17-14. Marriage & Divorce & Annulment Rates in the United States and Southeastern States: 1980, 1990, 1995

                              MARRIAGES               DIVORCES & ANNULMENTS

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

 U.S./STATE            1980     1990      1995      1980      1990      1995

 UNITED STATES         10.6       9.8       8.9       5.2       4.7       4.4

   Alabama             12.6      10.6       9.9       6.9       6.1       6.1
   Arkansas            11.6      15.3      14.7       6.9       6.9       6.5
   Florida             11.1      10.9      10.2       7.3       6.3       5.6
   Georgia             12.9      10.3       8.5       6.4       5.5       5.2
   Kentucky             8.9      13.5      12.3       4.6       5.8       5.9
   Louisiana           10.3       9.6       9.4       4.3      (NA)      (NA)
   Mississippi         11.1       9.4       8.0       5.5       5.5       4.8
   North Carolina       7.9       7.8       8.6       4.8       5.1       5.1
   SOUTH CAROLINA      17.3      15.9      12.1       4.4       4.5       4.0
   Tennessee           12.9      13.9      15.7       6.6       6.5       6.3
   Virginia            11.3      11.4      10.3       4.4       4.4       4.4
   West Virginia        8.9       7.2       6.1       5.3       5.3       5.1

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: 1997 (117th edition) Washington D.C., Table 152.

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