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 Just how many divorces were there in the 20th century?  Audiomind puts on his inspector hat to find out and after some research to unearth the figures, this is what he discovered…….

 Annual Number of Divorces and Annulments in the United States: 1920 – 2003

• 2003 – 924,920 
• 2002 – 975,164 
• 2001 – 954,803 
• 2000 – 1,100,000 
• 1999 – 943,479 
• 1998 – 932,772 
• 1997 – 966,127 
• 1996 – 1,150,000
•  1995 – 1,169,000
•  1994 – 1,191,000
•  1993 – 1,187,000
•  1992 – 1,215,000
•  1991 – 1,187,000
•  1990 – 1,182,000
•  1989 – 1,157,000
•  1988 – 1,167,000
•  1987 – 1,166,000
•  1986 – 1,178,000
• 1985 – 1,190,000
• 1984 – 1,169,000
• 1983 – 1,158,000
• 1982 – 1,170,000
• 1981 – 1,213,000
• 1980 – 1,189,000
• 1979 – 1,181,000
• 1978 – 1,130,000
• 1977 – 1,091,000
• 1976 – 1,083,000
• 1975 – 1,036,000
• 1974 – 977,000
• 1973 – 915,000
• 1972 – 845,000
• 1971 – 773,000
• 1970 – 708,000
• 1969 – 639,000
• 1968 – 584,000
• 1967 – 523,000
• 1966 – 499,000
• 1965 – 479,000
• 1964 – 450,000
• 1963 – 428,000
• 1962 – 413,000
• 1961 – 414,000
• 1960 – 393,000
• 1959 – 395,000
• 1958 – 368,000
• 1957 – 381,000
• 1956 – 382,000
• 1955 – 377,000
• 1954 – 379,000
• 1953 – 390,000
• 1952 – 392,000
• 1951 – 381,000
• 1950 – 385,000
• 1949 – 397,000
• 1948 – 408,000
• 1947 – 483,000
• 1946 – 610,000
• 1945 – 485,000
• 1944 – 400,000
• 1943 – 359,000
• 1942 – 321,000
• 1941 – 293,000
• 1940 – 264,000
• 1939 – 251,000
• 1938 – 244,000
•  1937 – 249,000
•  1936 – 236,000
•  1935 – 218,000
•  1934 – 204,000
•  1933 – 165,000
•  1932 – 164,241
•  1931 – 188,003
•  1930 – 195,961
•  1929 – 205,876
•  1928 – 200,176
•  1927 – 196,292
•  1926 – 184,678
•  1925 – 175,449
•  1924 – 170,952
•  1923 – 165,096
•  1922 – 148,815
•  1921 – 159,580
• 1920 – 170,506

 Sources: CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION:

National Center for Health Statistics

Thus, between approximately 1920 and 2003 there have been a total of approximately 53,310,134 divorces/annulments in The United States involving approximately 106,720,268 people.  WOAH…….  

Is love a plague?  AHHHHHHHH…..  

And to think there are those who believe that marriage isn’t a frightening concept beyond the immediate.

 Contracts?  We don’t need no stinking contracts.  We share in our mutually [and !incalculable!] harmonious ardor just fine ova hur, and that is without no [‘- -‘] stinking contracts you bastards.