/^3 Cornell University Library The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924081073839 DJ]PARTMENT pf cgmmeuce 'BUREAIJ OF SAM. L, ROGEJRS, biRECTOK iARRIAGE AND DIVORCE 1916 . WASHINGXON (X>Tfi(wmSEVT PftitmNG OFPICK 1919 Department of Commerce BUREAU OF THE CENSUS WASHINGTON October 12, 1^2, Mrs, B. E. Beasley, Library, Agriculture Ecoa. and Farm Mgt, Dept,, New York State College of Agriculture, Ithaca, New York, My dear Mrs, Beasley: I have your letter of October 4, and regret to in- form you that the Bureau did not issue any reports on marriage and divorce for the years 1917-1921 inclusive. I take pleasure in inclosing a copy of the 1930 edition. Very truly yours, F. A. Gosnell, Chief, Publications Division, Bureau of the Census. GHr:fbe Inc. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS SAM. L. ROGERS, Director MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE 1916 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1919 CONTENTS. Page. Introduction 5 Marriage Statistics 7 Scope 7 Number of marriages 7 Marriage rates 8 Table 1. — Number of marriages reported and decennial increase, by divisions and states: 1916, 1906, and 1896 9 Table 2. — ^Number of marriages per 10,000 population, by divisions and states: 1916, 1906, 1900, and 1890 10 Divorce Statistics 11 Scope ; 11 Number of divorces 11 Divorce rates 12 Table 3. — Number of divorces reported and decennial increase, by divisions and states: 1916, 1906, and 1896 13 Table 4. — Number of divorces per 100,000 population, by divisions and states: 1916, 1906, 1900, and 1890 14 * Detailed statistics of divorce 15 Party to which granted 15 Causes of divorce 15 Contested cases 17 Service of notice 17 Residence of libellee 18 Place of marriage 19 AUmony - 21 Condition as to children 22 general tables. Table 22. — Divorces classified by cause, by party to which granted, and as to whether or not the case was contested, by divisions and states: 1916 24 Table 23. — Per cent distribution of divorces by cause and by party to which granted, by divisions and states: 1916 30 Table 24. — Divorces classified as to whether or not the case was contested, by form of service of notice, and by party to which granted, by divisions and states: 1916 -. 31 Table 25. — Divorces classified by residence of libellee and party to which granted, by divisions and states: 1916 34 Table 26. — Divorces classified by place of marriage and party to which granted, by divisions and states: 1916 ; 35 Table 27. — Divorces classified as to alimony and by party to which granted, by divisions and states: 1916 36 Table 28. — Divorces classified with respect to children and by party to which granted, by divisions and states: 1916 38 Table 29. — ^Number of marriages and divorces, by counties: 1916 39 (3) LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Washington, D. C, October 19, 1918. Sir: I transmit herewith, a report on Marriage and Divorce. This report is the result of a collection of statistics for the year 1916 only, and represents the first collection of statistics of marriage and divorce by this bureau since the publication of a two-volume report in 1909. The report published in 1909 contained statistics collected by the Bureau of the Census which covered the 20-year period from 1887 to 1906, and also statistics collected by the former Department of Labor, now the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which covered the preceding 20 years from 1867 to 1886. This report was prepared under the supervision of Mr. William C. Hunt, chief statistician for population, assisted by Mr. Arthur E. Seymour, who had immediate charge of the collection of the data. Respectfully, Sam. L. Rogers, Director of the Census. Hon. William C. Redfield, Secretary of Commerce. (4) MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE: 1916. INTRODUCTION. The statistics relating to marriage and divorce herein presented are for the calendar year 1916 only. Two investigations with respect to marriage and divorce have been made previously by the Federal Government — one in 1887-88 by the Department of Labor, covering the 20 years from 1867 to 1886, inclusive, and the other in 1906-7 by the Bureau of the Census, covering the 20 years from 1887 to 1906, inclusive. These two investigations together covered a consecutive period of 40 years. The need for the collection of the statistics of marriage and divorce for the years which have elapsed since 1906 was brought to the attention of the Director of the Census in April, 1914, by a letter received from the International Committee on Marriage and Divorce, signed by the Rt. Rev. Alfred Harding, Bishop of Washington, and the Rev. Francis Miaer Moody, its executive secretary. As stated in this communication, the lu-gency of the matter rested largely in the growing demand for an amendment to the Federal Constitution giving Congress power to legislate on all questions of marriage and divorce; and for the intelligent con- sideration of the proposed measure aU the facts were needed. In February, 1915, there were also received through Dr. Moody several petitions addressed to the President urging the passage of the joint resolution providing for the collection of the statistics of marriage and divorce, then pending in Congress. These petitions, with the letter of Dr. Moody transmitting them, were referred by the President to the Bureau of the Census for reply and whatever action seemed practicable. The intent of these letters and petitions, so far as they appHed to the collection of the statistics of mar- riage and divorce, was to secure legislation providing for such collection for the seven years ending in 1913, and annually thereafter; but the condition of the work of the Census Bureau at that time did not warrant immediate action, and the writers were so informed. Prior to the receipt of these letters and petitions, however, the Bureau of the Census had given the mat- ter most careful consideration, and in January, 1914, the Director of the Census addressed a communication to the Secretary of Commerce, in which the following statements were made : The Bureau of the Census collected in 1906-7 the statistics of marriage and divorce in the United States covering the 20 years from 1887 to 1906, inclusive. This was the second investigation of this character conducted by the Federal Government, the first having been made in 1887-88 by the (then) Department of Labor for the 20 years from 1867 to 1886, inclusive. In initiating the steps for securing the necessary legislation for the second investigation, the importance and need of these statistics was deemed sufficiently great to warrant the sending by the President on January 30, 1905, of a special message to Congress, and this was immediately followed by the passage of a joint resolution, approved February 9, 1905, giving the Director of the Census authority to collect these statistics from January 1, 1887; and the investigation thus provided for was made to cover the full 20-year period ending in 1906. These two investigations by the Federal Government together furnished, therefore, substantially all the available statistics, par- ticularly as to divorce, for a consecutive period of 40 years from January 1, 1867, to December 31, 1906. At the close of the year 1916 another decade will have elapsed and the steadily increasing prevalence of divorce, as shown by the results of the two investiga- tions covering the 40-year period ending in 1906 as well as by later partial statistics, suggests the advisability of requesting from Con- gress at an early day authority for a similar collection by the Bureau of the Census of the statistics of marriage and divorce in the United States for the 10 years ending in 1916, and thereafter annually. The law now provides for the collection annuaUy by the Bureau of the Census of the statistics of deaths an^^fiPis, and similar authority should be given with respect to marriage and divorce, thus providing for the collection yearly of the vital statistics of the country, to such extent immediately as may be practicable, but ultimately in accordance with standardized forms and methods, as is now being rapidly done with respect to deaths and for which a beginning also has been made with respect to births. The results of the investigation conducted by the Bureau of the Census for the 20 years from 1887 to 1906 showed a total of 945,625 divorces granted, as compared with a total for the preceding 20 years of only 328,716; or a number for the first 20 years hardly more than one-third of that recorded for the second 20 years. Of the 945,625 divorces from 1887 to 1906, 352,263 were granted during the first 10 years of the period and 593,362 during the second 10 years, representing an increase for the last decade over the former of 241,099, or 68.4 per cent. The collection of the statistics by the Bureau of the Census in 1906-7 was made mainly by regular special agents and detailed clerks, who obtained the information at the county seats of the various counties. In 765 of the smaller and more remote counties, however, the statistics were furnished by the court clerks, and in 206 counties in the Southern states the special agents of the bureau ordinarily employed to collect statistics of the cotton crop were engaged to secure the required information. It is believed, however, that, if a similar investigation should be undertaken for the 10 years ending in 1916, by proper provision beforehand the statistics could be almost wholly furnished through the court clerks, either by their own employment or that of their deputies or other responsible persons, working at piece-price rates. The present condition of the work of the Bureau of the Census, and the amount of work outUned for the fiscal year 1914-15, prob- ably does not warrant the attempt to secure now an appropriation for canying on in 1914-15 any portion of the work with respect to the collection of the marriage and divorce statistics, even it author- ized; it does, however, seem feasible in the near future to take the necessary steps toward securing during the present session of (5) MARKIAGE AND DIVORCE: 1916. Congress legislative authority for the 'work, in order that there may be included in the estimates for the fiscal year 1915-16 a sum suffi- cient to cover the probable cost of the collection for the eight years from 1907 to 1914 and to provide in later estimates a further sum to cover the cost for each of the two remaining years of the decade (1915-1916), at a total annual cost of not more than $20,000 probably. The systematic collection of the marriage and divorce statistics by the Federal Government, as a part of the vital statistics of the country, is of sufficient importance and value in itself, irrespective of the demand for the latest complete statistics — -which is constant and will become increasingly so as time goes on — to warrant imme- diate consideration, and I have taken the liberty, therefore, to bring the matter to your attention at this time, and to inclose for your information a copy of the joint resolution authorizing the collection of the statistics of marriage and divorce from January 1, 1887, a copy of the special message of President Roosevelt concerning the need for these statistics, and a copy of a proposed joiat resolution to pro- vide for the collection of these statistics for the 10 years ending in 1916, and annually thereafter, and I shall be glad to furnish you with any additional information that you may wish concerning this most important question. No action was taken in the matter at the Sixty- third Congress, but the necessary legislation was re- quested by the Secretary of Commerce at the first session of the Sixty-fourth Congress. A joint resolu- tion (S. J. Res. 107) was passed by the Senate Jime 3, 1916, but there was no action regarding it in the House of Representatives. The purpose of this joint resolution was to provide for the collection and publication of the statistics of marriage ani-eyaorce for the nine years from 1907 to 1915, incluswe", thus bringing these statistics sub- stantially up to date, and to provide for their col- lection and publication each year thereafter. The collection annually of these statistics would tend to standardize the inquiries, to improve the records from which they are derived, and thus to reduce propor- tionately the expense of collection, and to make the '^ statistics constantly available rather than after long ;. intervals, as has heretofore been the case. Although the House of Representatives took no action with regard to the joint resolution abtove re- ' f erred to, it did include in the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation bill a sum of money for the collection of the statistics of marriage and divorce, and when the money thus appropriated became avail- able in July, 1917, the Biueau of the Census had an amount sufficient to cover the cost of collection of these statistics for the entire period of 10 years from January 1, 1907, to December 31, 1916. It was de- cided, however, because of war conditions, not to cover the preceding years but to limit the work to 1916, and th^8 make a beginning with respect to their col- "lection each year as a part of the annual work of the bureau. With this understanding the necessary schedules and instructions were prepared and the work was begun the latter part of July, 1917. The statistics of mar- riage and divorce for the year 1916 were collected whoUy by correspondence and refer to 48 states (in- cluding the District of Columbia), comprising a total of 2,980 counties or equivalent subdivisions from which returns were expected. For South Carolina, with 44 counties, and for 9 unorganized counties in South Dakota and Texas no statistics of marriage and divorce are available. The statistics of marriage consist simply of a state- ment of the number of marriages performed during the year. For 27 states the number of marriages in each county was obtained from printed reports or state records without cost to the Federal Government, while for the remaining 21 states, representing a total of 1,649 counties, the data were obtained by corre- spondence direct with the county or court clerks or other officers having custody of the marriage records. The inquiries as to divorce in 1916 were much more comprehensive than for marriage and included sub- stantially the same items as for the 20-year period 1887-1906, except that the investigation for 1916 did not cover all appHcations for divorce, as was the case for the period 1887-1906, but was restricted to di- vorces granted only. For 3 states — Nebraska, New Jersey, and Wisconsin — it was possible to obtain the required information as to divorce from state officials, but for the remainder of the country, repre- senting 2,795 counties, it had to be obtained direct from the coimty or court clerks. The schedules for divorce were mailed from Wash- ington the latter part of July, 1917, and by the end of October — three months later — complete returns had been received from three-fifths of the counties and by the end of the following December from more than seven-tenths of all the counties. The work of securing the returns from the remaining counties was a much slower process, requiring much extra effort, both by mail and telegraph, and the last returns obtained were not received until sometime in July, 1918. It should be said, however, that the delay in sending the returns was due in many cases to lack of time because of service on the exemption boards created in connection with the operation of the selective-service law and also too, in other cases, because the amount of compen- sation offered was considered too small. As at the former investigation, special agents employed by the Bureau of the Census to collect the cotton reports did the work in certain southern counties where the court clerks failed to make the returns as requested. These statements apply to the divorce statistics mainly, as the filing of the return as to the number of marriages in counties where the information could not be secured from printed reports or state records was but an inci- dent of the work for which no great amount of time was required. All things considered, it may be said that this method — ^here tried for the first time — of obtaining marriage and divorce data by correspondence through the mails has proved entirely practicable, returns as to INTRODUCTION. marriage having been received for 2,874 counties and those as to divorce for 2,885 counties, out of the total of 2,980 counties from which returns were expected. The counties for which no returns were received are mainly in the Southern states and represent for the most part those in