LOCATION

1998-2000
Three-Year Average Marriage Rate

1998-2000
Three Year Average Divorce Rate

Divorces as Percentages of Marriages Over Three Years 1998-2000

MISSOURI

8.0

4.5

56.84%

ADAIR

8.7

4.2

48.36%

ANDREW

8.0

7.2

89.82%

ATCHISON

11.1

4.4

39.47%

AUDRAIN

8.7

4.6

52.28%

BARRY

6.3

1.4

22.33%

BARTON

8.2

6.4

78.33%

BATES

7.1

4.5

64.14%

BENTON

6.5

3.5

53.89%

BOLLINGER

6.3

4.6

73.76%

BOONE

8.2

4.7

57.17%

BUCHANAN

9.5

5.0

53.12%

BUTLER

10.3

7.9

76.75%

CALDWELL

6.7

4.5

67.60%

CALLAWAY

5.7

4.3

76.25%

CAMDEN

9.3

3.6

39.33%

CAPE GIRARDEAU

9.3

5.2

56.20%

CARROLL

7.7

4.5

58.05%

CARTER

8.6

4.9

57.14%

CASS

7.1

5.0

70.25%

CEDAR

5.5

4.9

87.89%

CHARITON

6.6

3.3

50.60%

CHRISTIAN

8.6

5.3

61.53%

CLARK

10.4

3.9

37.23%

CLAY

10.4

6.2

59.38%

CLINTON

6.1

5.9

97.99%

COLE

10.6

5.1

48.34%

COOPER

7.5

3.9

52.33%

CRAWFORD

7.7

7.0

90.75%

DADE

5.0

4.2

84.03%

DALLAS

6.8

5.2

75.79%

DAVIESS

8.4

4.5

53.23%

DE KALB

8.4

3.1

36.84%

DENT

9.5

4.9

51.82%

DOUGLAS

8.2

5.9

72.58%

DUNKLIN

7.5

7.4

98.24%

FRANKLIN

8.5

4.9

57.19%

GASCONADE

7.4

4.2

55.95%

GENTRY

5.6

4.3

77.39%

GREENE

8.9

5.7

63.99%

GRUNDY

8.4

5.9

69.50%

HARRISON

9.3

5.5

59.41%

HENRY

9.3

5.8

62.13%

HICKORY

5.7

4.8

83.33%

HOLT

5.8

4.7

80.21%

HOWARD

5.9

3.8

63.43%

HOWELL

9.7

7.2

73.70%

IRON

8.7

4.3

49.82%

JACKSON

8.9

4.0

44.94%

JASPER

9.3

6.5

69.75%

JEFFERSON

6.2

4.2

68.15%

JOHNSON

8.2

5.0

61.05%

KNOX

6.1

3.4

56.25%

LACLEDE

10.3

7.0

68.14%

LAFAYETTE

6.5

4.4

68.08%

LAWRENCE

6.9

3.8

54.60%

LEWIS

5.9

3.8

64.09%

LINCOLN

8.0

4.0

49.62%

LINN

6.3

4.4

69.47%

LIVINGSTON

9.3

5.9

64.14%

MC DONALD

5.8

2.1

36.06%

MACON

7.0

4.9

69.33%

MADISON

11.1

7.1

63.82%

MARIES

7.6

3.1

41.54%

MARION

11.3

6.0

53.16%

MERCER

9.2

5.0

54.63%

MILLER

7.0

4.8

68.61%

MISSISSIPPI

9.5

6.2

65.62%

MONITEAU

7.2

4.6

63.33%

MONROE

7.1

3.9

54.64%

MONTGOMERY

6.6

4.4

66.53%

MORGAN

8.0

4.2

52.43%

NEW MADRID

7.6

4.8

63.46%

NEWTON

7.1

5.1

72.62%

NODAWAY

7.6

2.8

36.93%

OREGON

7.0

4.3

62.04%

OSAGE

5.6

2.8

49.53%

OZARK

6.4

3.1

48.94%

PEMISCOT

8.4

6.1

72.78%

PERRY

8.4

4.0

47.30%

PETTIS

9.9

6.7

67.50%

PHELPS

9.3

4.9

53.17%

PIKE

7.9

5.1

65.34%

PLATTE

6.3

4.9

78.21%

POLK

7.5

4.6

62.09%

PULASKI

10.2

7.6

74.17%

PUTNAM

8.9

4.0

44.78%

RALLS

9.3

5.4

57.75%

RANDOLPH

7.7

5.5

71.56%

RAY

6.1

4.6

75.99%

REYNOLDS

7.3

6.0

82.07%

RIPLEY

9.8

7.1

72.55%

ST. CHARLES

6.6

4.3

65.93%

ST. CLAIR

6.1

5.0

82.46%

ST. FRANCOIS

9.4

6.2

65.89%

STE. GENEVIEVE

6.1

4.0

65.22%

ST. LOUIS CITY

9.6

3.1

31.74%

ST. LOUIS COUNTY

6.5

3.6

55.85%

SALINE

8.4

4.4

52.85%

SCHUYLER

7.7

4.9

63.00%

SCOTLAND

9.7

4.2

43.36%

SCOTT

10.2

5.6

55.52%

SHANNON

7.6

4.2

55.56%

SHELBY

7.0

4.3

61.70%

STODDARD

8.5

8.0

94.06%

STONE

5.8

4.0

70.15%

SULLIVAN

8.3

4.5

54.29%

TANEY

14.4

5.9

40.82%

TEXAS

7.8

4.4

56.63%

VERNON

8.3

6.1

72.87%

WARREN

7.0

4.2

60.19%

WASHINGTON

9.2

4.7

51.33%

WAYNE

8.6

5.5

63.53%

WEBSTER

7.5

4.8

64.73%

WORTH

6.9

5.4

79.17%

WRIGHT

7.7

5.7

73.70%