2022 saw nearly 2.1m marriages, up slightly from 2019 – but still far below their height in 1946
US marriages have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels, with more than 2m such unions in 2022 – while the divorce rate continued to fall, according to the federal government.
The total of almost 2.1m “I do’s” in 2022 marks a 4% increase from the year before. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the data on Friday, but it has not released marriage data for last year.
In 2020, the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, there were only 1.7m US weddings – the lowest number recorded since 1963. The pandemic threw many marriage plans into disarray, as communities ordered people to stay at home and banned large gatherings to limit the spread of Covid, which has killed more than a million Americans and millions more around the world.
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Annoying article - it says the divorce rate is down but not what it is.
Apparently there were 673,989 divorces, or 2.4 per 1000 population. That compares to 2,065,905 marriages or 6.2 per 1000 population.
The full data is available here: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/dvs/marriage-divorce/national-marriage-divorce-rates-00-22.pdf
The thing that amazed me from the article was marriage was 16.4 per 1000 in 1946. I realize it was because people were waiting until the end of the war, but it’s kind of astounding to see it put in numbers. No wonder there was a baby boom.
Hell who could even afford to get divorced anymore?
You can’t divorce if it costs money. Plus you still have to stay living together otherwise they couldn’t individually make enough money.
You’d want it above normal, not just equal, to make up for the lost time during COVID.
Make up for lost time?
Then why am I still single?
I’m sure you know why.
seems like 994 out of 1000 people are single. you’re not alone. jk don’t down vote me.
