While divorce rates are declining, there are still more than a dozen states with rates “significantly higher” than the national average. According to the Census Bureau, the divorce rate declined 28-percent between 2012 and 2022. Data found that the national divorce rate was seven-point-one new divorces for every one-thousand women while Arkansas, Wyoming, Kentucky, West Virginia and Oklahoma round out the top five of places with a higher rate. However, there were states like Pennsylvania, California, Illinois, New York, and six others that fell on the opposite end of the spectrum with “significantly lower” rates of divorce.
Monday 9th February 2026