which the number of marriages or divorces was not large and, as a matter of fact, com- prise only a relatively small proportion of the total number of marriages celebrated or divorces granted in the entire country during the year 1916, probably not much more than 2 per cent in the case of mar- riages and not much more than 1 per cent in the case of divorces. It would have been possible probably to have seciu-ed eventually, through correspondence, a return for both marriages and divorces for all of the missing counties, but it was not deemed worth while, on account of the comparatively small numbers in- volved, to delay the completion of the work for this purpose, and so the collection of the statistics was brought to a close substantially at the end of June, 1918. The returns as to marriage and divorce were secured at a total cost of $15,000, of which less than $500 represenlis the cost of securing the returns as to marriage. The decision to confine the collection of the statistics of marriage and divorce to the single year 1916 was influenced in part, aside from war conditions, by the desire to determine, as a matter of actual experience, whether or not it was practicable to secure these rettims wholly by mail instead of detailing employees of the bureau to travel over the country for this piu-pose, as had been the practice heretofore, and also whether the information sought would be furnished by the county and court officials at a reasonable cost; and thus by this means have definite data available for the use of Congress in the consideration of the request for legislative authority for their collection annually. Nearly every important country ' except the United States makes annual compilations of the statistics of marriage and divorce, but in this country, as heretofore stated, such statistics have thus far been compiled on two occasions only, each compilation covering retrospectively a period of 20 years. There seems to be no question as to the necessity for the systematic collection of the statistics of mar- riage and divorce as a part of the vital statistics of this country, and if collected annually by the Bureau of the Census the same methods could be applied to the securing of these statistics as have been so suc- cessfully used in perfecting the returns and in extend- ing the area of registration with respect to deaths and births, so that as time goes on it would be possible for the Federal Government to secure all of these returns through state offices of record and not from the various county and court officials as must now be largely done. The collection of these statistics each year would also ensure greater expedition in the completion and return by the county and court clerks of the marriage and divorce schedules. This work would become a part of the regular office routine and the compensation offered, although not large, would be sufficient to pay for the trouble of making out the schedules from time to time, as the records became available, so that the complete returns could be sent in soon after the end of each calendar year. MARRIAGE STATISTICS. Scope. — The statistics of marriages, as before stated, consist simply of a statement as to the number of marriages celebrated during the calendar year 1916. It is evident, moreover, that until an annual collection of the marriage statistics by a central office is provided for as a component part of the vital statistics for the entire coimtry, it will not be possible either (1) to attempt to have the several states adopt uniform methods for the registration and return of marriages by the county officers to a state office of record, from which the Federal statistics can be readily compiled; or (2) to have the marriage statistics include, in addi- tion to the number of marriages celebrated, detailed statistics as to color, sex, age, nativity, marital condi- tion, whether first or second marriage, and the like, thus embracing data which are almost universally collected by the statistical bureaus of most civilized countries. Number of marriages. — ^The whole number of mar- riages reported for the year 1916 (see Table 1, p. 9) was 1,040,778, representing the returns received from 2,874 counties, out of a total of 2,980 counties from which returns were sought. There are 106 counties (including 10 new counties), therefore, from which no returns as to the number of marriages in 1916 were received. Of these, 9 are in states for which the num- ber of marriages was obtained from state records, being counties for which returns were lacking and could not be suppHed by the state officials. The remaining 97 counties are distributed among 18 differ- ent states in which the returns as to marriages were sought from the county officials, but could not be obtained through correspondence, although the re- quests were made repeatedly. For 1906, as shown hy the former investigation, there was reported a total of 853,^290 marriages, with 35 missing counties, and for 1896 a total of 6l3j873 marriages, with 56 missing coimties. These figures, when compared with those reported for 1916, show an apparent increase in the number of marriages between ' England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Prance, Switzerland, Italy, Ruaaia, Fiiiland, Austria, Hungary, Rumania, Bulgaria, Serbia, and Japan. 8 MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE: 1916. 1906 and 1916 of 187,488, or 22 per cent, and between 1896 and 1906 of 239,417, or 39 per cent. Excluding the marriEiges reported for 1906 and 1896 for the counties for which no returns were secured for 1916, the number of marriages for 1906 would be reduced to 838,451, a difference of 14,839, and for 1896 to 602,542, a difference of 11,331; and on this basis the increase between 1906 and 1916 would be 202,327, or 24.1 per cent, and between 1896 and 1906, 235,909, or 39.2 per cent. The number of marriages reported for 1906 and 1896 for the 106 counties for which there were no returns for 1916 — ^namely, 14,839 and 11,331 — constituted in each case less than 2 per cent of the total number of mar- riages reported. There was no return of mairiages for 35 counties in 1906 and for 56 counties in 1896. The number of marriages reported from each county is shown in Table 29 (p. 39). The number of coimties in 1916 from which marriage returns were sought, the number of coTinties for which no report was made, and the total number of marriages reported, with com- parative figures for 1906 and 1896, respectively, are shown by states and geographic divisions, in Table 1 (p. 9), which also shows the increase for the two 10-year periods. The increases given in this table are not based upon the total number of marriages reported for 1906 and 1896, but upon the mmaber exclusive of those for the coimties for which the returns are lacking for 1916. This is necessary because of the large num- ber of missing counties for 1916, particularly in some of the Southern states. In using these figures, it must be remembered, of course, that the niunber of marriages reported for 1916, as well as for each of the two years with which com- parison is made, represent the returns for a single year only, and that the number so reported is dependent upon or influenced by several considerations, such as no report whatever of marriages for a considerable number of counties, incompleteness in the returns for counties reporting, due to lack of proper registration methods, fluctuations in the number of marriages celebrated from year to year, due to economic condi- tions, and the like, so that comparisons of increaH(\ in the number of marriages during the two 10-year intervals are at the most only roughly indicative of the actual facts of the case. Marriage rates. — The number of marriages per 10,000 population in 1916, based upon estimated population, is compared in Table 2 (p. 10) with similar rates for 1906, also based upon estimated population, and for 1900 and 1890, based upon enumerated population as shown by the Federal censuses taken in those years. The population used in each case is exclusive of the population of the counties for which the number of marriages was lacking. The rates as given in Table 2 are higher for 1916 than for 1906 in 26 states, while for 44 states the rates for 1906 were higher than those for 1900, thus making 18 states in which the rate increased in 1906 as com- pared with 1900 and decreased in 1916 as compared with 1906. As stated above, the niunber of marriages celebrated from year to year fluctuates with economic conditions, so the high rates in 1906 as compared with 1916 and 1900 would indicate an imusuaUy large num- ber of marriages in that year. Although 20 states showed a smaller rate in 1916 than in 1906, there are 6 states which showed an exceptionally high rate in 1916— Montana, 176; Maryland, 150; Florida, 149; Ver- mont, 145; Arkansas, 143; and Arizona, 142. These high rates may be due in part to actual increases in the number of marriages, or to a better system of return and registration, or in some cases to too low estimates of population. AU of the states except South Carolina require every marriage solemnized to be reported to some ofl&cial specified by law, and for nearly two-thirds of the states there is legal provision for the state regis- tration of marriages, even though in some of these states this provision of law is not fully carried out. It is undoubtedly true that the methods of registration are much better now than formerly and that because of this the number of marriages reported in many states is larger, irrespective of other conditions which may have been operative in the same direction. Marriage rates based upon marriageable population are more indicative than those based upon the entire population, but the necessary data are not available for 1916. MARRIAGE STATISTICS. Table 1.— NUMBER OF MARRIAGES REPORTED AND DECENNIAL INCREASE, BY DIVISIONS AND STATES: 1916, 1906, AND 1896. Total coun- ties, 1916. marriages: 1916. marriages: 1906. marriages: 1896. INCREASES 1 IN MARRIAGE DIVISION AND STATE. Coun- ties not re- port- ing. Total marriages reported. Coun- ties not re- port- ing. Total marriages reported. Number, exclusive of counties not report- ing in 1916. Coun- ties not report- ing. Total marriages reported. Number, exclusive of counties not report- ing in 1916. 1916 over 1906. 1906 over 1896. Number. Per cent. Number. Per cent. United States 2 2,980 106 1,040,778 36 853,290 838,451 66 613,873 602,642 202,327 24.1 235,909 39.2 Geographio divisions: New Bneland . _ 67 150 436 8 615 3 504 384 M63 248 133 i" 3 42 25 18 13 4 71,599 200,676 213,097 123,895 129,349 99,529 116,778 35,728 50, 127 2 5 4 . 16 7 2 57,798 168,985 172,042 107,891 104,995 "93,956 93,499 21,989 32, 135 67,798 168,985 171,967 107,595 97,769' 89,013 92,003 21,270 32,051 9' 8 11 19 7 2 46,346 118,924 134,589 80,990 74,620 71,608 61,193 11,666 13,947 46,346 118,924 134,607 80,696 69,655 67,414 59,802 11,276 13,923 13,801 31,691 41,130 16,300 31,580 10,516 24,775 14,458 18,076 23.9 18.8 23.9 15.1 32.3 11.8 26.9 68.0 56.4 11,452 50,061 37,460 26,900 28,114 21,599 32,201 9,994 18, 128 24.7 Middle Atlantic 42.1 East North Central 27.8 33.3 South Atlantic 40.4 East South Central..... 32.0 Wftst South Central 53.8 88.6 130.2 New England: 5faiiie 16 10 14 14 6 8 62 21 67 88 92 102 83 71 86 99 115 53 8 64 93 105 3 24 1 117 55 100 m 152 52 120 96 67 81 75 64 77 8 247 42 37 22 63 26 U 28 16 39 36 68 i' 1 2 3' 2 13 6,576 4,491 5,279 34,386 5,699 15,168 97,454 31,169 72,053 52,592 33,521 68,529 40,112 18,343 22,800 22,843 36,827 4,896 6,581 12,786 18,162 2,038 20,397 4,293 21,329 16,033 21,337 2' 6,574 4,278 3,106 29,654 5,117 9,069 88,979 21,580 58,426 45,365 28,306 53,717 27,335 17,319 15,809 20,136 35,750 4,753 4,131 10,344 16,969 2,302 12,664 3,833 17,851 11,551 20,085 6,574 4,278 3,106 29,654 5,117 9,069 88,979 21,580 58,426 45,366 28,306 53,642 27,335 17,319 15,733 20,135 35,530 4,753 4,131 10,344 16,969 2,302 12,564 3,833 17,487 11,299 17,638 i' 4 1 i'' 6,679 4,032 3,041 23,651 3,327 6,716 59,189 18,370 41,365 34,238 23,823 39,269 18,897 18,362 11,136 18,519 27,916 1,817 2,481 6,963 12,168 978 9,558 2,187 13,823 7,919 15,000 5,579, 4,032 3,041 23,651 3,327 6,716 59,189 18,370 41,366 34,238 23,823 39,187 18,897 18,362 11,061 18,519 27,696 1,817 2,481 6,963 12,158 978 9,558 2,187 13,636 7,683 13,334 2 213 2,173 4,732 682 6,099 8,475 9,589 13,627 7,227 6,215 14,887 12,777 1,024 7,067 2,708 1,297 143 1,450 2,442 1,193 —264 7,833 460 3,842 4,734 3,699 m .5.0 70.0 16.0 11.4 67.3 9.5 44.4 23.3 15.9 18.4 27.8 46.7 6.9 44.9 13.4 3.7 3.0 35.1 23.6 7.0 —11.5 62.3 12.0 22.0 41.9 21.0 995 246 65 6,003 1,790 2,363 29,790 3,210 17,061 11,127 4,483 14,455 8,438 —1,043 4,672 1,616 7,834 2,936 1,650 3,381 4,811 1,324 3,006 1,646 3,961 3,616 4,304 .17.8 Nfiw HamDshlre 6.1 2.1 25.4 _ 53.8 * 35.0 Connecticut Middle Atlantic: 60.3 17.5 41.2 East North Central: Ohio 32.5 18.8 Ulinois 36.9 44.7 —5.7 West North Central: 42.2 8.7 Missouri 28.3 North Dakota 161.6 South Dakota 66.5 48.6 39.6 South Atlantic: 135.4 Maryland 31.5 75.3 Virginia 29.2 West Virginia 47.1 North Carolina 32.3 16 8 11 8 6' 1 7 1 9 i' 3 5 3 i' i' 32,268 11,654 23,189 26,960 25,453 23,927 24,684 18,042 20,049 64,103 8,108 3,840 1,591 9,165 3,353 3,634 5,036 1,001 13,829 6,302 30,996 3 2 1 1 1 1 5 3 7 i' 3' 3 2 27,438 9,371 22,087 24,418 25,390 22,061 20,227 16,751 14,012 42,509 2,675 2,193 1,181 7,307 2,667 1,579 3,853 '634 9,182 5,233 17,720 24,298 8,348 20,482 22,602 25,390 20,539 20,063 15,859 14,012 42,069 2,675 2,053 1,111 7,230 2,248 1,579 3,840 '534 9,182 6,149 17,720 4 3 2 6 1 2 2 6 4 7 i' 3" 3 2 19,965 6,190 17,145 19,478 18,448 16,537 14,951 10,879 4,523 30,840 1,652 994 542 4,215 1,104 723 2,213 213 2,886 2,732 8,329 i7,765 4,614 15,643 17 982. 18,448 15,391 14,827 10,051 4,523 30,401 1,662 926 498 4,124 946 723 2,195 213 2,886 2,708 8,329 7,970 3,306 2,707 4,368 ^7388- 4,521 2,183 6,037 12,034 5,433 1,787 480 1,935 1,106 2,056 1,196 467 4,647 153 13,276 32.8 39.6 13.2 19.3 0.2 — J6^ 22.5 13.8 43.1 28.6 203.1 87.0 43.2 26.8 49.2 130.1 31.1 87.5 50.6 3.0 74.9 6,533 3,734 4,839 4,670 6,942 5,148 5,236 5,808 9,489 11,668 1,023 1 127 613 3,106 1,303 856 1,645 321 6,296 2,441 9,391 36.8 riorida 80.9 East Socth Central: 30.9 Tennessee 26.0 37.6 33.4 West South Central: Arkansas^ 57.8 208.8 38.4 ' Oklahoma Texas Mountain: 61.9 121.7 123.1 75.3 137.9 118.4 74.9 150.7 Idaho Colorado Utah Pacific: Washington 218.2 90.1 112.8 California li^^J^r.iZ^^l^tS'^UrSl^naTl^B^^^luitrjl^'^^^^ SouthCaro- linaiequires neither a marriage license nor a return or record of marriages. 8 See note 2. ' Less than one-tenth of 1 per cent. 89786°— 19 2 10 MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE: 1916. Table 2.— NUMBER OF MARRIAGES PER 10.000 POPULATION, BY DIVISIONS AND STATES: 1916, 1906, 1900, AND 1890. DIVISION AND STATE. 1916 Estimated > papulation. Marriages. Number. Per 10,000 {)opu- ation. 1906 Estimated i population. Marriages. Number. Per 10,000 popu- btlon. 1900 Enumerated > population. Marriages. Number.' Per 10,000 popu- lation. 1890 Enumerated population. Maniages. Number.' Per 10,000 pop- ula- TJNITED States.. Geogbaphio divisions: New England Middle Atlantic East North Central. . West North Central. South Atlantic East South Central . . West South Central. Mountain Pacific New England: Maine * New Hampshire. yumont Ml^chusetts Rhode Island Connecticut Middle Atlantic: New York New Jersey Pennsylvania... East Nobth Central: Ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan Wisconsin West Noeth centeal: Minnesota Iowa MissoiM North Dfikota South Dakota Nebraska South Atlantic: Delaware Maryland District of Columbia. Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina • Georgia Florida East South centeal: Kentucky Alabama West South Centeal: Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma' Texas Mountain: Montana Idaho Wyoming. .. Colorado New Mexico. Arizona Utah Nevada Pacific: Washington. Oregon Caluomia 98,671,755 7,156, 21,743, 19,664, 12,417, 10,891, 8,435, 9,952, 3,128, 5,287, 772,489 442,506 363,699 3,719,156 614,315 1,244,479 10,273,376 2,948,017 8,622,017 5,150,356 2,816,817 6,142,214 3,054,854 2,500,350 2,266,734 6 2,224,771 3,387,468 739,201 698,509 1,271,375 1,829,545 213,380 1,362,807 363,980 2,136,056 1,349,357 2,129,500 2,556,425 779,757 '-2,171,735 2, 142, 799 2,332,608 1,788,142 1,724,627 1,693,814 2,167,093 4,366,517 459,494 396,954 161,409 951,621 366,691 265,544 429,907 106,734 1,534,221 814, 132 2,938,654 1,040,778 71,699 200,676 213,097 123,895 129,349 99,629 116,778 36,728 50,127 105 100 92 108 100 119 118 117 114 96 83,303,684 6,576 4,491 5,279 34,386 6,699 15, 168 97,454 31, 169 72,063 52,692 33,521 68,629 40,112 18,343 22,800 22,843 36,827 4,896 6,581 12,786 18,162 2,038 20,397 4,293 21,329 16,033 21,337 32,268 11,654 23,189 26,960 25,463 23,927 24,584 18,042 20,049 54,103 8,108 3,840 1,691 9,165 3,353 8,634 6,036 1,001 13,829 6,302 86 101 145 92 93 122 95 106 85 102 119 112 131 73 101 103 109 66 80 101 150 118 100 119 100 126 149 107 126 109 134 143 107 124 176 97 99 96 91 142 117 94 90 65 105 6,183, 380, 141 869. 