.0     4.6    

   Alabama              12.6     11.5       9.4         6.9       6.2     6.5
   Arkansas             11.6     13.4      15.0         6.9       7.0 *   6.9
   Florida              11.1     11.0      10.4         7.3       6.8     6.1
   Georgia              12.9     12.1       8.9         6.4       5.6     5.5
   Kentucky              8.9     12.3      12.0         4.6       4.9     5.8
   Louisiana            10.3      8.8       8.4         4.3       (NA)    (NA)
   Mississippi          11.1      9.5       8.9         5.5       5.0 *   5.0
   North Carolina        7.9      8.1       6.8         4.8       4.8     5.0
   SOUTH CAROLINA       17.3     15.8      14.4         4.4       4.0     4.1
   Tennessee            12.9     11.5      14.3         6.6       6.3     6.5
   Virginia             11.3     11.7      10.5         4.4       4.2     4.5
   West Virginia         8.9      7.5       7.2         5.3       5.1     5.3

2/: Estimated

*: Data are incomplete.

(NA): Not available

NOTE: Based on total population residing in area; population as of April 1 for 1980; estimated as of July 1 for all other years.

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1995 (115th edition) Washington D.C., Table 149.

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