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lives; for men, the total is 43 percent (“Marital History . . .” 2004). Looked at in this way, a divorce rate of 50 percent, then, is fairly accurate.

What most of us want to know is what our chances of divorce are. It is one thing to know that a certain percentage of Americans are divorced, but have sociologists found out anything that will tell me about my chances of divorce? This is the topic of the Down- to-Earth Sociology box on the next page.

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FIGURE 10.12 The “Where” of U.S. Divorce

Source: By the author. Based on Statistical Abstract of the United States 1995:Table 149; 2002:Table 111; 2010:Table 126.

Lower than average: 2.2 to 3.1

Annual divorces per 1,000 people

Average: 3.3 to 4.1

Higher than average: 4.3 to 6.5

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FIGURE 10.13 What Percentage of Americans Are Divorced?

Source: By the author. Based on Statistical Abstract of the United States 1995:Table 58; 2011:Table 56.

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1970

4.4 3.1

3.9

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8.4

6.0 5.8

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10.6

8.1 7.0

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11.5

9.8

7.6

5.0

2010

11.4 10.3

8.0

4.4

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Whites

Latinos

Asian Americans

Note: Data for California, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, and Louisiana, based on the earlier editions in the source, have been decreased by the average decrease in U.S. divorce.

Note: This figure shows the percentage who are divorced and have not remarried, not the percentage who have ever divorced. Only these racial–ethnic groups are listed in the source.The source only recently added data on Asian Americans.