965, 611, 222, 3,099,480 723,977 423,282 361,228 3,160,984 498,817 1,035,531 8,405,304 2,286,247 7,141,767 4,533,064 2,630,069 5,324,876 .a, 660, 737 2,232,180 1,951,183 c 2, 231, 853 3,221,659 473,051 513,883 1,143,867 1,606,302 195,571 1,264,147 310,968 1,981,865 1,120,398 2,086,306 2,279,724 640,818 2,215,174 2,080,976 1,983,663 1,686,461 1,473,608 1,453,446 1,183,302 8,601,276 325,000 262,692 126,449 692,763 276,621 173,088 312,613 63,687 002,437 673,231 1,623,812 853,290 57, 798 168,985 172,042 107,891 104,995 93, 956 93,499 21,989 32, 136 6,574 4,278 3,106 29,654 6,117 88,979 21,580 58,426 45,365 28,306 63,717 27,335 17,319 15,809 20,136 35,750 4,753 4,131 10,344 16,969 2,302 12,564 3,833 17,851 11,551 20,085 27,438 9,371 22,087 24,418 26,390 22,061 / 20,227 16,751 14,012 42,609 2,676 2,193 1,181 7,807 2,667 1,679 3,853 634 9,182 6,233 17,720 102 93 96 99 97 106 118 123 99 104 91 101 94 103 106 94 100 108 101 103 78 81 90 111 100 80 90 106 118 100 123 90 103 96 120 146 100 117 128 131 137 115 118 121 94 106 00 91 123 102 91 109 73,385,121 5,592,017 15,454,678 15,985,581 10,285,745 8,853,469 7,269,229 6,234,169 1,640,700 2,069,533 682,640 47,289 126,212 149.098 9i;086 85,456 77,136 73,037 15,620 17^807 694,466 411,588 343,641 2,805,346 428,656 908,420 7,268,894 1,883,669 6,302,115 4,157,545 2,516,462 4,821,550 2,420,982 2,069,042 1,751,394 2,231,863 3,066,687 306,034 393,082 1,066,300 1,470,495 184,735 1,188,044 278,718 1,844,665 958,800 1,893,810 2,004,602 500,096 2,058,442 1,915,159 1,773,970 1,621,658 1,258,399 1,294,042 701,641 2,980,087 343,329 161,772 82,531 633,010 195,310 122,031 257,006 84,811 618,103 413,536 1,137,894 5,519 3,916 2,977 24,117 3,726 7,034 63,082 15,042 48,088 37,979 28,461 44,858 23,008 16,802 13,118 19,298 30,277 2,413 3,043 8,825 14,112 1,322 10,740 3,114 16,363 9,532 17,142 21,032 6,150 19,018 20,751 19,793 17,674 16,616 13,421 8,064 2,188 1,359 839 5,457 1,307 1,054 2,789 527 4,747 3,499 9,661 97 106 117 91 105 81 75 96 72 90 112 91 106 123 108 112 115 132 104 115 117 90 84 91 102 67 86 109 151 59,313,546 4,039,663 12,706,220 13,473,295 8,752,971 7,390,751 5,982,333 4,227,731 1,186,602 1,553,980 376,530 332,422 2,238,947 345,506 746,258 6,003,174 1,444,933 5,258,113 3,672,329 2,192,404 3,826,352 2,093,890 1,688,320 1,310,283 1,882,386 2,601,916 171,139 307,072 1,052,067 1,428,108 168,493 994,823 230,392 1,627,755 758,011 1,541,911 1,699,685 369,681 1,788,862 1,632,532 1,442,284 1,118,655 1,077,872 1,007,710 2, 142, 149 142,924 81,145 62,555 413,249 160,282 85,572 200,121 40,754 344,056 317,704 1 Exclusive of population of counties for which the marriage returns were laddnir ! Annual average, 1898 to 1902. -.viut,. > Annual average, 1888 to 1892. ' No provision was made for the systematic registration of marriages prior to 1892 . S'SS'®^ ^'^ '",'■ ^O'"'* "" 181° *"^ 1*' "* 'Of population as enumerated in 1910 and 1900 " Neither a marriage license nor a return or record of marriage is required ' No record was kept prior to May 2, 1890. 36,988 104,383 128,645 76,518 63,333 59, 181 46,582 10,615 12,746 3,720 2,807 21,031 3,214 6,216 49,584 15,740 39,059 32,984 22,453 38,421 18,726 15,961 10,275 16,309 25,582 1,281 1,948 8,328 12,795 7,878 1,513 12,771 6,650 12,943 16,287 4,309 15,310 17,253 15,493 11,125 13,052 9,945 23,585 1,294 705 426 4,261 1,018 546 2,127 2,846 2,801 7,099 92 82 95 87 86 99 110 89 82 84 94 83 109 74 90 102 100 78 87 98 75 63 79 90 58 79 78 88 84 117 106 107 99 121 110 91 87 68 103 64 64 106 58 88 80 DIVORCE Scope. — ^The investigation as to divorce for the year 1916 referred to decrees of divorce only, and did not include all applications for divorce, as in the former investigation by the Bureau of the Census. The inquiries as to decrees of divorce were the same as those for the investigation covering the 20-year period from 1887-1906, except that the inquiry as to the occupations of parties was omitted. There were 16 inquiries for 1916, as follows: ' 1. State or country in which married ' 2. Date of marriage 3. Date of separation 4. Date.of filing petition 5. Who was libellant? •. (Husband or wife.) 6. How was notice served? (Personally or by publication.) 7. Waa case contested? '. (Yes or no.) 8. Date of decree or judgment 9. Number of years married 10. Cause for which divorced 11. If not direct, was intemperance an indirect cause? (Yes or no.) 12. Kind of divorce , (Absolute or limited.) 13. Number of children affected by decree 14. Was alimony asked? (Yes, or no.) 15. Was aUmony granted? (Yes, or no.) 16. Residence of libellee Number of divorces. — ^Reports as to the number of divorces in 1916 were received from 2,885 counties, out of a total of 2,980 counties or equivalent sub- divisions for which returns were expected. The 95 counties for which no returns were received are contained in 22 different states, but fully seven-tenths of them are in 8 Southern states. The statistics of divorce were collected wholly by correspondence, but, as explained in the Introduction, the collection was delayed considerably by the demands of the work of the local boards created for the administration of the selective-service law. Many of the- cotmty and court clerks having custody of the divorce records were actively identified with the work of these local boards and oftentimes, therefore, could not give the time necessary to the prompt compliance with the requests of the Census Bureau. The niraiber of divorces reported for 1906 and 1896 for the 95 counties for which there were no returns for 1916 — namely, 961 and 502 — constituted in each case a little more than 1 per cent of the total nimaber reported, thus indicating that, in spite of the conditions which operated against a full report, the probable deficiency in the number of divorces for 1916 due to the lack of retiu-ns for these 95 counties is not much, if any, greater. STATISTICS. The whole number of divorces reported by the 2,885 counties for 1916 was 112,036, as compared with a total of 72,062 for 1906, with reports lacking for 4 counties, and a total of 42,937 for 1896, with reports lacking for 27 coimties. These figures show an appar- ent increase of 39,974 divorces in 1916 over 1906, or 55.5 per cent, as. compared with an increase of 29,125 divorces in 1906 over 1896, or 67.8 per cent. Exclud- ing the divorces reported for the counties for which there were no returns for 1916, the number of divorces for 1906 would be reduced to 71,101, a difference of 961, and for 1896 to 42,435, a difference of 502; and on the basis of these figures the increase in $916 over 1906 would be 40,935, or 57.6 per cent, and in 1906 over 1896, 28,666, or 67.6 per cent. The percentage of increase in the number o,f divorces granted in 1916 and those granted in 1906 is ihus much lower than that shown for those granted in 1906/) as compared with 1896, but it is much higher than the percentage of increase in population shown for the decade between the last two Federal censuses taken in 1900 and 1910, respectively — namely, 21 per cent. The two previous investigations, each covering a period of 20 years, showed equally disproportionate increases in divorces as compared with population. For the entire 40 years covered by these two investiga- tions, there was reported a grand total of 1,274,341 divorces, distributed by 10-year periods, as follows: 1897-1906, 593,362 divorces; 1887-1896, 352,263 divorces; 1877-1886, 206,595 divorces; and 1867-1876, 122,121 divorces. These figures show an increase for 1897-1906 over 1887-1896 of 24l,t)99,^r^8.4 per cent; for 1887-1896 over 1877-1886 an increase^^l-^&^efiS^ or 70.5 per cent; and for 1877-1886 over 1867-1876^ an increase of 84,474, or 69.2 per cent. The increases in population shown by the three Federal censuses taken within the 40-year period, however, were much lower, as follows: From 1890 to 1900,. 20.7 per cent; from 1880 to 1890, 25.5 per cent; and from 1870 to 1880, 30.1 per cent The difference in the percentage of increase in divor- ces granted in 1916 over 1906 as compared with the much higher percentage for those granted in 1906 over 1896 may be due possibly to the fact that the number of divorces reported for 1906 was proportion- ally high, but it may be due partly to partial or incomplete returns in 1916 for some coimties. The number of divorces reported for 1916 rests upon the returns received by mail from the county and court clerks having custody of the divorce records, to whqm only a small amount of compensation — generally 10 cents, although sometimes as high as 25 cents — ^was (11) 12 MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE: 1916. paid. The abnormal conditions due to the war un- doubtedly served to delay the work of collecting the divorce schedules, as already explained, and it may have in fact operated in some cases against a full re- port as to the number of divorces actually granted during the year 1916; but, in all probability, not so much so as to vitiate the reliability of the report in this regard. A total, in roimd numbers, of 72,000 divorces was reported for the year 1906, and if the rate of increase shown by the former investigations for each 10-year period — an increase of about two- thirds — ^had prevailed during the 10 years to 1916 the number of divorces for 1916 would have been 120,000, against 112,036 actually reported or, allowing 2,000 divorces for comities for which no returns whatever were received, 114,036 divorces. This is a deficiency of 5,964, or nearly 9 per cent of the number reported for 1906, but such a large deficiency can not be as- cribed whoUy to failure to make returns of aU the divorces granted in 1916. The number of divorces reported in each county is shown in Table 29 (p. 39). Table 3 (p. 13) shows, by states and geographic divisions, the total number of counties from which divorces were sought for 1916, the number of counties not reporting, and the total number of divorces reported, with comparative figures for 1906 and 1896. The increase in divorces during the two 10-year periods is shown in the same table. The increases given in this table are based upon the number of divorces reported for 1906 and 1896 exclu- sive of those for the coimties for which the retmns are lacking for 1916. For four states — Colorado, Maine, South Dakota, and West Virginia — and the District of Columbia the • number of divorces reported for 1916 was less than the number reported for 1906, but fop-every other state it was larger, and in most cases very much larger; and, similarly, with one exception — the District of Colum- bia — the number of divorces reported for 1906 was larger than the number reported for 1896. Divorce rates. — ^The number of divorces per 100,000 population in 1916, as compared with similar rates for 1906, 1900, and 1890, is shown, by states and geo- graphic divisions, in Table 4 (p. 14). The population used for 1916 and 1906 is the estimated midyear popu- lation exclusive of that of the counties for which there were no divorce returns, while the population used for 1900 and 1890 is that shown by the Federal censuses taken in the years named. Table 4 shows for the United States as a whole, a divorce rate per 100,000 population of 112 for 1916, as compared with a rate of 84 for 1906, 73 for 1900, and 53 for 1890. The rate for 1880, as shown by the report of the former investigation, was 39, and that for 1870 was 28. Table 4 also shows that for each geographic division and for all but the District of Columbia and seven states — Colorado, South Dakota, West Virginia, Maine, Mississippi, Alabama, and North Dakota — ^the rate for 1916 was higher than that for 1906, but in aU of these states, except Maine, North Dakota, and the District of Columbia, the rate for 1906 was higher than that for 1900. In four states — ^Montana, Wyoming, Rhode Island, and North Carolina — ^the rate decreased from 1900 to 1906 and increased in 1916, the change in Montana being particularly noticeable, from 167 in 1900 to 151 in 1906 and to 323 in 1916. Only three states — Cdorado, Connecticut, and Delaware — showed a decrease in the rate for 1900 as compared with 1890. Except for the states mentioned above, there has been a steady increase in the rate of divorces per 100,000 popidation in each of the specified years. DIVORCE STATISTICS. 13 Table 3.— NUMBER OF DIVORCES REPORTED AND DECENNIAL INCREASE, BY DIVISIONS AND STATES: 1916, 1906, AND 1896. Total coun- ties, 1916. DIVOKOES: 1916. divobces: 1906. divobces: 1896. increase 1 IN divokces. DIVISION AND STATE. Coun- ties not report- ing. Total divorces reported. Coun- ties not report- ing. Total divorces reported. Number, exclusive of counties not reporting in 1916. Coun- ties not report- ing. Total divorces reported. Niunber, exclusive of counties not reporting in 1916. 1916 over 1906. 1906 over 1896. Number. Per cent. Number. Per cent. 2 2,980 95 112,036 4 72,062 71, 101 27 42,937 42,435 40,935 57.6 28,666 67.6 Geogkaphic divisions: New En&rlEiiid 67 150 436 8 615 3 504 364 M63 243 133 1 2 2 2 46 18 14 9 1 5,739 9,418 28,837 16,412 7,336 9,939 17,287 5,947 11, 121 i' 2 i" 4,022 5,626 19,489 11,437 4,945 8,314 10,352 3,067 4,820 4,021 5,601 19,474 11,422 4,667 8,007 10,086 3,025 4,798 4' 6 11 4 1 1 3,434 3,347 12,242 7,562 2,579 4,870 5,226 1,469 2,20s 3,431 3,332 12,233 7,557 2,428 4,718 5,086 1,446 2,20| 1,718 3,817 9,363 4,990 2,669 1,932 7,201 2,922 6,323 42.7 68.1 48.1 43.7 57.2 24.1 71.4 96.6 131.8 590 2,269 7,241 3,865 2,239 3,289 5,000 1,579 2,594 17.2 Middle Atlantic 68.1 East North Central 59.2 West North Central 51.1 92.2 East South Central 69.7 West South Central 98.3 109.2 Paelflo 117.7 New England: 16 10 14 14 5 8 62 21 67 88 92 102 83 71 86 99 115 53 3 64 93 105 3 24 1 117 55 100 {') 152 52 120 96 67 81 75 64 77 3 247 42 37 22 63 26 14 28 16 39 36 58 i" 2 i' 1 2 7' 9 11 702 698 419 2,336 623 961 3,269 1,169 4,980 7,607 5,636 8,546 5,327 1,721 1,956 3,309 6,791 478 585 1,675 2,618 210 1,003 47 1,886 789 668 i' 783 473 301 1,540 368 657 2,069 ■530 3,027 4,781 4,048 5,943 3,259 1,458 1,066 2,385 3,936 320 604 1,186 1,940 61 696 86 1,074 966 380 783 473 300 1,640 318 657 2,044 530 3,027 4,781 4,035 5,941 3,259 1,468 1,066 2,385 3,921 320 604 1,186 1,940 61 696 86 1,002 870 336 2 1 i' 681 417 292 1,236 359 450 1,270 352 1,725 .2,794 2,793 3,847 1,723 1,086 876 1,591 2,643 308 278 645 1,321 20 361 163 525 452 378 681 417 289 1,236 359 460 1,255 382 1,726 2,794 2,790 3,841 1,723 1,086 876 1,691 2,538 308 278 645 1,321 20 351 163 602 405 334 -81 225 119 796 255 404 1,225 639 1,963 2,826 1,601 2,605 2,068 263 890 924 1,870 1.58 -19 489 678 -169 307 -39 884 -81 332 -10.3 47.6 39.7 51.7 69.3 72.5 69.9 120.6 64.5 59.1 39.7 43.8 63.6 18.0 83.5 38.7 47.7 49.4 -3.1 41.2 34.9 W 44.1 ^8l2 -9.3 98.8 102 56 11 305 9 107 789 178 1,302 1,987 1,245 2,100 1,536 373 190 794 1,383 12 326 541 619 31 346 -77 600 465 2 15.0 New "Hampshire. ..., . 13.4 3.8 Massachusetts 24.7 2.5 23.8 Mtodle Atlantic: New York 62.9 50.6 76.5 East Nokth Central: Ohio. 71.1 Indiana 44.6 Illinois 54.7 Michigan 89.1 34.4 West Nobth Central: Minnesota 21.7 49.9 54.5 North Dakota ... 3.9 117.3 Nebraska . . 83:9 46.9 South Atlantic: W . 98.3 Distrint nt HnlnTfihia -47.2 Virginia 99.6 West Vhglnla 114.8. 0.6 Georgia 16 3 4 6 3 5 1 6 7" i' 2 4 2 i' 1,399 1,334 2,981 2,800 2,265 1,893 3,747 1,343 3,693 8,504 1,484 797 296 1,061 387 613 661 648 3,448 2,100 5,573 1 1 i' 862 &30 2,050 2,172 2,162 i;930 2,428 882 1,869 5,173 491 320 143 1,165 218 214 387 119 1,981 1,026 1,813 801 825 2,002 2, 095 2,060 1,850 2,420 833 1,869 4,964 491 318 143 1,142 211 214 387 119 1,981 1,004 1,813 3 3 1 6 3 1 2 1 1 i' i' 428 262 1.500 1,449 940 981 1.317 ■3.'>2 672 2,885 244 139 70 531 107 111 226 42 529 399 1,280 394 259 1,445 1,409 927 937 1,302 305 672 2,807 244 136 70 513- 105 111 225 42 529 395 1,280 598 509 979 705 205 43 1,327 610 1,824 3,640 993 479 153 -81 176 399 274 529 1,467 1,096 3,760 74.7 61.7 48.9 33.7 10.0 2.3 54.8 61.2 97.6 71.3 202.2 150.6 107.0 -7.1 83.4 186.4 70.8 444.5 74.1 109.2 207.4 407 566 667 686 1,133 913 1,118 628 1,197 2,157 247 182 73 629 108 103 162 77 1,452 609 533 ios.s Florida 218.5 East South Centkal: Kentucky 38.5 48.7 AlalTama 122.2 97.4 West South Centkal: Arkansas 85.9 173.1 Oklahoma 178.1 Texas 76.8 Mountain: 101.2 Idaho. 133.8 $2, « Colorado 122.6 101.0 Arizona 92.8 Utah . (') PAcmc: 274.5 1 Based on number, exclusive of counties not reporting, in 1916. A minus sign (—) denotes decrease. „u- >, „ .i:„„™o =fo+{=t!n= o™ t.,r=.,i Georgia. Florida East South Central: Kentucky Tennessee Alabama ,.■•-■ MississiQpi. . . . '. West South Central: Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma ^_ TeJas.. Mountain: Montana Idaho Wyoming Colorado New Mexico Arizona Utah Nevada PAcmc: Washington Oregon Caluomia 1916 Estimated population.1 100,318,048 7,153,324 21,662,357 19,647,188 12,430,472 12,444,988 8,592,667 9,923,992 3,169,749 5,297,761 772,489 442,506 360,379 3,719,166 614,315 1,244,479 10,192,323 2,948,017 8,522,017 5,150,356 2,799,414 6,142,214 3,054,854 2,500,350 2,279,603 •2,224,771 3,387,468 739,201 698,509 1,271,375 1,829,545 213,380 1,362,807 363,980 2,077,961 1,184,216 2,172,953 1,625,475 2,568,956 875,261 2,307,892 2,209,223 2,249,741 1,825,811 1,724,627 1.711,692 2,202,081 4,286,592 459,494 422,658 173,765 937,883 379,698 255,644 434,083 106,734 1,634,221 824,886 2,938,654 Divorces. Number. 112,036 6,739 9,418 28,837 16,412 7,336 9,939 17,287 5,947 11,121 702 698 419 2,336 623 961 3,269 1,169 4,980 7,607 5,636 8,646 6,327 1,721 1,956 3,309 5,791 478 585 1,675 2,618 210 1,003 47 1,886 789 1,399 1,334 2,981 2,800 2,265 1,893 3,747 1,343 3,693 8,504 1,484 797 296 1,061 387 613 661 648 3,448 2,100 5,673 Per 100,000 popu- lation. 112 80 43 147 132 59 116 174 188 210 91 158 116 63 101 77 148 201 139 174 149 171 65 84 132 143 129 127 101 104 217 78 168 198 323 189 170 113 102 240 162 607 226 256 190 1906 Estimated population.1 85,396,746 6,183,819 17,833,318 17,380,925 11,135,330 11,481,680 8,078,865 7,919,745 2,265,345 3,122,079 723,977 423,282 351,228 3,160,984 498,817 1,035,531 8,405,304 2,286,247 7,141,767 4,533,064 2,630,069 5,324,875 2,660,737 2,232,180 1,951,183 •2,231,863 3,221,659 478,026 613,883 1,143,867 1,594,869 195,571 1,254,147 310,968 1,981,965 1,120,398 2,086,306 1,448,175 2,451,825 632,325 2,235,101 2,121,752 2,019,294 1,702,718 1,473,608 1,650,889 1,324,346 3,671,002 326,090 262,692 125,449 699,463 276,621 173,088 836,268 66,694 902,437 673,231 1,646,411 Divorces. Number. 72,062 4,022 5,626 19,489 11,437 4,945 8,314 10,352 3,067 4,820 783 473 301 1,540 368 557 2,069 530 3,027 4,781 4,048 6,943 3,259 1,458 1,066 2,385 3,936 320 604 1,186 1,940 1,074 966 380 830 2,050 2,172 2,162 1,930 2,428 882 1,869 6,173 491 320 143 1,166 218 214 887 no 1,981 1,026 1,813 Per 100,000 popu- lation. 84 65 32 112 103 43 103 131 135 164 108 112 86 49 74 64 105 164 112 122 65 55 107 122 67 118 104 122 35 131 92 102 107 113 166 67 141 146 151 122 114 167 79 124 US 178 220 179 110 Enumerated population. 76,994,575 6,692,017 15,454,678 16,986,681 10,347,423 10,443,480 7,547,757 6,532,290 1,674,667 2,416,692 411,688 343,641 2,805,346 428,556 908,420 7,268,894 1,883,669 6,302,115 4,167,545 2,516,462 4,821,550 2,420,982 2,069,042 1,751,394 2,231,863 3,106,665 319,146 401,570 1,066,300 1,470,495 184,735 1,188,044 278,718 1,854,184 958,800 1,893,810 1,340,316 2,216,331 528,642 2,147,174 2,020,616 1,828,697 1,551,270 1,311,564 1,381,625 790,391 3,048,710 243,329 161,772 92,531 539,700 195,310 122,931 276,749 42,336 618,103 413,636 1,485,053 Divorces. Num- ber.' 65,602 3,742 4,327 16,030 9,375 3,447 6,010 7,306 2,153 3,112 811 461 257 1,307 460 456 1,670 441 2,216 3,765 3,566 4,83r 2,517 1,345 960 2,070 3,205 281 380 875 1,604 481 163 705 616 459 576 417 1,793 1,803 1,264 1,145 1,786 571 957 3,992 407 194 109 852 142 147 255 47 951 555 1,606 Per 100,000 popu- lation. 73 67 28 100 91 33 80 112 129 129 1 Exclusive of population of counties for which divorce returns were lacking. 1 Annual average, 1898 to 1902. > Annual average, 1888 to 1892. • Figures used for Iowa in 1916 and 1906 are for population as enumerated in 1910 and 1900. ' All laws permitting divorce were repealed in 1878. 117 112 75 47 105 50 91 142 100 104 65 55 93 103 88 95 82 109 79 84 74 136 41 121 131 167 120 118 158 73 120 92 HI 184 134 108 1890 Enumerated population. 62,947,714 4,700,749 12,706,220 13,478,305 8,932,112 8,857,922 6,429,154 4,740,983 1,213,935 1,888,334 661,086 376,530 332,422 2,238,947 345,506 746,258 6,003,174 1,444,933 5,258,113 3,672,329 2,192,404 3,826,352 2,093,890 1,693,330 1,310,283 1,912,297 2,679,185 190,983 348,600 1,062,656 1,428,108 168,493 1,042,390 230,392 1,655,980 762,794 1,617,949 1,151,149 1,837,353 1,858,635 1,767,518 1,513,401 1,289,600 1,128,211 1,118,588 268,657 2,235,527 142,924 88,548 62,565 413,249 160,282 88,243 210,779 47,355 357,232 317,704 1,213,398 Divorces. Num- ber.' 33,197 2,592 2,745 9,885 6,974 1,885 3,617 3,266 1,481 1,752 681 377 162 718 263 491 1,047 254 1,444 2,355 2,290 2,875 1,499 537 1,281 1,893 753 1,193 31 247 78 371 312 189 1,082 1,103 818 614 1,012 326 95 1,833 198 82 54 814 73 59 155 46 343 1,019 Per 100,000 popu- lation. 53 55 22 73 67 21 56 100 49 32 78 17 18 27 64 104 75 72 51 41 67 71 47 65 71 84 18 24 34 22 41 12 24 57 58 62 54 48 90 139 93 86 197 46 67 74 97 109 103 84 DIVORCE STATISTICS. 15 Detailed statistics of divorce. — Of the 1 12,036 divorces reported for 1916, there are 3,334 cases, contained in 130 counties, regarding which no detailed statistics were furnished; in other words, there are 130 counties for which the county or court clerks made a statement as to the number of divorces granted during the year, but failed to fill out and return the detailed sohedules of inquiries for a total of 3,334 divorces. These 3,334 cases are scattered through 32 different states, but practically three-fourths are contained in 12 states, as shown by the following statement: DIVISION AND STATE. Coun- ties. Di- vorces. DIVISION AKD .STATE. Coun- ties. Di- vorces United States 130 3,334 East South Central: 8 7 2 2 4 8 4 7 3 1 4 4 1 2 6 New England: 1 2 1 1 2 I 2 2 1 1 2 22 9 2 5 10 42 27 12 33 217 46 85 23 22 32 10 55 228 225 31 80 188 TennesRpe 168 Alabama. . . .. 103 Middle Atlantic: Miwissippi 81 New York. West South Central: 183 East Nortii Central: Louisiana 171 Ohio 373 Indiana....... Texas . 70 Illinois Mountain: Idaho Michigan 201 West North Central: 15 20 Missouri New Mexico 61 Utah 8 South Dakota Nevada 35 Kansas Pacific: South Atlantic: 377 Virginia West Virginia North Carolina Georgia Florida ; The number of divorces, therefore, for which detailed statistics are available is 108,702. Party to which granted. — The number and proportion of divorces granted to the husband and to the wife in 1916, in comparison with earlier years and periods, are shown in Table 5. Table 5 DIVOKCES. YEAE. Total number. Granted to husband. Granted to wife. Number. Per cent. Number. Per cent. i916 ■108,702 72,062 42,937 945,625 593,362 352,263 33,809 23,455 14,448 316,149 195,547 120,602 31.1 32.5 33.6 33.4 33.0 34.2 74,893 48,607 28,489 629,476 397,815 231,661 68.9 1906.. 67.5 1896 . 66.4 1887 to 1906 66.6 1897 to 1906 . 67.0 1887 to 1896 65.8 1 Exclusive of 3,334 oases of divorce for which no detailed statistics were reported. Out of a total of 108,702 divorces in 1916, 33,809, or 31.1 per cent, were granted to the hu'sband and 74,893, or 68.9 per cent, to the wife. The divorces granted to the wife in 1916 constitute a somewhat larger proportion of the total than was shown by the former investigation for the 20-year period 1887- 1906, when almost exactly two-thirds — 66.6 per cent — ^were so granted; for the year 1906 alone the percentage was 67.5 and for the year 1896 it was 66.4. As explained in the report for the former investiga-- tion, the much larger proportion of divorces granted to the wifiB is probably due to the fact that the wife has a legal groimd for divorce more frequently than the husband; that is to say, certain well-known and comparatively common groxmds are more readily applicable against the husband than against the wife, as, for example, nonsupport or neglect to pro- vide is not usually a cause for divorce on the part of the husband, while cruelty is a much more common ground for divorce on the part of the wife. Causes of divorce. — The classification of the causes of divorce for 1916 conforms to that used in the reports of the two previous investigations, by which the causes reported in detail on the divorce schedules are grouped under a few broad heads, as follows: 1. Adultery. — Includes this cause only. 2. Cruelty. — Includes cruelty, extreme cruelty, repeated cruelty, intolerable cruelty, intolerable severity, cruel and abusive treat- ment, cruel and inhuman treatment, cruel and barbarous treat- ment, attempt to take life, indignities rendering .life intolerable, excesses and outrages, treatment endangering reason, treatment injuring health, violence endangering Kfe, etc. 3. i)eser 108, 702 12,486 30,752 39,990 3,652 5,146 9,332 7,344 Per cent dis- tribu- tion. 100.0 11.5 28.3 3.4 4.7 Granted to husband. Number. ^33,_809_ JOO.O 6,850 5,895 16,908 271 1,440 2,445 Per cent dis- tribu- tion. 20.3 17.4 50.0 0.? 4.3 7.2 Grated to wife. Number. Pet cent dis- tribu- tion. — r4,■s93^^oo.o 5,636 24,857 23,082 3,381 5,146 7,892 4,'899 7.5 33.2 4.5 6.9 10.5 6.S 1 Exclusive of 3,334 cases of divorce tor which no detailed statistics were reported. 2 Includes cause unknown. Of the total number of divorces irrespective of the party to which granted, desertion is given as the prin- cipal cause, and cruelty is next in order, these two causes together accounting for very nearly two-thirds (65.1 per cent) of all the divorces granted in 1916. Of those granted to the husband, desertion was the cause of divorce in practically one-half the cases; adul- tery on the part of the wife was the cause in one-fifth 16 MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE: 1916. (20.3 per cent), and cruelty in a little more than one- sixth (17.4 per cent) of all the cases. Of those granted to the wife, however, the most frequent cause was cruelty, constituting almost a third (33.2 per cent) of all, followed by desertion, constituting somewhat less than a third (30.8 per cent). The divorces granted to the wife on account of adultery on the part of the hus- band constituted 7.5 per cent of all the cases, as against 20.3 per cent of those granted to the husband. Drunk- enness was a cause of divorce in not quite 5 per cent (4.5) of those granted to the wife as compared with less than 1 per cent (0.8) of those granted to the husband. The classified causes given in Table 6 rest upon the causes as shown by the divorce record, and may not, in fact, represent the true cause underlying the action for divorce. In many cases, too, more than one cause is alleged, and it is not always possible, to determine from the divorce papers the precise cause for which the divorce was actually granted; and where a num- ber of causes are given in the petition and the divorce decree does not state the exact cause, all the causes mentioned have to be returned. Table 6, therefore, shows a considerable proportion of divorces granted for a combination of causes, constituting 8.6 per cent of aU divorces, 4.3 per cent of those granted to the husband, ajid 10.5 per cent of those granted to the wife. Comparison is made in Table 7 of the percent- ages just presented for 1916 with those shown by the former report for the years 1906 and 1896, for the 20-year period 1887-1906, and for the 10-year periods 1897-1906 and 1887-1896. Table 7 PER CENT DISTEIBTJTION OF DFyOECES BY CAUSE. CAUSE. 1916 1906 1S96 1887 to 1906 1897 to 1906 1887 to 1896 Total. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Adulterv 11.5 28.3 36.8 3.4 4.7 8.6 6.8 15.3 24.3 38.0 3.9 3.9 8.0 5.8 16.6 21.3 38.9 3.7 3.6 9.S 6.4 16.3 21.8 38.9 3.9 3.7 9.4 6.1 15.5 23.0 38.7 3.9 3.9 9.0 6.0 17 5 19.8 Desertion........ 39.1 8.9 3.3 Combinations of preceding 10.0 6.4 quanted to husband. All causes 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 20.3 17.4 50.0 0.8 27.2 13.3 49.1 1.0 29.0 9.9 49.2 1.1 « 4.8 6.1 28.7 10.5 49.4 4.5 5.7 27.5 11.8 49.8 1.1 (») 4.3 5.5 30.8 Cruelty.. J 8 4 48.9 Neglect to provide (») Combinations of preceding 4.3 7.2 4.2 6.2 All other causes * 6 GRANTED TO WIFE. All causes 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Adultery 7.5 33.2 30.8 4.5 6.9 10.5 6.5 9.6 29.6 32.7 5.3 5.7 11.1 6.1 10.3 Z7.0 33.7 5.1 5.5 11.8 6.6 10.0 27.5 33.6 5.3 5.S 11.8 6.4 9.6 28.5 33.3 5.2 6.8, 11.3 6.2 10 6 25 8 Drunkenness , 6 3 Combinations of preceding 6.6 I Includes cause unknown.* 2 Less than one-tenth of 1 per cent. This comparison shows, in general, a decrease in the proportion of divorces granted for adultery, de- sertion, and drunkenness and an increase in the pro- portion of those granted for cruelty and neglect to provide. The proportion granted for cruelty in 1916 was especially large as compared with the proportions shown for all of the earlier years or periods. The increase in divorces according to cause is shown in Table 8 for 1916 over 1906 and for 1906 over 1896, respectively. Of the five leading causes, adultery shows the smallest percentage of increase in each case, and the increase for 1916 over 1906 is very much less than that for 1906 over 1896 — 13.3 as against 55.1 per cent. The largest percentage for 1916 over 1906 is that for neglect to provide, being 85 as against 78.9 per cent for the earlier period. The largest per- centage of increase shown for the earlier period is that for cruelty, 91.7 as against 75.8 for the later period. Table 8 All causes. 2108,702 Adultery Cruelty Desertion '. Drunkenness Neglect to provide Combinations of preced- ing causes, etc All other causes • All causes. Adultery Cruelty.. Desertion Drunkenness Neglect to provide Combinations of preced- ing causes, etc All other causes > All causes.. Adultery Cruelty Desertion Drunkenness Neglect to provide Combinations of preced- ing causes, etc All other causes' 1916 1906 1896 INCREASE > IN DrVORCES. 1916 over 1906. Num- ber. Per cent. 1906 over 1896. Num- ber. Per cent. Total. !,486 1,752 1,990 1,652 i,146 1,332 ',344 72,062 11,021 17,496 27,407 2,796 4,168 42,937 7,108 9,127 16, 711 1,596 1,555 4,072 2,768 36,640 1,46S 13,256 12,583 856 2,364 2,940 3,176 50.8 13.3 75.8 45.9 30.6 85.0 46.0 76.2 29,125 3,913 8,369 10,696 1,200 1,227 2,320 1,400 67.8 55.1 91.7 64.0 75.2 78.9 57.0 50.6 GRANTED TO HUSBAND. 6,850 5,895 16,908 271 1,440 2,445 23,455 6,378 3,128 11,512 1,213 14,448 4,187 1.425 7,102 153 2 10.354 472 2,767 5,396 43 444 1,232 44.1 7.4 88.5 46.9 18.9 44.6 101.6 9,007 2,191 1,703 4,410 75 -2 297 333 62.3 52.3 119.6 62.1 49.0 («) 42.5 37.8 GRANTED TO yiTrS. 74,893 5,636 24,857 23,082 3,381 6,146 7,892 4,899 48,807 4,643 14,368 15,896 2,568 2,782 5,396 2,955 28,489 2,921 7,702 9,609 1,443 1,553 3,373 1,888 26,286 10,489 7,187 813 2,364 2,496 1,944 54.1 21.4 73.0 45.2 31.7 85.0 46.3 65.8 20,118 1,722 6,666 6,286 1,125 1,229 2,023 1,067 70.6 59.0 86.5 65.4 78.0 79.1 60.0 56.5 > A minus sign (— ) denotes decrea Exclusive of 3,334 cases of divorce for which no detailed statistics were reported (see p. 16). ' Includes cause unknown. * Per cent not shown where base is less than 100. The proportion of divorces granted respectively to the husband and to the wife for each specified cause is shown for 1916, in comparison with similar pro- portions for the years 1906 and 1896 and for the 20- year pea-iod 1887-1906, in Table 9. Of the divorces granted foe adtiltery in 1916, 54.9 per cent, or somewhat more than half, were granted DIVORCE STATISTICS. 17 to the husband for adultery on the part of the wife, and 45.1 per cent to the wife for adultery on the part of the husband. For the year 1906 the percentage granted to the husband was 57.9, for 1896 it was 58.9, and for the 20-year period 1887-1906 it was 59.1. This is the only cause for which the number of di- vorces granted to the husband exceeds the number granted to the wife, and as stated in the former report, "the difference may be attributed to the probabihty that the offense when committed by the wife is less likely to be condoned and perhaps more likely to be discovered." Table 9 All causes. Adultery Craelty Desertion Drunkenness Neglect to provide Combinations of preceding causes, etc. All other causes^ DivoBCEs: 1916. Total. 1108,702 12, 486 30,752 39,990 3,662 5,146 9,332 7,344 Per cent granted to — Hus- band. 31.1 54.9 19.2 42.3 7.4 15.4 33.3 Wife. 68.9 45.1 80.8 57.7 92.6 100.0 84.6 66.7 DIVOBCES: 1906. Total. 72,062 11,021 17,496 27,407 2,796 2,782 6,392 4,168 Per cent granted to— Hus- band. 32.5 57.9 17.9 42.0 8.2 15.6 29.1 Wife. 67.5 42.1 82.1 58.0 91.8 100.0 84.4 70.9 DIVOBCES: 1896. Total. 42,937 7,108 9,127 16,711 1,596 1,565 4,072 2,768 Per cent granted to — Hus- band. 33.6 68.9 15.6 42.5 9.6 0.1 17.2 31.,8 Wife. 41.1 84.4 57.5 90.4 99.9 82.8 68.2 DIVOBCES: 1887 TO 1906. Total. 945,625 153, 759 206, 225 367,502 36, 516 34,670 88,849 SB, 104 Per cent granted to— Hus- band. 33.4 69.1 16.1 42.5 9.4 m 16.1 31.0 Wife. 6.6 40.9 83.-9 67.5 90.6 100.0 83.9 69.0 1 Exclusive of 3,334 cases of divorce for which no detailed statistics were reported (see p. 15). ' Less than one-tenth of 1 per cent. ' Includes cause unknown. Contested cases. — ^The number and proportion of contested cases in 1916, with comparative figures for 1887-1906, are shown by cause of divorce and party to which granted in Table 10. The whole munber of contested cases shown by -this table is 14,779, out of a total of 108,702 cases for which statistics are available; but in many of these cases the contesting may have not gone beyond the filing of an answer in order to expedite the suit. Of the number of contested cases, 4,636 divorces were granted to the husband and 10,143 to the wife, constituting 13.7 and 13.5 per cent of the whole number granted to each party, respectively. The contested cases for 1916 constitute somewhat smaller proportions than those shown by the former inves- tigation for the 20-year period 1887-1906, namely, 14.8 per cent of all divorces granted to the husband and 15.7 per cent of all divorces granted to the wife. The percentages by cause for 1916 are also in each case smaller than those for 1887-1906, but they con- firm the conclusions indicated by the former report that, except for divorces granted on the ground of adultery, the wife contests divorce suits more fre- quently than the. husband; and that the wife, when accused of adultery and conscious of guilt, is more reluctant to submit to a divorce trial than the hus- band would be tmder similar circumstances, because of the publicity involved and the influence of public sentiment against the wife in such cases. It also appears from Table 10 that for 1916, as for the period 1887-1906, the cases most frequently contested are for cruelty and' those least frequently contested are for desertion. The total number of divorces and the number granted to husband and to wife, respectively, in each state and geographic division, are classified by 89786°— 19 3 cause in Table 22 (p. 24), the per cent distribution by cause being given in Table 23 (p. 30). In Table 22 the number of divorces for each cause is further dis- tinguished as to whether or not the case was contested. Table 10 Total num- ber.i DIVOBCES: 1916. DrvoECEs: 1887 TO 1906. CAUSE AND PARTY TO WHICH GBAKTED Contested. Uncontested. Per cent distribution. Num- ber. Per cent. Num- ber. Per cent. t . as U 3„. ii All causes: TTnshaTid .33,809 4,636 10,143 13.7 13.5 29,173 64,750 86.3 86.5 14.8 15.7 84.6 83.7 7 Wife 74,893 6 Husband 6,850 5,636 5,895 24,857 16,908 23,082 271 3,381 911 860 1,462 5,028 1,675 i;601 36 394 13.3 16.3 24.6 20.2 9.3 6.5 13.3 11.7 5,939 4,776 4,443 19,829 15,333 21,581 235 2,987 86.7 84.7 75.4 79.8 90.7 93.5 86.7 88.3 14.5 18.2 28.8 25.0 11.4 7.9 20.3 13.9 m 16.3 14.6 14.3 18.8 15.5 85.1 81.1 70.9 74.7 88.3 91.7 79.6 85.8 m 83.4 84.9 85.4 75.0 80.4 4 Wife 7 Cruelty: Husband •> Wife f Desertion: n ^ Wife n 4 Drunkenness : n I Wile V n ? Neglect to provide: Wife 5,146 1,440 7,892 2,445 4,899 689 224 1,037 438 634 13.4 15.6 13.1 17.9 12.9 4,457 1,216 6,855 2,007 4,265 86.6 84.4 86.9 82.1 87.1 n ? Combinations of preceding causes, etc.: n a Wife n 4 AH other causes:" fi 9, Wife ... 4 1 1 Exclusive of 3,334 cases of divorce for which no detailed statistics were reported (see p. 15). 2 Per cent not shown where base is less than 100. ' Includes cause unknown. Service of notice. — Statistics as to the form of service of "notice, and whether the cases were con- tested or not, are presented for 1916 and also for the 20-year period 1887-1906, in Table 11. Of the 75,641 cases where the notice was served personally, 13,971, or 18.5 per cent, were contested; but of the 18 MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE: 1916. 33,061 cases where the notice was by publication, only 808, or 2.4 per cent, were contested. These conditions are substantially the same as were re- vealed by the results of the former investigation covering the 20-year period 1887-1906, when the contested cases constituted 20.4 per cent of all cases where the notice was served personally and only 3.2 per cent where the service of notice was by publica- tion. Notices are usually served personally, as stated in the former report, where the residence of the libellee is known and is in the same state, and by publication where the residence of the libellee is either unknown or is outside the state ; and the likeli- hood of a contest is much less in the latter case than in the former. Statistics as to form of service of notice and whether or not the case was contested are shown for 1916, by divisions and states, in Table 24 (p. 31). Table 11 DIVOK"CES: 1916. divorces: 1887 to 1906. SERVICE OF NOTICE j Con- tested. Uncon- tested. 1 Per cent dis- tribution. AND PARTY TO WHICH GRANTED. i t i 1^ 1 i u ^6 1 o i 1 1. 3^ |i All cases 1108,702 14,779 13.6 93,923 86.4 '945,625 15.4 84.0 n 6 Husband Wife 33,809 74,893 4,636 10,143 13.7 13.5 29,173 64,760 86.3 86.5 316,149 629,476 14.8 15.7 84.6 83.7 0.7 n 6 Notice served person- aUy 75,641 13,971 18.5 61,670 81.5 666,257 20.4 79.3 1 Husband 23,678 51,963 33,061 4,273 9,698 808 18.0 18.7 2.4 19,405 42,265 32,253 82.0 81.3 97.6 230,156 436,101 273,311 18.6 21.3 3.2 81.1 78.4 96.4 3 Wife Notice served by pub- lication 4 10,131 22,930 363 445 3.6 1.9 9,768 22,485 96.4 98.1 83,881 189,430 4.4 2.6 95.3 96.9 Wife n 4 t Exclusive of 3,334 cases of divorce for wUcb no detailed statistics were reported (seep. 15). 2 Includes 6,057 (husband, 2,112; wife, 3,945) for which the form of service was unknown. Residence of libellee. — Statistics as to the residence of the libellee as reported fdr the year 1916 are given in Table 12 in comparison with similar data for the 20-year period 1887-1906. Of the 108,702 divorces in 1916 for which statistics are available, the residence of the libellee fpr 68,437, or 63 per cent, was reported as in same 'State as that of the libellant; for 24,432, or 22.5 per cent, it was given as outside the state; and for 15,833, or 14.6 per cent, it was unknown. For the 20-year period 1887- 1906 the percentage of libellees residing 'in same state was higher^ namely, 66.8 per cent. This is a difference of 3.8 per cent, which is quite evenly divided between residence outside state and resi- dence unknown. The proportion of libellees residing in same state in 1916 is less than that for the period 1887-1906 for both divorces granted to the husband and to the wife, but the difiference in this respect is much greater for divorces granted to the husband than for those granted to the wife. For divorces granted to the husband, the figures show a decrease from 68.1 to 61.7 per cent, or a relative loss of 6.4 per cent, while for those granted to the wife, the decrease shown is from 66.1 to 63.5 per cent, or a relative loss of only 2.6 per cent. In other words, the residence of the defendant wife in 1916 was to a larger extent in the same state than that of the defendant husband, whereas for the period 1887-1906 the reverse was true. Table 12 DIVOBCES. yeah AND RESIDENCE OF Total. Granted to husband. Granted to wife. Num- ber. Per cent dis- tribu- tion. Num- ber. Per cent dis- tribu- tion. Num- ber. Per cent dis- tribu- tion. 1916. '108,702 100.0 33,809 100.0 74,893 100.0 Residence of Ubellee: In state where divorced 68,437 24,432 15,833 945,625 63.0 22.5 14.6 100.0 20,S62 8,150 4,797 316,149 61.7 24.1 14.2 100.0 47,575 16,282 11,036 629,476 63.5 21.7 Unknown 14.7 1887 TO 1906. 100 Basldence of libellee: In state where divorced Outside the state 631,681 194,369 119,575 66.8 20.6 12.6 215,446 66,146 34,557 68.1 20.9 10.9 416,235 128,223 85,018 66.1 20.4 TTiilfTioW",,. 13.5 > Exclusive of 3,334 cases of divorce for which no detailed statistics were reported (seep. 15). * The residence of the libellee as reported in 1916 is shown, by states and geographic divisions, in Table 25 (p. 34), and percentages derived from this table are presented in Table 13, which also shows percentages for the 20-year period 1887-1906. The percentage of libellees resident in same state as reported for 1916 is especially high in New York (86.7), Louisiana (80.1), California (72.2), and Texas (72.2). These four states also showed the highest proportions for the period 1887-1906, but the order then was Louisiana, New York, Texas, and California. There were six other states reported for 1916 in which the percentage resident in same state constituted more than two-thirds of the whole, namely, Kentucky (69.7), Indiana (69), Illinois (68.6), Utah (68.3), Pennsylvania (67.6), and Wisconsin (66.9); and for Maine the percentage was nearly as high (66.4). For seven states, on the other hand, the proportion resident in same state for 1916 was less than one-half of the whole, namely. West Virginia (49.1), New Mexico (48.5), Idaho (47.5), North Dakota (46.4), Michigan (41.6), Wyoming (40.9), and Nevada (20.7); and in the last named state the proportion is much lower than that shown for 1887-1906. DIVORCE STATISTICS. 19 Table 13 DIVISION Aln> STATE. United States... Geooraphic divisions: New England • Middle Atlantio East North Central. West NorUi Central. South Atlantic East South Central. West South Central . 'Mountain Padflc. New Ensland: Maine New Hampshire. Vermont Rhode Island. Connecticut... Middle Atlantic: •New York New Jersey Pennsylvania. . . East Nobth Central: Ohio. Indiana. Illinois Michigan Wisconsin West Nomh Central: MinneSita Iowa Missouri North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska South Atlantic: Delaware Maryland District ol Columbia. Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina ' Georgia Florida East South Central: Kentucky Alabama West Soxith Central: Arkansas Louisiana. Oklahoma Texas Mountain:. Montana. Idaho. Wyoming.:.. -CoIoiBdo. New Mexico. Alizona Utah - Nevada Pacuic: Washington. Cahfomia. divorces: 1916. a 1108,702 5,697 9,379 28,454 16,265 6,584 9,484 16,488 5,607 10,744 660 698 419 2,336 623 .961 3,242 1,169 4,968 7,572 5,419 8,500 5,242 1,721 1,956 3,281 S,769 446 575 1,675 2,563 210 1,003 47 1,658 564 637 1,319 1,146 2,878 2,632 2,162 1,812 3,564 1,172 3,318 8,434 1,484 596 281 1,041 326 613 653 613 3,448 2,100 5,196 Hesidence ot libellee— Per cent distribution. f^ S.fc 63.0 61.4 72.9 62. S 59.5 5,7.8 65.5 66.0 49.8 63.8 66.4 61.7 61.3 60.7 65.5 56.6 86.7 57.5 67.6 65.7 69.0 68.6 41.6 66.9 62.8 62.5 46.4 53.0 64.0 55.6 53.3 64.4 « 52.5 49.1 61.2 61.0 59.4 69.7 64.3 63.5 57.8 80.1 53.9 72.2 53.9 47.5 40.9 51.3 48.5 53.8 68.3 20.7 56.0 55.6 72.2 22.5 34.3 17.9 18.5 27.9 27.8 1816 15.4 38.9 24.9 30.2 31.1 30.1 35.6 30.2 40.8 773 42.5 19.0 20.6 14.0 27.1 7.1 15.9 26.5 27.5 28.8 37.9 31.1 13.3 34.7 45.2 32.0 m 38.2 26.1 14.0 19.9 23.1 22.1 17.1 18.4 15.3 24.6 13.7 21.9 9.1 33.2 36.2 39.9 39.0 36.5 38.2 21.9 74.9 34.0 32.6 15.8 14.6 4.4 9.2 18.6 12.6 14.3 16.0 18.6 11.3 11.3 3.5 7.2 8.6 3.7 4.3 2.6 6.0 i3.'4' 13.7 16.9 i3 61.3 17.1 13.7 9.7 8.7 15.7 16.8 32.7 9.7 1.4 3.6 9.3 24.8 24.8 19.1 17.5 8.2 18.6 18.8 21.1 17.6 6.2 24.1 18.6 12.9 16.3 19.2 9.7 15.0 8.0 9.8 4.4 9.9 11.8 12.0 divorces: 1887 to 1906. 945,626 14,194 8,617 4,740 22,940 29,125 7,441 39,686 63,982 60,721 82,209 42,371 22,867 15,646 34,874 54,766 4,317 7,108 16,711 28,904 887 7,920 2,325 12,129 10,308 7,047 10,401 7,686 30,641 30,447 22,807 19,993 29,541 9,785 14,420 62,655 6,454 3,205 1,772 15,844 2,437 2,380 4,670 1,045 16,215 10,145 25,170 Residence ot libellee— Per cent distribution. S I. M>9 65.8 74.9 68.4 56.9 66.9 72.0 71.4 62.8 68.4 73.1 66.9 63.2 65.8 67-. 7 61.0 85.0 65.8 71.1 68.1 75.2 61.6 73.5 65.6 61.4 63.3 61.5 30.1 35.6 49.4 51.4 39.8 67.7 65.6 63.2 70.7 68.1 69.1 66.0 76.3 66.5 75.4 71.5 58.9 88.0 46.5 80.7 53.2 51.5 37.9 53.1 48.5 50.4 65.0 35.6 68.3 69.2 78.6 20.6 21.8 14.5 19.7 24.5 22.5 15.6 16.8 34.6 28.0 15.4 29.0 18.1 21.6 28.7 21.8 l2.5 32.3 12.7 21.6 12.3 22.2 19.7 25.3 31.2 21.7 17.5 61.3 57.0 27.7 22.0 4.5 20.5 22.7 28.8 25.2 19.8 12.6 12.5 10.5 11.9 18.7 10.6 12.4 12.7 12.6 3.6 13.0 14.7 15.3 15.0 18.1 17.5 7.2 40.6 10.6 37.4 41.2 40.8 31.0 39.9 30.6 29.1 63.8 37.0 33.1 20.1 11.6 4.1 18.8 12.6 13.6 17.2 2.5 11.8 16.2 10.2 12.6 16.2 6.7 9.1 7.4 15.0 21.0 8.6 7.3 22.9 26.6 55.7 11.8 11.7 7.9 4.2 12.1 18.0 5.5 9.0 19.2 9.6 10.4 23.5 4.9 13.9 8.6 9.4 7.3 21.3 15.9 11.5 19.0 5.9 0.6 4.6 7.7 1.3 1 Exclusive of 3,334 oases of divorce for which no detailed statistics were reported (see p. 16). ' Per cent not shown where base is less than 100. ' All laws permitting divorce were repealed in 1878. , As compared with the period 1887-1906, there are 31 states which show a loss in the proportion of Hbellees resident in same state, with a gain for many of them in the proportion resident outside the state, but for some of these 31 states there is a very large increase in the proportion for residence unknown, notably for Michigan, West Virginia, North Carohna, Florida, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Texas. This large increase in the proportion unknown may be due to a lack of knowledge as to the actual residence or whereabouts of the libeUee, to a lack in the record, or to an incom- plete return to the Census Bureau. For 1 state — New Mexico — the proportion resident in same state is the same for 1916 as it was for 1887-1906, but for the remaining 16 states this proportion is larger for 1916, particularly for South Dakota, North Dakota, and Delaware. Place of marriage. — ^A classification of the divorces reported for 1916 according to whether the parties were married in the same state where divorced, in some other state, or in a foreign country is given, by states and geographic divisions, in Table 26 (p. 35), and a summary for the United States based upon this table is presented in Table 14'. Similar statistics were compiled for the period covered by the former, in- vestigation, 1887-1906, as having a bearing upon the question of possible migration to other states for purposes of divorce, and the results of that compilation are also given in Table 14. Table 14 DrVORCES. PLACE OP MARRLAGE. Total. Granted to husband. Granted to wife. Nimi- ber. Per cent. Num- ber. Per cent. Num- ber. Per cent. 1916. All cases U08,702 100.0 33,809 100.0 74,893 100 Place of marriage: State where divorced- . . . 69,036 24,734 3,484 11,448 946,625 63.6 22.8 3.2 10.5 100.0 20,784 8,117 1,244 3,664 316,149 61.5 24.0 3.7 10.8 100.0 48,252 16,617 2,240 7,784 629,476 64 4 ■pnrftign nnnntry 3 1887 TO 1906. All cases 100 Place of marriage: State where divorced 643,766 176,498 23,534 101,827 68.1 18.7 2.5 10.8 211,147 62,745 8,616 33,641 66.8 19.8 2.7 io:6 432,619 113,753 14,918 68,186 68 7 Fnrnign nnnntry 2 4 TTnlmnwn 10.8 » Exclusive of 3,334 cases of divorce tor which no detailed statistics were reported (see p. 16). Table 14 shows that for 69,036, or 63.5 per cent, out of a total of 108,702 divorces, the couples were married in the same state in which they were divorced. For the 20-year period 1887-1906, the percentage was 68.1, indicating a relative loss of 4.6 per cent. The relative loss for divorces granted to the husband was 5.3 per cent and for divorces granted to the wife it was 4.3 per cent. If the couples for whom the place of mar- riage was unknown be excluded, the percentage for 1916 for all divorces in which the couples were married in the same state as divorced would be 71 as against 76.3 for 1887-1906, or a relative loss of ^.3 per cent. Another form of comparison can be had by limiting the tabulation to divorces granted to couples known to have been married in the United States, as shown by Table 15 on the following page. 20 MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE: 1916. Table 15 DIVOKCES GKANTED TO COUPLES KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN MARBIED IN THE UNITED STATE.S. YEAB AND PAKTT TO WHirH GRANTED. Total number. Married outside the state in which di- vorced. Number. Per cent. 1910 93,770 21,734 26.4 Husband . ... .' 28,901 f,4,869 820,264 8,117 16,617 176,498 28.1 Wire 26.6 1887 to 1908 21.5 Husband . 273,892 640,372 '■ 62,745 113,703 22.9 Wite 20.8 Tliis table shows for 1916 that of the 93,770 divorces considered, 24,734, or 26.4 per cent, were married out- side of the state in which divorced, as compared with 21.5 per cent for the period 1887-1906, or a relative increase of 4.9 per cent. For divorces granted to the husband, the corresponding percentages were 28.1 as against 22.9, a relative increase of 5.2 per cent, while for divorces granted to the wife the corresponding per- centages were 25.6 as against 20.8, a relative increase of 4.8 per cent. Table 16 shows, by divisions and states, the per- centage of divorces granted in 1916 to couples who were married in the state where divorced, in some other state, in a foreign coimtry, or whose place of marriage was unknown. The numbers upon which these percentages are based are presented in Table 26 (p. 35). Percentages are also presented for the period 1887 to 1906. From Table 16 it appears that the loss, noted in Table 14 for the United States as a whole, in the percentage shown for couples married and divorced in the same state is common to all but 15 states, and in 6 of these (Delaware, Connecticut, Mississippi, Tennes- see, Kansas, and Maryland) the increase is due largely to a more complete return for 1916, the percentag:e of unknown being much less than for the period 1887- 1 906 . The 9 remaining states showing an increased per- centage for the "same state" are North and South Dakota combined, Oklahoma, Washington, Nebraska, Utah, Colorado, Minnesota, and Arizona. able 16 1916 1887 TO 1906 DIVISION AND state. _■ 1916 1887 to 1906 DIVISION AND STATE. Per cent distribution of divorces granted to couples married— Per cent distribution of divorces granted to couples mairied— Per cent distribution of divorces granted to couples married— Per cent distribution of divorces aanted to couples malied— a >> ^11 ^l§ hi ^^1 11 ^11 111 P,3 III 5^1 Id CM I-) "11 0^0 0.3 I2I 5«| u . a- 2^1 sit ^ s United States 63.5 22.8 3.2 10.5 68.1 18.7 2.5 10.8 South Atlantic: 80..5 80.6 6^"V 63.8 81.3 16.2 16.7 & 28.5 10.4 1.4 1.6 1.9 1.1 32.6 80.0 59.0 81.0 73.2 84. 6 21.9 14.2 37.4 13.2 18.6 4.1 1.2 1.9 1.4 0.3 0.4 0.1 Geographic divisions: 60.0 70.1 60.4 62.4 69.0 77.4 66.8 46.5 58.3 20.3 23.7 18.8 28.9 20.0 13.9 14.1 48.7 33.8 4.8 4.6 S.4 2.0 0.9 0.2 0.3 4.1 6.3 14.9 1.6 15.4 6.8 10.0 8.5 18.9 1.7 2.6 62.8 76.1 67.7 60.8 77.6 77.6 74.9 49.4 66.6 16.9 17.4 14.0 28.9 12.7 8.7 13.6 •43.9 36.4 3.9 3.3 3.4 2.4 0.8 0.2 0.5 4.1 4.7 16.7 3.1 14.9 7.9 8.9 13.6 11.1 2.6 3.2 Maryland 3.9 District of Columbia Virginia 2.3 Middle Atlantic 0.5 1.6 0.2 3.? 6.0 8.2 5.5 East North Central West North Central Rrmth AtlnTlt.in West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina > 7.8 11.2 East South Central West South Central Georgia Florida 69.7 57.8 71.1 83.4 70.2 87.4 63.7 86.9 63.9 70.4 44.8 40.3 37.4 51.3 45.1 49.8 71.4 14.4 50.0 52.7 66.0 9.1 21.0 22.0 12.3 11.5 6.4 10.6 9.1 34. 7 8.1 46.6 52.9 57.7 44.7 61.2 45.0 25.4 79.8 34.9 42.4 29.5 0.2 1.9 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 ^?3 0.4 0.3 6.7 4.5 2.8 1.6 1.2 3.8 2.5 5.4 8.6 2.7 4.2 21.0 19.3 6.6 4.3 18.1 6.1 25.7 3.6 11.0 21.2 1.9 2.3 2.1 2.4 2.5 1.5 0.8 0.5 6.5 2.2 0.3 80.5 76.4 72.4 75.1 86.7 78.7 77.0 92.5 40.4 79.2 46.9 41.6 39.2 46.7 60.8 47.2 66.2 51.4 39.0 67.0 67.8 4.2 13.6 12.6 9.3 6.5 4.2 12.2 4.8 46.2 8.1 44.1 52.6 52.1 47.8 .34.2 47.3 25.2 41.7 48.2 37.9 26.2 0.1 2.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.6 6.8 3.3 2.7 3.1 2.0 3.3 5.9 4.3 7.8 3.1 3.3 15.2 7.9 East South Centbal: Pacific 14.8 15.4 TS'EW England: 73.0 65.6 72.1 70.2 34.2 33.7 78.7 66.2 65.3 65.2 43.8 61.0 67.6 66,3 60.3 64.1 64.8 42.8 65.5 61.6 61.9 20.2 28.8 24.6 22.6 18.8 7.7 13.6 29.2 29.1 20.0 8.6 22.9 18.0 27.4 30.0 26.9 27.4 43.3 38.3 31.7 28.5 6.6 4.4 3.3 7.0 1.8 1.0 6.6 4.5 3.3 4.4 0.7 4.7 12.9 5.8 6.5 1.2 1.0 7.6 2.4 1.4 0.9 0.3 1.1 "6.' 2' 46.3 67.5 1.0 0.1 2.3 10.6 46.9 11.3 1.6 0.6 3.1 8.7 6.8 6.3 3.g 5.4 8.7 80.2 74.8 75.1 74.6 36.4 7.7 83.4 70.6 71.9 76.6 60.5 66.2 79.9 74.2 57.7 70.8 68.1 }28.5 61.9 54.4 16.1 22.0 22.0 19.0 20.4 2.6 10.1 24.8 21.6 13.3 8.2 21.9 11.3 16.6 31.2 20.9 22.7 59.8 41.1 29.6 3.6 2.9 2.7 6.2 3.0 0.5 5.0 4.6 1.8 2.2 0.8 4.0 7.8 6.3 6.9 1.8 1.0 8.0 3.0 1.0 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 40.3 89.2 1.6 7.8 44.0 8.9 1.2 6.0 4.2 6.6 8.3 3.6 3.9 14,9 Tennessee Uaine 6.6 New Hampshire Mississippi 17.0 Vermont .-. West SotrrH Central: Arkansas ... » Massachusetts Rhode Island 10 6 Connecticnt ,, . 2.4 13.0 Middle Atlantic: Texas 12.1 New York Mountain: Montana PfinnsylvftTiia 2 2 Idaho 2 4 East Noeth Centbal: 5.9 Ohio TtidiftTift New MexiQO 3 Illinois Michi^ Utah . . 2 7 Wisctmsin Nevada 2 6 West Nobth Centbal: MiTITlftSOtrft Pacific: Washinirton 4.9 2 Iowa. Oregon Missouri California 2.7 North Dakota . k KaTiflfts 1 Less than one-tenth of 1 per cent. 2 Per cent not shown where base is less than 100. » All laws permitting divorce were repealed in 1878. . The changes in the proportions for 1916, as com- pared with those for the earlier period, indicate the probability of an increasing tendency to migrate for the purpose of securing a divorce, but it does not fol- low that in all the cases where the parties were married in soine state other than that in which the divorce was granted one of the parties sought a residence in another state in order to get a divorce. Irrespective of the matter of divorce there is always a very pro- nounced migratory movement going on between the DIVORCE STATISTICS. 21 states, as the census figures clearly show. Of the native population of the United States in 1890, as shown by the census returns, 20.9 per cent were living outside of the state or territory in which they were born; at the census of 1900 the corresponding per- centage was 20.6 and at the census of 1910 it was 21.7. The census figures, it should be noted, are restricted to the native population of the United States and record the changes of residence taking place since birth, whereas the figures for divorced couples include the foreign-born population married after coming to this coimtry and record only the changes taking place between marriage and divorce. The proportions based upon the divorce figures, therefore, are not wholly indicative of migration for the purpose of obtaining a divorce, and it is not possible to measure closely the extent to which such migration takes place, although it is well known that a change of residence is often resorted to for this purpose, particularly to certain so-called divorce centers. Alimony. — ^The inquiry regarding alimony refers to permanent alimony secured as an incident to the divorce suit. It does not include alimony secured by a separate and distinct action and to that extent, therefore, does not include all the cases in which per- manent alimony is considered by the courts. For the year 1916, as shown by Table 17, alimony was asked in 21,926 cases, constituting 20.2 per cent, and was granted in 16,492, constituting 15.2 per cent, of the 108,702 cases for which statistics are available. For the 20-year period 1887-1906 alimony was asked in only 13.2 per cent and granted in only 9.2 per cent of the 945,625 divorces granted during that period, showing that alimony was sought to a much greater extent in 1916 than in the earlier period. Alimony was much more frequently asked and more frequently allowed in those cases where the divorce was granted to the wife than in those where the divorce was granted to the husband. It is not to be inferred by this, how- ever, that alimony was asked for or granted to the husband, as opposed to the wife, but that, as naturally .would be the case, it was more frequently asked in actions brought by the wife. Alimony, as a matter of fact, is usually and generally granted to the wife irrespective of which party — ^wife or husband — ^was the -libellant, and in only a comparatively few cases, if any, would alimony be likely to be asked for by the husband. For 1916 the figures show that for divorces granted to the wife alimony was asked in 26.7 per cent and was granted in 19.9 per cent of all thet^iises as against only 5.8 and 4.6 per cent, respectively,^ for divorces granted to the husband; and the percentages for 1887-1906, although considerably lower than those for 1916, were in about the same proportion. As stated in the former report, the explanation of this fact is f oimd in the common law on this point, as f oUows : "The guilty wife, having by her fault forfeited all claim upon her husband for necessaries or other support, can not, after the fact has been adjudged against her, have alimony from him." ' Table ir DIVORCES^ YEAR AND CLASS WltB. RESPECT Total. Granted to husband. Granted to wife. TO ALIMONY. Num- ber. Per- cent dis- tribu- tion. Num- ber. Per cent dis- tribu- tion. Num- ber. Per cent dis- tribu- tion. 1916. All cases 1 108,702 ICO.O 33,809 100.0 74,893 100 21,926 20.2 1,946 5.8 19,980 Granted 16,492 5,172 262 85,880 896 945,625 15.2 4.8 0.2 79.0 0.8 100.0 1,564 353 29 31,476 387 316,149 4.6 1.0 0.1 93.1 1.1 100.0 14,928 4,819 233 54,404 608 629,476 Kefused 6 4 72 6 Facts as to alimony unknown 1887 TO 1906. 0.7 124,932 13.2 8,999 2.8 115,933 Orari^pd . . 86,559 37,936 437 805,776 14,917 9.2 4.0 f?) 85.2 1.6 6,354 2,615 30 300,943 6,207 2.0 0.8 P) 95.2 2.0 80,205 35,321 407 504,833 8,710 12 7 Result unknown ... 1 Alimony not asked 80 2 Facts as to alimony unknown 1.4 • Exclusive of 3,334 eases of divorce for which no detailed statistics were reported (see p. 15). ' Less than one-tenth of 1 per cent. Statistics concerning alimony, by states and divi- sions, are presented in Table 27 (p. 36). There is a very great variation in the extent to which alimony is granted in the various states, due to difiFerences in statutory provisions, in pleading, and in court prac- tice. For divorces granted to the husband, as shown by Table 18, the percentage of cases where alimony was allowed varied from three-tenths of 1 per cent in North Carolina to as high as 25.1 per cent in Wiscon- sin, while for divorces granted to the wife the varia- tions were similarly wide, from three-tenths of 1 per cent in Pennsylvania to 60.9 per cent in Michigan. ' Bishop on Marriage, Divorce, and Separation, p. 350. 22 MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE: 1916. Table 18 DmSION AND STATE. United States. Gbogbaphic divisions: New England Middle Atlantic East North Central. . West North Central. . South Atlantic East South Cfflitral . . West South Central. Mountain Pacific New Enqland: Maiiie New Hampshire. Vermoat Massachusetts. . . Bhode Island Connecticut Middle Atlantic: New York New Jersey Pennsylvania. . . East Nobth Central: Ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan Wisconsin West Nokth Centbal: Minnesota Iowa Missouri North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska South Atlantic: Delaware Maryland District of Ccdnmhia. Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina ' Georgia Florida East South Centbal: Kentucky Alabama... Mississippi. West South Centbal: Arkansas... Louisiana Oklahoma >t Texas , Mountain: Montana Idaho.., Wyoming Colorado New Mexico. Arizona Utah Nevada PAcanc; Washington. Oregon CaUTomia FEB CENT OF DIVOBCES OBANTED IN 1916— To husband. Alimony asked. 5.8 2.6 6.4 9.5 7.6 3.9 3.1 2.1 5,3 1.1 2.1 3.9 3.8 2.7 0.7 12.7 2.5 3.1 10.0 6.3 5.4 13.5 26.1 7.6 6.7 6.3 13.1 8.0 11.5 9.1 ('I 7.3 ('). 3.2 3.6 1.3 4.0 4.3 5.8 1.2 1.9 3.2 2.5 2.1 5.3 0.8 4.2 4.8 %. 10.1 4.0 8.1 6.7 5.6 8.0 6.9 Alimony granted. 4.6 2.0 4.3 8.7 6.2 2.1 1.8 1.5 4.2 5.7 0.6 2.1 2.9 2.9 2.7 0.3 10.3 0.8 1.1 9.1 4.9 5.3 12.5 25.1 6.4 5.4 4.8 12.4 7.0 8.0 8.1 P)- 2.8 ('). 2.3 2.6 0.3 2.1 1.8 3.^ 0.7 1.0 1.9 2.2 0.6 3.1 0.7 2.8 3.7 "2.3 10.1 4.0 6.5 5.4 4.9 6.4 6.3 To wife. Alimony asked. 26.7 21.9 20.1 39.6 31.6 16.4 17.7 8.7 24.8 33.0 23.0 37.2 19.6 19.9 13.2 39.7 0,5 40.5 22.4 29.2 66.0 36.5 31.8 27.7 31.6 30.2 37.8 31.3 2.3 23.9 (■) 12.0 14.8 4.0 -18.7 20.2 31.7 13.0 8.6 10.5 6.9 23.4 2.2 18.1 21.1 25.8 29.0 24.2 14.8 49.9 16.0 31.1 22.3 32.0 Alimony granted. 19.9 12.3 13.2 32.8 21.8 9.4 12.4 6.6 17.7 23.6 16.3 12.6 24.6 10.0 14.2 7.7 35.5 7.3 0.3 13.3 25.8 60.9 53.0 25.3 22.6 17.5 23.6 21.1 26.6 23.4 2.3 9.8 "8.6 11.6 2.5 10.9 21.4 10.9 5.0 5.7 6.0 4.9 15.1 1.5 13.6 14.3 18.4 19.6 16.9 9.0 38.9 8.8 28.1 16.0 26.8 • Per cent not shown where base Is less than 100. 2 All laws permitting divorce were repealed in 1878. Condition as to children. — The inquiry as to children refers only to children affected by the decree, that is, to dependent children vdthout regard to the number by the marriage. Table 19 shows, for 1916 and for the 20-year period 1887-1906, the number and pro- portion of divorces in which either children or no children were reported or for which no report as to children was made. It is probable, however, that in most of the cases in which no report was made there were no children, or at least none so young as likely to be materially affected by the divorce decree, and this assumption is borne out largely by the figures given in the table. Table 19 DIVOBCES. YEAB AND CLASS WITH BE3PECT Total. Granted to husband. Granted to wile. TO CmLDBEN. Num- ber. Per cent dis- tribu- tion. Num- ber. Per cent dis- tribu- tion. Num- ber. Per cent di, tribu- tion. 1916. All cases 1108,702 100.0 33,809 100.0 74,893 100.0 41,009 56,651 11,042 945,625 37.7 62.1 10.2 100.0 9,403 19,837 4,669 316,149 27.8 68.7 13.6 100.0 31,606 36,814 6,473 629,476 42.2 49.2 Not reporting as to children 1887 TO 1906. .\I1 cases 8.6 100.0 Reporting children. 376,694 380,608 188,323 39.8 40.2 19.9 82,207 148,504 85,438 26.0 47.0 27.0 294,487 232,104 102,885 46.8 Keporting no children 36.9 Not reporting as to children 16.3 > Exclusive of 3,334 cases of divorce for which no detailed statistics were reported (see p. 15). Of the 108,702 cases shown for 1916, there were 41,009, or 37.7 per cent, for which children were re- ported, as compared with 39.8 per cent for 1887-1906. Those for which no children were reported constituted 52.1 per cent of all the cases for 1916, as against 40.2 per cent for the earlier period, whereas for the cases for which no report as to children was made the per- centages were 10.2 and 19.9, respectively; but assum- ing that no report was equivalent to a report of no children the percentage for 1916 would be 62.3, as against 60.1 for 1887-1906. For cases in which the divorce was granted to the wife children were reported more frequently than for cases in which the divorce was granted to the hus- band; that is, for the year 1916 cMldren were reported in 42.2 per cent of the divorces granted to the wife, as compared with only 27.8 per cent of those granted to the husband. It appears, also, from Table 20, that divorce was granted to the wife in 77.1 per cent of all the cases for 1916 in which children were reported, as against only 65 per cent of those in which no chil- dren were reported. The correpsonding percentages for 1887-1906 were 77.9 and 61, respectively. These differences in the proportions, as suggested in the former report, may result from the fact that where dependent children are involved the court usually assigns them to tlie mother, so that for her divorce means a severance of the marital relationship only, whereas for the father it signifies a severance of the parental relationship as well, and consequently he may be more reluctant to take the initiative in secur- ing divorce. DIVORCE STATISTICS. 23 Table 20 CLASS WITH BE3PECT TO CratDREN. 1916. AH oases Eeporting ohildron Keporting no children Not reporting as to cMdren 1887 TO 1906. All cases Bepof ting children Reporting no children Not reporting as to children Total number. 108, 702 41,009 56,651 11,042 945,625 376,694 380,608 188,323 Granted to hus- band. Num- ber. 33,809 9,403 19,837 4,569 316,149 82,207 148,504 85,438 Per cent. 31.1 22.9 35.0 41.4 33.4 22.1 39.0 45.4 Granted to wife. Num- ber. 74,893 31,606 36,814 6,473 629,476 294, 487 232, 104 102,885 Per cent. 68.9 77.1 65.0 58.6 66.6 77.9 61.0 54.6 1 Exclusive ot 3,334 cases of divorce for which no detailed statistics were reported (see p. 15). Table 21 shows, for states and geographic divi- sions, a percentage distribution of divorces with respect to children, distinguished as to whether granted to the husband or to the wife. These per- centages are based upon numbers presented in Table 28 (p. 38). As stated in Table 19, the percentage of divorces reporting children in 1916, for the country as a whole, was 42.2 per cent of those granted to the wife as against 27.8 per cent of those granted to the husband. Table 21 shows that, with three exceptions, this higher percentage in the case of the wife is 'true of all the states, the greatest difference being in Colorado, which shows 2.7 per cent for the husband as compared with 41.1 per cent for the wife. The three exceptions are Oregon, Nevada, and New York, each of which shows a higher percentage of divorces reporting children when granted to husband than when granted to wife. Table 21 PER CENT DISTRIBUTION OF DIVORCES GRANTED IN 1916— DIVISION AND STATE. PER CENT distribution OP DIVORCES GRANTED IN 1916— To husband. To wile. To husband. To wife. * DIVISION AND STATE. Eeport- ohil- dren. Report- ing no chil- dren. Not re- porting as to chil- dren. Report- ing chil- dren. \ Report- ing no chil- dren. Not re- porting as to chil- dren. Report- ing chil- dren. Report- ing no chil- dren. Not re- porting as to chil- dren. Report- ing chil- dren. Report- ing no chil- dren. Not report- ing as to chil- dren. 27.8 58.7 13.5 42.2 49.2 8.6 SoTTTH Atlantic: ?l2 38.9 15.8 ^7 Si 45.6 44.3 ^7.1 ■■■2i."i' 15.5 39.fi 39.1 49.1 ^3^1 46.6 26.8 49.2 49.5 43.4 38.3 11 7 Geographic divisions: 27.7 42.2 34.7 30.3 23.8 12.4 15.7 28.2 39.2 42.7 48.8 69.2 61.1 57.4 ^.0 68.6 61.1 58.0 29.6 8.9 6.1 8.6 18.8 34.6 15.7 10.6 2.8 44.1 46.9 44.8 46.4 40.3 32.1 32.8 44.1 44.1 34.1 43.9 50.8 47.7 47.5 43.1 56.2 52.2 53.7 21.7 9.2 4.4 6.9 12.2 24.8 11.0 3.7 2.2 Marylajid 1.4 District of Columbia Virginia Middle Atlantic - 15.3 . East North Central West Virginia 10.0 34.9 South Atlantic South Carolina 2 East Sonth Central . . 29.5 18.5 16.6 17.1 7.4 9.4 10.4 26.4 29.3 12.1 32.8 30.7 'I7 32.8 29.1 31.5 40.2 35.5 55.9 34.2 68.4 59.0 46.8 66.8 46.6 54.3 70.9 51.7 58.3 73.5 59.1 67.2 0) 62.1 64.7 61.8 65.3 59.0 63.8 38.4 63.0 12.1 22.6 36.6 16.1 46.0 36.4 18.7 22.0 12.3 14.5 8.1 2.1 §i2 2.5 9.0 3.2 0.8 0.7 5.7 2.8 • 42.4 35.1 34.8 38.3 21.9 27.0 26.2 35.0 46.5 29.2 43.6 53.8 50.5 41.1 44.4 38.2 52.9 31.6 45.4 46.6 42.3 49.2 50.5 35.8 51.0 43.6 42.4 60.1 44.1 43.7 61.5 52.9 44; 42.1 51.6 53.1 55.8 46.7 68.4 53.7 48.6 55.7 8.4 West South Central Florida 14.4 East Soxtth Central: Pacific . . . , 29.4 New England: Maine. ' 27.4 25.6 26.5 27.1 21.8 .33.9 45.8 49.3 38.1 41.5 31.0 26.3 39.2 38.6 40.4 28.8 24.8 52.4 38.3 25.4 33.9 48.6 44.5 .61.8 35.0 68.2 38.8 50.3 46.0 48.5 55. 8 52.2 67.8 69.2 61.4 58.3 61.2 68.9 44.1 56.7 70.1 43.5 24.0 29.8 11.8 37.9 10.0 27.3 3.8 4.8 13.5 2.7 16.8 6.0 1.6 1.4 10.0 6.3 3.4 5.0 4.4 22.6 46.6 41.1 49.8 42.0 40.7 49.8 44.4 54.9 46.7 44.2 41.5 42.7 48.4 56.6 51.8 47.4 40.5 61.1 54.3 46.2 49.8 34.0 30.7 43.8 28.7 55.0 29.6 52.9 39.1 39.2 53.8 44.8 53.7 50.4 43.4 47.7 46.7 55.7 37.5 41.4 50.3 32.8 19.4 28.3 6.3 29.4 4.3 20.6 2.7 6.0 14.1 2.0 13.7 3.6 1.3 0.4 5.8 3.8 1.3 4.3 3.4 17.4 10.6 Alabama 34.4 30.6 West South Central: Massachusette 13.7 20.9 9.8 Texas 9.3 New York Mountain: Pennsylvania 3.4 Idaho : 2.2 East North Centbal: 7.4 7.3 TTiHiann. New Mexico 2.4 6.0 Michigan Utah : 0.4 Nevada » West North Centrat-: PAonro: 0.8 Oregon 4.8 California 2.1 NorthDakota ...7. South Dakota Nebraska ICannfts > Per cent not shown where base is less than 100. 2 All laws permitting divorce were repealed in 1878. 24 MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE: 1916. .Table 22.— DIVORCES CLASSIFIED BY CAUSE, BY PARTY TO WHICH GRANTED, AND AS TO DIVISION AND STATE AND PAKTY TO WHICH GRANTED. CAUSE POE WHICH DIVOBCE WAS OEANTED. All causes. Total. Con- tested. Uncon- tested. Adultery. Total. Con- tested. Uncon' tested. Ctuelty. Total. Con- tested. Uncon- tested. Total. Con- tested. Uncon- tested. .United States. Husband Wife Geogbaphic Divisions. New England. Husband.. Wile Middle Atlantic Husband , Wite..., East North Central. Husband Wife West North Central. Husband Wile South Atlantic. Husband... Wife ist South Central. Husbmd Wile West South Central.. Husband I Wife Mountain Husband. Wife Pacific Husband. Wile Maine. Husband. Wife NEW ENGLAND. New Hampshire.. Husband Wife Vermont Husband. Wife. Husband. Wife Rhod&lsland.. Husband.. Wife Connecticut. . Husband. Wife New York.. Husband. Wife New Jersey... Husbtuid. Wile UIDDLE ATLANTIC. FennsylTania.. Husband.. Wife EAST NORTH CENTKAL. Ohio Husband Wile TnrlfftTtft Husband. Wife...... nUnois Husband. Wile UicU|;an Husband. Wife Wisconsin Husband. Wife 1108,702 33,809 74,893 5,697 1,576 4,121 9,379 3,096 6,283 28,454 7,809 20,645 16,265 4,491 11,774 6,584 2,508 4,076 9,484 3,623 6,861 16,488 6,255 10,233 5,607 1,665 3,952 10,744 2,796 7,948 660 175 485 419 102 317 2,338 665 1,671 S23 110 613 961 286 676 3,242 1,093 2,149 1,169 400 m 4,M8 1,603 3,365 7,672 2,149 6,423 6,419 1,812 "3,807 8,500 2,078 6,422 6,242 1,679 3,663 1,721 391 1,330 14,779 4,636 10, 143 93,923 29,173 64,750 12,486 6,850 6,636 1,771 911 860 10,715 5,939 4,776 30,752 5,896 24,857 6,480 1,452 6,028 24,272 4)443 19,829 39,990 16,908 23,082 610 158 400 623 4,218 1,277 2,941 2,382 695 1,687 340 623 1,026 1,710 613 1,097 771 239 532 2,177 683 1,594 6,1S7 1,418 3,769 8,356 2,698 5,660 24,238 8,532 17,704 13,883 3,796 10,087 5,621 2,168 3,453 8,459 3,292 6,167 14,778 5,642 9,136 4,836 1,416 3,420 8,567 2,213 6,364 666 414 242 3,486 1,476 2,011 1,922 1,057 866 835 488 347 1,568 792 776 1,351 979 372 2,162 1,330 822 219 128 91 297 187 110 604 242 262 275 143 132 141 75 66 294 118 176 168 lU 67 199 106 94 3S 577 364 213 2,982 1,233 1,749 1,647 914 733 413 281 1,274 674 600 1,183 868 315 1,963 1,225 728 181 104 77 224 144 1,501 122 1,379 1,669 172 1,487 9,496 2,045 7,451 6,032 976 4,067 824 115 709 1,796 133 1,663 6,779 1,383 4,396 1,190 279 911 3,475 671 2,804 214 30 184 40 220 2,162 676 1,686 1,180 251 929 188 31 167 348 23 762 189 563 287 77 210 1,089 235 864 1,287 92 1,195 1,399 132 1,267 7,334 1,489 6,866 3,862 724 3,128 84 1,448 110 1,338 6,027 1,194 3,833 903 202 701 2,386 436 1,950 2,401 961 1,460 3,790 1,319 2,471 8,078 3,112 4,966 5,288 2,229 3,059 3,311 1,349 1,962 4,830 2,186 2,644 6,199 2,919 3,280 2,079 1,113 4,014 1,730 2,284 11 27 101 33 68 49 8 41 132 66 - 76 97 19 78 680 202 478 131' 60 71 212 138 74 1,026 346 1,850 487 1,163 148 746 252 494 168 47 121 164 458 597 205 370 94 276 2,204 609 1,596 628 91 436 868 265 813 2,562 891 1,671 1,038 340 4,766 1,466 3,291 6,547 1,804 4,743 3,769 1,125 2,644 7,871 1,932 6,939 4,498 1,327 3,169 1,653 344 1,209 HI 61 60 122 80 42 37 22 237 168 79 16 •11 5 HI 67 44 2,768 1,007 1,761 276 140 127 462 319 133 382 243 139 182 116 1,109 534 576 88 72 401 167 234 60 33 27 43 42 1 40 91 42 49 106 68 47 108 69 37 50 34 16 210 136 74 12 9 3 94 68 38 2,357 840 l,pi7 21S 116 100 409 277 182 316 203 113 207 140 67 1,013 492 621 70 66 14 41 23 18 220 31 189 246 36 210 142 6 136 638 23 616 74 11 181 15 166 271 28 243 "■'i' 189 19 170 197 27 170 192 26 166 114 2 112 584 17 567 49 8 41 161 12 139 1,379 144 1,236 1,399 153 1,246 2,646 721 1,925 1,849 HI 1,738 2,791 934 1,867 811 128 1 Exclusive of 3,334 cases of divorce tor which no detailed statistics were reported (» 264 49 216 710 228 20 208 547 189 358 124 29 95 J p. 16) 1,314 123 1,191 1,135 104 1,031 1,647 432 1,215 1,621 91 1,630 2,244 746 1,499 97 590 196 79 117 120 163 147 1,177 456 721 61 48 13 637 189 348 61 16 46 880 260 2,840 1,053 1,796 1,427 586 842 1,207 546 661 4,069 1,343 2,726 801 428 373 674 210 S64 3,076 1,675 1,501 127 74 53 186 101 84 608 253 255 211 156 152 206 341 159 182 476 246 198 117 81 617 282 255 58 31 27 206 108 97 183 75 108 44 27 17 18 U 6 36,914 15,333 21,581 2,274 877 1,397 3,605 1,218 2,387 7,670 2,859 4,711 4,921 2,018 2,903 2,953 1,197 1,756 4,489 2,027 2,482 .5,724 2,673 3,061 885 3,497 1,468 2,029 190 75 116 266 108 148 139 58 81 1,135 428 707 61 38 13 503 170 7 24 816 223 2,758 988 1,770 1,369 664 816 1,002 438 564 3,886 1,268 2,618 757 401 366 666 198 368 DIVORCE STATISTICS. TVHETHER OR NOT THE CASE WAS CONTESTED, BY DIVISIONS AND STATES: 1916. 25 CAUSE FOR WHICH DIVORCE WAS GRANTED. PIVISION AND STATE AND PARTY TO WHICH OBANTED. Drunkenness. Neglect to provide. Combinations of preceding causes, etc. All other causes.' Total. Con- tested. Uncon- tested. Total. Con- tested. Uncon- tested. Total. Con- tested. Uncon- tested. Total. Con- tested. Uncon- tested. 3,652 271 3,381 430 36 394 3,222 235 2,987 5,146 689 4,457 9,332 1,440 7,892 1,261 224 1,037 8,071 1,216 6,855 7,344 2,445 4,S99 1,072 438 634 6,272 2,007 4,265 Wile 5,146 689 4,457 Geographic Divisions. 412 44 368 11 1 10 1,807 116 1,691 632 28 504 125 8 117 283 33 250 125 13 112 123 11 112 234 17 217 22 22' 1 1. 210 13 197 73 7 66 22 2 20 36 4 32 15 5 10 9 1 8 42 3 39 390 44 346 10 411 42 369 248 11 237 228 63 165 2,108 349 1,759 2,' 814 428 2,386 378 82 296 589 105 484 1,031 233 798 799 85 714 1,137 84 1,053 16 ie' 30 7 23 291 62 229 - 378 81 297 61 14 47 56 7 49 134 28 106 112 12 100 183 13 170 232 11 221 198 56 142 1,817 287 1,530 2; 436 347 2,089 317 68 249 533 .98 435 897 205 692 687 73 614 954 71 883 68 34 34 189 66 123 3,705 1,130 2,575 1,087 343 744 378 162 216 441 187 254 1,048 377 671 114 39 75 314 107 207 10 4 6 35 9 26 569 230 339 153 70 83 40 23 17 64 27 27 111 40 71 17 8 9 83 27 56 58 30 28 154 Husband Wife 411 16 42 8 369 8 Middle Atlantic Wife 10 1,597 103 1,494 459 21 438 103 6 97 247 29 218 110 8 102 114 10 104 192 14 178 16 1,338 8 203 8 1,135 97 3,136. 900 2~2.Sfi Jlast North Central Wife 1,338 677 203 90 1,135 587 West North Central 934 Wife 677 90 587 £outh Atlantic 338 Wife : 199 194 22 172 387 Hnshftinl .... 160 Wife -■ 194 154 22 24 172 130 227 West South Central 937 Husband -■ -• 337 Wile 154 1,083 24 110 130 973 600 !Moimtain 97 Husl)and 31 Wife r.... 1,083 1,273 110 190 973 1,083 66 Taciflc ; 231 80 Wife 1,273 190 1,083 151 NEW ENGLAND. Maine 72 4 68 29 1 28 2 2' 4- 4' 70 4 66 25 1 24 38 1 37 23 23 Wife 38 1 37 23 11 1 10 27 23 11 1 10 27 New Hampshire 7 7 Wife 7 2 7 42 4 38 2 HiiplwTid Wife : • 42 46 4 2 38 44 27 26 2 24 129 6 123 32 2 30 36 1 35 4 1 3 188 61 127 882 185 697 262 51 211 188 11 177 771 100 671 5 2 3 13 is' 3 3' 20 1 19 1 i" 9 6 3 110 28 82 93 21 72 16 ie' 72 13 59 27 26 2 24 116 6 110 29 2 27 16 2 15 2 13 34 27 7 10 5 5 97 40 57 9 4 5 1 i' 31 5 26 2 lfa,snfl<<>ins^ttrS 197 24 173 24 7 17 90 8 82 3 1 2 7 7 1 i' 8 S 1 1 190 24 166 23 7 16 82 8 74 2 15 Husbahd 2 Wile 46 285 2 35 44 250 13 Bhodelsland 25 Husband 23 Wife 285 35 250 2 , 9 Husband.. . 5 Wife 4 Ifew Yort 16 8 8 66 35 2 16 8 8 16 3 1 2 179 55 124 772 157 615 169 30 139 172 11 161 699 87 612 5 2 3 31 Husb^d Wife... . PeimsylvRTiia... 8 8 92 26 66 3,198 971 2,227 221 87 134 167 23 144 63 29 34 56 20 36 4 4 489 195 2S4 54 23 31 10 4 6 12 6 6 4 2 2 88 Husband „ . . 22 8 284 12 272 250 25 225 1,116 56 1,060 106 16 90 51 7 44 38 2 36 61 4 60 96 5 91 7 1 6 5 1 4 8 246 10 236 186 21 165 1,020 51 969 > 99 15 84 46 6 40 ' Include 66 EAST NORTH CENTRAL. Ohio 2,709 HuGiband 776 Wife '^ 1,933 Indiana 535 144 391 167 64 Wife 535 2 144 391 2 103 Illinois 157 19 Wife 2 622 46 2 576 138 Uchigan 51 HuslMmd 23 Wife .. . 622 179 46 13 576 166 28 52 18 Wife 179 '■ 13 iee 34 3 cause unknown. 26 , MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE: 1916. Table 22.— DIVORCES CLASSIFIED BY CAUSE, BY PARTY TO WHICH GRANTED, AND AS TO DIVISION AND STATE AND PARTY TO WHICH OBANTBD. WEST NOtoH CENTEAL. Minnesota Husband Wife Iowa Husband. Wife mssouii Husband. Wife North Dakota. Husband.. Wife South Dakota., Husband.. Wife Nebraska Husbai^d. Wife , Husband. Wife Delaware Husband Wife Maryland Host SOUTH ATLANTIC. iband. Wife , District of Colombia. . Husband Wife Virrinla Husband. Wife West Virginia. . Husband.. Wife North Carolina. . Husband... Wife South Carolina 1. Husband Wife Georeia Husband. Wife CAUSE FOB WHICH DIVOECE WAS GBANTED. All causes. Total. 1,966 613 1,443 3,2S1 763 2,518 5,769 1,818 3,951 446 145 301 575 201 374 1,675 338 1,337 2,563 713 1,850 1,003 358 645 47 17 30 1,658 682 976 564 193 371 637 316 321 Con- tested. 215 51 164 555 113 442 814 264 550 65 117 45 72 217 59 158 370 134 236 30 16 14 336 104 232 41 15 26 132 63 69 67 26 32 IS 8 ; 7 Uncon- tested. 1,741 462 1,279 2,726 650 2,076 4,955 1,554 3,401 352 116 236 458 156 302 1,458 >,279 1,179 2,193 579 1,614 180 66 114 667 254 413 2 4 1,526 619 907 507 168 622 308 314 Adultery. Total. 129 117 341 209 132 16 11 5 22 16 131 189 36 14 22 192 174 135 499 261 Con- tested. Uncon- tested. 5 2 3 163 50 113 32 12 20 35 18 17 81 46 35 210 115 95 274 172 102 13 10 3 12 8 4 49 28 21 55 34 21 36 18 18 157 81 76 331 174 167 112 54 68 494 256 Cruelty. Total. 660 77 1,625 244 1,381 1,603 405 1,098 112 23 128 35 401 92 309 603 99 504 21 ■"2i Con- tested. 134 19 115 368 60 308 352 19 70 138 32 106 Uncon- tested. 58 468 1,257 184 1,073 1,151 306 845 61 13 80 23 57 312 73 465 67 Desertion. Total. 1,003 364 841 326 515 1,878 836 1,042 182 91 91 245 126 119 132 107 900 354 546 141 60 81 213 426 5 2 3 1,100 457 643 265 93 172 68 32 36 Con- tested. 54 27 27 56 31 26 131 74 57 17 13 4 21 13 8 158 50 108 4 2 2 67 40 27 14 S 9 Uncon- tested. 949 337 612 785 295 490 1,747 762 985 165 78 87 216 107 109 216 117 99 322 521 120 47 73 480 163 317 417 616 251 88 163 65 30 35 Florida Busband. Wife EAST SOUTH CENTEAL. Kentucky Husband. waa Tennessee Husband. Wife Alabama Husband. Wife - Husband. Wife WEST SOUTH CENTEAL. Aikonsas Husband Wife Louisiana Huj: Wiii Husband. — *B. Oklahoma Husband. Wife Texas Husband. Wife 1,319 421 1,146 439 707 2,878 921 1,967 2,632 808 1,824 2,162 1,000 1,162 1,812 894 918 3,664 1,580 1,984 1,172 478 694 3,318 1,070 2,248 8,434 3,127 6,307 235 69 166 117 40 77 107 290 178 39 139 138 211 101 47 64 348 165 183 255 89 166 417 131 690 228 462 1,084 352 732 1,029 399 630 2,481 814 1,667 2,464 769 1,686 1,813 8G2 961 1,711 847 864 3,216 1,416 1,801 917 389 528 2,901 939 1,962 7,744 2,899 4,845 201 146 56 356 264 92 276 123 296 101 188 141 47 777 351 426 158 96 64 1,037 742 295 14 14 7 7 135 61 74 22 15 7 28 22 170 121 49 326 245 80 ^ 316 226 90 372 276 174 134 40 642 290 352 128 81 47 1,009 720 467 84 203 21 182 684 SO 654 S42 401 86 316 847 244 603 94 16 79 660 141 619 4,178 983 3,195 121 23 164 9 146 64 1 63 89 6 S4 41 8 144 48 96 27 3 24 143 30 113 438 108 330 346 61 285 177 18 159 630 21 509 278 8 270 280 4 276 360 77 283 703 196 507 67 12 66 517 111 406 3,740 875 2,866 ' All I&ws permitting divorce were repealed in 1878. 477 204 273 617 288 329 1,578 644 934 1,260 461 799 1,236 675 660 767 416 361 2,188 1,096 1,093 191 75 116 1,415 627 788 2,406 1,122 1,283 146 69 87 30 16 15 148 73 75 17 12 6 149 99 60 22 47 100 64 46 167 71 427 181 246 576 271 305 1,432 585 847 1,220 436 .784 1,087 602 485 750 404 346 2,039 996 1,04S, 122 53 1,315 573 742 2,248 1,051 1,1W DIVORCE STATISTICS. WHETHER OR NOT THE CASE WAS CONTESTED, BY DIVISIONS AND STATES: 1916— Continued. 27 - CAUSE FOB WHICH DIVORCE WAS GRANTED. DIVISION AND STATE AND PARTY TO WHICH GRANTED. Drunkenness. Neglect to provide. Combinations of preceding causes, etc. Another causes.' Total. Con- tested. Uncon- tested. Total. Con- tested. Uncon- tested. Total. Con- tested. Uncon- tested. Total. Con- tested. Unron- tested. WEST NORTH CENTRAL. 76 3 73 222 8 214 129 8 121 14 2 12 16 2 14 30 1 29 45 4 41 4 1 3 9 1 3 32 1 31 20 2 18 3 1 2 2 2' 7 2 6 67 2 65 190 7 183 109 6 103 11 1 10 16 2 14 28 1 27 38 2 36 4 1 3 1 1 78 14 64 283 45 238 1,113 179 934 63 8 55 88 14 74 726 71 655 463 97 366 2 1 1 25 9 16 2 8 2 6 56 4 62 133 26 107 10 2 8 20 4 16 80 19 61 71 24 47 2 1 1 10 2 8 2 70 12 58 227 41 136 980 153 827 53 6 47 68 10 53 646 52 594 392 73 319 49 7 42 64 11 53 428 181 247 18 10 8 21 8 13 24 11 13 483 115 368 1 2 2" 7 3 4 51 26 25 2 2 3 2 1 5 3 2 83 34 49 47 7 Wife - 1 1 40 57 8 ■\Yife 49 377 60 317 377 155 Wife 377 41 60 8 317 33 222 North Dakota 16 8 Wife 41 55 8 7 33 48 8 18 6 Wife 55 203 7 15 48 188 12 Nebraska 19 8 Wife 203 15 188 11 '400 81 Wife 319 SOUTH ATLANTIC. 1 1 9 3 6 1 1 1 15 7 8 8 Husband 2 6 T)i«tript nf Gniiimhia 1 1 1 1 2 89 21 68 53 7 46 17 5 12 2 10 2 8 6 2 4 2 3 1 2 5 1 1 2 79 19 60 47 6 42 15 6 10 43 7 36 52 20 32 42 18 24 2 2' 1 1 1 1 41 7 2 5 34 West VirErinia 51 19 5 3 1 5 2 32 41 3 1 2 24 South Carolina' 72 5 67 37 14 ii' 5 58 5 63 32 100 18 82 90 21 69 84 9 75 36a 43 320 40 7 • 33 102 46 56 159 36 123 70 22 43 541 39 452 261 86 175 18 4 14 11 3 8 14 1 13 26 1 25 7 2 5 9 3 6 14 4 10 13 1 12 84 16 68 23 7 16 82 14 68 79 18 61 70 8 62 337 42 295 33 5 28 93 43 50 145 32 113 57 21 36 457 73 334 233 79 159 122 53 64 109 56 53 169 82 87 93 30 63 51 25 26 ^^ 78 153 63 90 34 12 22 333 114 219 628 188 340 18 10 8 17 10 7 29 12 17 4 2 2 11 8 3 10 5 5 24 6 13 9 9 38 16 22 40 IS 22 104 48 92 37 147 11 136 49 11 38 69 9 60 18 2 16 29 1 28 6 3 3 65 3 62 25 6 19 5 20 2 18 4 1 3 12 1 11 3 1 2 2 2 6 6' 4 2 2 32 127 9 118 45 10 35 57 8 49 18 2 16 1 26 15 3 12 140 70 70 Wife 15 179 3 19 12 160 89 28 61 Wife 179 19 160 40 17 23 Wife MiSR1IH^'PT)i 118 45 73 Wife WEST SOUTH CENTBAL. 129 57 72 Wife 26 4 1 3 59 3 56 21 4 17 / 25 12 13 Wife Oklahoma 154 24 130 295 197 Wife 154 24 130 T«xas 488 170 318 Wife "::::::::":::::!:::;:::; ■ Includes cause unknown. ! All laws permitting divorce were repealed in 1878. 28 MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE: 1916. Table 22.— DIVORCES CLASSIFIED BY CAUSE, BY PARTY TO WHICH GRANTED, ANP AS TO DIVISION AND STATE AND PARTY TO 'WHICH QUANTED. MOUNTAIN Uontana .'- Husband Wife Idaho Husband Wife 'Wyoming Husband Wife 'Colorado Husband Wife..., Hew Mexicd Husband Wife Arizona Husband Wife... TJtah Husband Wife Nevada Husband Wife PACIFIC. "Wasliington Husband Wife.. Oregon Husband Wife 'California Husband Wife CA03E FOB WHICH DrVGECE -WAS GRANTED. All causes. Total. 1,484 430 1,054 407 91 190 1,041 264 777 326 119 207 613 199 414 653 124 613 239 374 3,448 856 2,100 597 1,503 5,196 1,343 3,853 Con- tested. 133 39 94 63 17 46 32 11 21 153 43 110 54 20 34 71 31 40 81 20 61 184 5? 126 761 174 587 357 124 1,059 285 774 Uncon- tested. 1,351 391 960 633 172 361 249 80 169 221 667 272 99 173 542 168 374 572 104 2,687 682 2,005 1,743 473 1,270 4,137 1,058 3,079 Adultery. Total. 35 21 14 188 116 72 Con- tested. TTnoon- tested. 131 82 49 Cruelty. TotaL 361 63 136 28 108 52 13 127 28 99 114 20 94 131 23 108 243 101 142 857 172 685 1,059 219 840 1,559 280 1,279 Con- tested. 340 58 282 242 71 171 507 106 401 Uncon- tested. 48 244 107 19 17 153 69 84 517 114 403 817 148 669 1,052 174 878 Desertion. Total. 687 311 3?6 237 126 111 132 71 61 290 166 124 176 100 76 228 150 78 175 80 95 154 109 45 1,050 508 542 851 327 S24 2,113 895 1,218 Con- tested. 38 24 ir 26 13 13 25 23 129 78 51 48 48 292 136 156 Uncon- tested. 649 293 356 223 120 103 123 64 252 142 110 150 87 63 203 127 76 163 72 91 118 91 27 921 430 491 755 279 476 1,821 759 1,062 DIVORCE STATISTICS. WHETHER OR NOT THE CASE WAS CONTESTED, BY DIVISIONS AND STATES: 1916— Continued. 29 DIVISION AND STATE AND PAKTY TO WHICH GRANTED. Montaoa Husband . Wife Idaho Husband. Wile Wyoming Husband. Wife Colorado Husband. Wife , New Mexico. - Husband . Wife Arizona Husband. Wife Utah Husband. Wifev Nevada Husband. Wife Washington . . Husband. Wife Oregon Husband. Wife California..... Husband. Wife MOUNT.UN. CAUSE FOR WHICH DIVORCE WAS GRANTED. Drunkenness. Total. 167 14 153 Con- tested. Uncon- tested. 30 5 "i' 135 13 122 Neglect to provide. Total. 220 '226 50 "56 175 175 32 32 136 "ise 283 91 568 '668' 705 '705 Con- tested. Uncon- tested. 209 '269 87 "87 43 "43 153 'iss 29 "29' 124 "m' 255 '255 73 "73' 474 '474 609 '609' Combinations of preceding causes, etc. Total. 115 18 97 7f) 11 65 25 1 24 300 21 279 7 79 17 1 16 111 21 90 45 649 363 19 344 Con- tested. 115 6 109 7 2 5 61 5 56 Uncon- tested. 112 18 94 67 10 57 23 1 22 262 19 243 56 3 63 579 39 540 73 18 56 14 288 All other causes.' Total. 168 45 8 37 161 19 82 Con- tested. Uncon- tested. 17 6 11 15 5 10 7 1 6 25 7 18 6 1 5 11 2 104 56 48 40 8 32 87 16 71 1 Includes cause unknown. 30 MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE: 1916. Table 23.— PER CENT DISTRIBUTION OJF DIVORCES BY CAUSE AND BY PARTY TO WHICH GRANTED,, BY DIVISIONS AND STATES: 1916. CAUSE OP DIVORCES GRANTED TO HUSBAND. CAUSE or DIVORCES GRANTED TO WIFE. DIVISION AND STATE. Adultery. Cruelty. Deser- tion. Drunk- enness. Neglect to pro- vide. / Combi- nations of pre- ceding causes, etc. All other causes.i Adultery. Cruelty. Desier- tion. Drunk- enness. Neglect to pro- vide. Combi- nations of pre- ceding causes, etc. AH other causes.1 United States 20.3 17.4 S0.0 0.8 4.3 7.2 7.5 33.2 30.8 4.5 6.9 10.5 6.5 Geographical Divisions: New England 26.3 47.6 13.5 10.9 31.6 27.0 21.3 7.7 6.7 7.7 5.6 26.2 21.7 4.6 3.7 22.1 16.9 24.0 60.3 42.6 39.9 49.6 53.8 60.3 46.7 67.3 61.9 2,8 ^'1.5 0.6 0.3 0:9 0.2 0.7 0.6 0.7 2.0 4.5 9.5 3.3 2.9 3.7 5.1 3.0 2.2 2.1 14.5 7.6 6.5 5,2 6,0 2,4 3.8 5.9 32.0 4.2 2.9 19.0 6.3 8.0 2.3 ■ 1.4 33.5 23.7 36.1 34.5 17.4 28.4 43.0 23.1 35,3 35.2 39.3 24.1 26.0 48.1 45.1 32.1 24.4 28.7 8.9 0.2 8.2 4.3 2.9 4.3 1.1 2.8 2.7 10.0 0.3 6.5 5.7 5.8 2.6 8.5 20.3 7.3 8.3 7.8 18.1 13.2 0.8 Middle Atlantic 2.0 East North Central 12. S West North Central 6.3 South Atlantic 5.3 East South Central 3.3 1.5 27.4 16.0 4.3 West South Central 6.6 Mountain 1.9 2.6 New England: 34.9 33.6 36.3 23.8 10.0 23.4 92.1 37.3 19.9 11.3 11.3 25.7 tl 9.4, 16.9 11.5 7.6 8.0 9.2 6.2 m 36.6 (') 28.2 35.8 82.6 17.7 15.1 S.9 3.5 10.0 5.2 2.6 45.1 50.4 57.8 68.6 43.6 66.1 1.5 62.5 65.7 27.2 33.9 64.6 27.1 53.7 71.0 42.7 46.0 62.8 62.7 39.1 49.6 (») 59.5 (») 67.0 48.2 10.1 2.3 0.4 10.3 9.1 6.9 4.7 1.0 6.5 81.6 16.5 4.0 2.6 3.0 9.0 0.4 1.4 2.8 4.6 3.3 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.4 16.4 29.3 (') 17.8 17.8 74.1 39.0 45.7 42.9 36.8 12.3 24.6 11.3 1.2 36.7 23.0 50.6 27.1 SO. 7 51.5 40.4 54.8 27.8 29.6 24.9 23.1 27.2 16.4 1.4 'l\ 13.5 2.5 24.1 35,4 27,8 43,1 2.5 51.6 2.1 SI. 9 53.4 15.5 17.4 42.4 10.2 27.4 44.3 20.5 26.4 30.2 31.8 8.0 29.5 63.3 65.9 ^\ -46.4 11.2 14.0 6.1 7.8 4.7 2.2 8.5 1.4 24.0 4.4 1.6 0.4 3.8 12.9 5.^ 2.8 18.3 0.2 4.4 9.5 23.6 las 19.8 49.0 19.8 0.8 2.5 V.>o 12.4 3.7 New Hampshire 0»4 - i.5 13.2 2.8 55.6 0.6 Massachusetts 3.6 6.4 2.8 0.1 0.3 6.5 0.7 0.1 0.3 3.8 8.6 3.2 0.5 6.3 0.6 2.7 5.9 9.8 5.5 7.0 21.0 13.6 0.3 24.5 1.7 3.7 10.4 3.3 12.1 0.1 0.8 1.4 0.7 Middle Atlantic: New York 0.7 2.7 Pennsylvania 9.0 7.1 44.7 5.3 59.2 32.2 15.0 32.0 22.3 15.9 17.4 27.2 13.9 1.6 45.2 5.4 1.1 1.8 5.1 1.4 1.4 10.0 6.9 4.0 3.3 16.1 0.2 5.0 S.9 16.5 2.5 3.3 5.1 as 3.1 4.0 3.7 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.0 East North Central: Ohio 0.6 1.6 2.7 1.0 1.8 0.6 1.0 0.4 1.4 1.0 0.3 0.6 41.1 14.1 (») 17.0 13.5 0.1 3.5 Illinois 2.2 Michigan 0.9 Wisctmsin 2.7 West NoBTH Centbai: 2.9 Iowa 2.1 9.5 13.6 14.7 15.2 6.3 North Dakota 2.7 South Dakota 3 5 1.0 19.9 South Atlantic: Delaware -' 8 Maryland 0.6 0.8 0.9 District of Columbia «o.i Virginia 0.6 2.1 3.1 3.6 1.6 1.0 10.4 5.7 a2 1.3 0.9 3.7 West Virginia 8.6 7.5 South Carolina • Georgia ■ 12.4 12.1 15.7 32.7 27.5 33.0 8.9 73.4 9.0 23.7 6.7 8,5 li'^ 6.7 9.0 4.8 2.9 6.8 3.5 8.6 20.0 4.8, 3.3 1.1 0.9 9.5 15.4 3.1 13.2 31.4 14.7 14.8 ■ io:i 2.6 10.1 18,6 42.3 20.1 36.7 20.8 48.5 65.6 69.9 65.8 67.5 46.5 69.3 15.7 58.6 35.9 72,3 66.7 i.J 84.0 76.4 64.6 46.6 59.3 54.8 66.6 1.2 4.3 4.8 1.0 6.3 0.7 5.1 2.3 4.6 8.3 2.8 4,2 6.8 8,0 4.2 3.5 0.8 8.8 6.3 3.4 1.4 13.8 12.8 8.9 3.7 2.5 5.6 4.0 2.5 10.7 6.0 1.9 3.2 '^'\ 2.5 1.0 8.1 0.4 9.3 1.3 1.4 3.2 5.2 2.9 5.0 10.6 11.0 2.4 61.4 2.4 5.6 1.9 2.2 2.6 6.9 0.6 1.4 0.6 0.3 0.9 0.9 1.9 42.7 25.7 33.4 18.3 31.0 34.4 30.4 11.4 23.1 60.2 28.3 26.5 20.5 12.7 11.1 22.7 20.4 38.0 26.4 65,9 3.^2 30.4 46.5 47.7- 43.8 48.2 38.2 55.1 16.7 35.1 24.2 35.7 27,3 32.1 16.0 36.7 18.8 18.0 12.0 20.9 34.9 31.6 7.5 5.2 6.9 2.1 5.2 1.7 1.4 0.4 2.8 0.4 3.8 2.0 2.6 4.1 2.4 2.9 3.0 1.1 1.4 1,9 4.0 9.1 9.8 3.8 17. S 2.8 6.1 6.2 6.9 20.1 3.3 9.2 16.0 12.6 35.9 30.9 19.1 3,0 24.1 21;. 4.0 8.9 7.1 Florida 7.5 East South Central: ■Kentucky. . .-. , 1.2 1.4 0.9 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.2 1.1 0.8 9.8 4 4 Alabama 2.2 8.5 4.5 3.2 9.7 6.4 1.2 2.5 3.2 2.8 2.9 2.2 1.5 0.3 3.4 2.5 2.1 West South Central: ^ Lduisiana 6.9 Texas Mountain: 20.9 23.6 26.3 22.5 15.5 32,9 53,5 24.3 21.9 Idaho Colorador. 0.8 Arizona 1.0 3.2 trtah PAomo: Washington 0.1 0.3 1.0 Oregon." CftllTomia.. . , 18.3 ' Includes cause unknown. > Less than one-tenth of 1 per cent. > Per cent not shown where base is less than 100. ' AU laws permitting divorce were repealed in 1878. DIVORCE STATISTICS 31 Table 2*.— DIVORCES CLASSIFIED AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE CASE WAS CONTESTED, BY FORM OP SERVICE OF NOTICE, AND BY PARTY TO WHICH GRANTED, BY DIVISIONS AND STATES: 1916. ALL DIVORCES. CONTESTED. UNCONTESTED. PER CENT DISTRIBUTION. DIVISION AND STATE AND PARTY TO Total. Form ot service of notice. Total. Form of service of notice. Total. Form of service of notice. Con- tested. Un- con- tested. Form of serv- ice of notice. WHICH GRANTED. Personal. publica- tion. Personal. By pubU- cation. Personal. publica- tion. Per- sonal. By publi- cation. 1 108,702 33,809 74,893 75,641 23,678 51,963 33,061 10, 131 22,930 14,779 4,636 10,143 13,971 4,273 9,698 808 363 446 93,'923 29,173 64,760 61,670 19,405 42,266 32,253 9,768 22,485 13.6 13.7 13.5 86.4 86.3 86.6 69.6 70.0 69.4 30.4 HusbMid . . 30.0 Wile 30.6 GEOOEAPmc Divisions. 5,697 1,576 4,121 9,379 3,096 6,283 28,454 7,809 20,645 16,265 4,491 11,774 6,584 2,508 4,076 9,484 3,623 5,861 16,488 6,255 10,233 5,607 1,655 3,952 10,744 2,796 7,948 4,085 1,138 2,947 7,048 2,414 4,634 17,493 4,496 12,997 11,707 3,189 8,518 4,008 1,616 2,392 6,690 2,641 4,049 13,132 5,144 7,988 3,863 1,088 2,775 7,615 1,952 5,663 1,612 438 1,174 2,331 682 1,649 10,961 3,313 7,648 4,668 1,302 3,266 2,676 892 1,684 2,794 '982 1,812 3,356 1,111 2,246 1,744 567 1,177 3,129 844 2,285 510 158 352 1,023 400 623 4,218 1,277 2,941 2,382 695 1,687 963 340 623 1,025 331 694 1,710 613 1,097 771 239 632 2,177 683 1,594 487 146 341 973 381 692 4,002 1,181 2,821 2,302 649 1,663 899 315 584 972 305 667 1,519 647 972 725 214 611 2,092 635 1,557 23 12 11 50 19 31 216 96 120 80 46 34 64 25 39 63 26 27 191 66 125 46 25 21 86 48 37 5,187 1,418 3,769 8,366 2,696 5,660 - 24,236 6,632 17,704 13,883 3,796 10,087 5,621 2,168 3,453 8,459 3,292 6,167 14,778 5,642 9,136 4,836 1,416 3,420 8,567 2,213 6,354 3,598 992 2,606 6,075 2,033 4,042 13,491 3,315 10,176 9,405 2,540 6,865 3,109 1,301 1,808 5,718 2,336 3,382 11,613 4,597 7,016 3,138 874 2,264 5,623 1,417 4,106 1,589 426 1,163 2,281 663 1,618 10,745 3,217 7,528 4,478' 1,266 3,222 2,512 867 1,646 2,741 956 1,785 3,166 1,045 2,120 1,698 542 1,156 3,044 796 2,248 9.0 10.0 8.5 10.9 12.9 9.9 14.8 16.4 14.2 14.6 16.6 14.3 14.6 13.6 15.3 10.8 9.1 11.8 10.4 9.8 10.7 13.8 14.4 13.5 20.3 20.9 20.1 91.0 90.0 91.5 89.1 87.1 90.1 85.2 83.6 85.8 85.4 84.5 86.7 85.4 86.4 84.7 89.2 90.9 88.2 89.6 90.2 89.3 86.2 85.6 86.5 79.7 79.1 79.9 71.7 72.2 71.5 75.1 78.0 73.8 61.5 67.6 63.0 72.0 71.0 72.3 60.9 64.4 58.7 70.5 72.9 69.1 79.6 82.2 78.1 68.9 65.7 70.2 70.9 69.8 71.3 28.3 Husband 27.8 Wife 28.5 Middle Atlantic 24.9 Husband 22.0 Wife 26.2 38.6 42.4 Wiie West North Central , 37.0 28.0 29.0 Wife 27.7 South Atlantic 39.1 35.6 Wife I 41.3 East South Central. ' 29.5 27.1 Wife 30.9 West South Central 20.4 Husband 17.8 Wife 31.1 Husband Wife 29.1 28.7 Wife NEW ENGLAND. Maine 660 175 485 698 238 460 419 102 317 2,336 665 1,671 . 623 110 '513 961 286 675 3,242 1,093 2,149 1,169 400 769 4,968 1,603 3,365 7,572 2,149 5,423 5,419 1,612 3,807 8,500 2,078 6,422 5,242 1,579 3,663 1,721 391 1,330 1 Exclusive 661 164 407 557 192 365 329 75 254 1,430 409 1,021 626 91 435 682 217 465 2,951 987 1,964 666 257 408 3,432 1,170 2,262 4,680 1,259 3,421 3,918 1,134 2,784 5,115 1,116 3,999 2,525 733 1,792 1,255 254 1,001 99 21 78 141 46 95 90 27 63 906 256 660 97 19 78 279 ■ 69 210 291 106 185 504 143 361 1,536 433 1,103 2,892 890 2,002 1,501 478 1,023 3,385 962 2,423 2,717 846 1,871 466 137 329 38 11 27 101 33 68 49 8 41 132 56 76 97 19 78 93 31 62 680 202 478 131 60 71 212 138 74 1,025 345 680 1,650 487 1,163 629 146 483 746 252 494 168 47 121 ;e for whicl 37 10 27 98 31 67 49 8 41 117 49 68 95 18 77 91 30 61 669 198 471 103 53 60 201 130 71 969 321 648 1,566 451 1,104 597 J26 471 716 238 478 165 45 1 120 1 no detaile 1 1 3 2 1 15 7 8 2 1 1 2 1 1 11 4 7 28 7 21 11 8 3 56 24 32 95 36 59 32 20 12 30 14 16 3 2 1 d statist! 622 164 468 597 205 392 370 94 276 2,204 609 1,595 , 526 91 435 868 255 613 2,562 891 1,671 1,038 340 698 4,756 1,466 3,291 6,547 1,804 4,743 3,769 1,126 2,644 7,871 1,932 6,939 4,496 1,327 3,169 1,553 344 1,209 cs were rep( 524, 144 380 459 161 298 280 67 213 1,313 360 963 431 73 358 591 187 404 2,282 789 1,493 562 204 368 - 3,231 1,040 2,191 3,711 938 2,773 2,363 683 1,680 4,518 990 3,528 1,809 495 1,314 1,090 209 881 )rted (see p 98 20 78 138 44 94 90 27 63 891 249 642 96 18 77 277 68 209 280 102 178 476 136 340 1,525 425 1,100 2,836 866 1,970 1,406 442 964 3,353 942 2,411 2,687 832 1,855 463 135 328 .15). 5,8 6.3 5.6 14.5 13.9 14.8 11.7 ■7.8 12.9 6.7 8.4 4.6 15.6 17.3 16.2 9.7 10.8 9.2 21.0 18.5 22.2 11.2 15.0 9.2 4.3 8.6 2.2 13.5 Ifi 1 12.5 30.4 30.2 30.5 7.4 7.0 7.5 14.2 16.0 13.5 9.8 12.0 1 9.1 94.2 93.7 94.4 85.5 86.1 85.2 88.3 92.2 87.1 94.3 91.6 95.5 84.4 82.7 84.8 90.3 89.2 90.8 79.0 81.5 ,77.8 88.8 85.0 90.8 95.7 91.4 97.8 86.6 83.9 87.5 69.6 69.8 69.5 ^.6 93.0 92.6 85.8 84.0 86.5 90.2 88.0 90.9 86.0 88.0 83.9 79.8 80.7 79.3 78.5 73.5 80.1 61.2 61.5 61.1 84.4 82.7 84.8 71.0 75.9 68.9 91.0 90.3 91.4 56.9 64.3 63.1 69.1 73.0 67.2 61.8 '58.6 63.1 72.3 70.3 73.1 60.2 53.7 62.3 48.2 46.4 48.9 72.9 65.0 75.3 15.0 12.0 16.1 Wife 20.2 19.3 20.7 Wife . Vomi'^Tit , , . . . . . 21.5 26.5 19.9 Wife . 38.8 38.5 38.9 Wife. . 16.6 17.3 Wife 29.0 24 1 Wife MIDDLE ATLANTIC. New York 9.0 9.7 Husband 8 6 New Jersey. ... 43.1 35.7 46.9 Wife ■PenTisylvflTiia , , . 30.9 27.0 32.8 EAST NORTH CENTRAL. Ohio 38.2 41.4 36.9 Wife 27.7 29.7 Indiana Husband ' 26.9 39.8 46.3 'TIHTini) (') 8.0 9.2 7.1 10.1 13.0 8.6 2.4 2.5 2.2 Un- con- tested. 89.0 90.1 83.1 85.2 82.4 85.9 S5.6 86.1 78.9 80.0 78.4 79.7 77.6 80.7 87.0 82.5 88.2 85.6 81.2 87.2 85.7 ag.i 66.5 70.9 64.0 (') 92.0 90.8 92.9 89.9 87.0 91.4 97.6 97.5 97.8 Form of serv- ice of notice. Per- sonal. 76.0 81,3 74.2 71.3 67.1 72.6 71.0 70.4 71.2 67.3 71.7 65.1 83.3 84.1 86.2 84.0 86.8 61.0 59.3 61.6 52.4 (•) 53.J 67.6 71.5 6S.4 (') ('J (') 55.1 62.2 50.1 59.4 64.8 56.6 60.8 67.7 53.9 By publi- cation. 24.0 18.7 25.8 28.7 32.9 27.4 29.0 29.6 32.7 28.3 34.9 16.7 15.9 17.1 13.8 16.0 13.2 39.0 40.7 38.4 47.6 (•) 46.9 32.4 28.5 34.6 44.9 37.8 49.9 40.6 35.2 43.4 39.2 32.3 46.1 Georgia Husband.. Wife Florida Husband.. Wife EAST SOUTH CENTRAL. Kentucky Husband.. Wife Tennessee Husband.. Wife Alabama Husband.. Wife .-_,.ppi.... Husband.. Wife WEST SOUTH CENTRAL. Arkansas^ Husband. Wife Louisiana Husband.. Wife...... Oklahoma Husband.. Wife Te:^ Husband.. Wife 1,319 421 1,146 439 707 2,878 921 1,957 2,632 808 1,824 2,162 1,000 1,162 1,812 894 918 3,564 1,580 1,984 1,172 478 694 3,318 2,069 1,070 681 2,248 1,378 8,434 7,748 3,127 2,950 5,307 I 4,796 ' Per cent not shown where base is less than 100 864 290 674 680 249 431 740 1,526 1,741 546 1,196 1,626 727 799 1,158 628 630 2,178 1,044 1,134 1,149 469 680 455 131 324 466 190 276 613 181 432 891 262 629 636 273 363 654 1,386 536 850 23 9 14 1,259 3S9 870 688 177 511 235 69 166 117 40 77 397 107 290 178 39 139 849 138 211 101 47 64 848 165 183 265 89 166 417 131 462 223 67 156 104 36 378 96 282 171 36 136 333 132 201 90 42 48 317 151 166 253 89 164 383 110 273 666 197 34 21 13 124 31 1.084 352 732 1,029 399 2,481 814 1,667 2,454 769 1,685 1,813 862 951 1,711 847 864 3,216 1,415 1,801 917 389 S28 2,901 939 1,962 7,744 2,899 4,845 641 223 418 576 214 362 1,887 644 1,243 1,570 511 1,059 1,193 595 1,068 586 482 1,861 893 968 896 380 516 1,676 571 1,105 7,180 2,763 4,427 443 129 314 453 185 268 170 424 $84 358 626 620 267 353 643 261 382 1,355 522 833 21 9 12 1,225 368 867 664 146 418 17.8 16.4 18.5 10.2 9.1 10.9 13.8 11.6 14.8 6.8 4.8 7.6 16.1 13.8 18.2 5.6 5.3 5.9 9.8 10.4 9.2 21.8 18.6 23.9 12.6 12.2 12.7 8.2 7.3 8.7 ' All laws permitting divorce were repealed In 1878. 82.2 83.6 •81.5 89.8 90.9 89.1 86.2 88.4 85.2 93.2 95.2 92.4 83.9 86.2 81.8 94.4 94.7 94.1 90.2 89.6 90.8 78.2 81.4 76.1 87.4 87.8 87.3 91.8 92.7 91.3 65.5 68.9 63.9 59.3 66.7 61.0 78.7 80.3 77.9 66.1 67.6 65.5 70.6 72.7 68.8 63.9 70.2 67.7 61.1 66.1 57.2 98.0 98.1 98.0 62.1 63.6 61.3 91.8 94.3 90.4 34.5 31.1 36.1 40.7 43.3 39.0 21.3 19.7 22.1 33.9 32.4 34.5 29.4 27.3 31.2 36.1 29.8 42.3 38.9 33.9 42.8 2.0 1.9 2.0 37.9 36.4 38.7 8.2 5.7 9.6 DIVORCE STATISTICS. 33 Table 24.-DIV0RCES CLASSIFIED AS TO WHETHER C(ll NOT THE CASE WAS CONTESTED BY FORM OF SERVTCR OF NOTICE, AND BY PARTY TO WHICH GRANTED, BY DIVISIONS AND STATES: 1916-(5ntinued DIVISION AND STATE AND PARTY TO WHICH GRANTED. MOUNTAIN, Uontana Husband Wife Idaho Husband Wile Wyoming Husband Wife Colorado Husband Wife New Mexico Husband Wife Arizona Husband Wife Utah Husband Wife Nevada. Husband WiJe PAcmc. Washington Husband Wife Oregon Husband Wife California Husband Wife ALL DIVORCES. Total. 1,484 430 1,054 407 281 91 190 1,041 264 777 326 119 207 613 199 414 653 124 529 613 239 374 3,448 856 2,592 2,100 697 1,503 6,196 1,343 3,863 Form of service of notice. Personal. 837 203 634 435 141 294 173 62 121 849 219 630 71 115 417 139 278 464 88 376 502 175 327 2,255 665 1,700 1,319 365 964 4,041 1,042 2,999 By publica- tion. 647 227 420 161 48 113 108 192 45 147 140 48 92 196 60 136 189 36 153 111 64 47 1,193 301 781 242 539 1,155 301 854 CONTESTED. Total. 94 63 17 46 32 11 21 153 43 110 64 20 34 71 31 40 81 20 61 184 58 126 761 174 587 367 124 233 285 774 Form of service of notice. Personal, 117 29 20 150 41 109 50 18 32 31 37 71 15 66 181 56 125 736 162 674 ■318 99 219 274 764 By publi- cation. UNCONTESTED. Total. 1,351 391 533 172 361 249 80 221 667 272 99 173 542 168 374 572 104 468 429 181 248 2,687 682 2,005 1,743 473 1,270 4,137 1,058 3,079 Form of service of notice. Personal, 720 174 546 375 125 250 145 44 101 178 521 136 63 349 108 241 73 320 321 119 202 By publica- tion. 1,619 393 1,126 1,001 256 745 3,003 768 2,235 631 217 414 158 47 111 104 36 68 189 43 146 .136 46 90 179 31 148 108 62 46 PER CENT DISTRIBUTION. 1,168 289 879 742 217 525 1,134 290 844 Con- tested. 9.0 9.1 8.9 10.6 9.0 11.3 11.4 (') 11.1 14.7 16.3 14.2 16.6 16.8 16.4 11.6 15.6 9.7 12.4 16.1 11.5 30.0 24.3 33.7 22.1 20.3 22.6 17.0 20.8 15.5 20.4 21.2 20.1 Un- con- tested. 91.0 90.9 91.1 89.4 91.0 88.7 88.6 85.3 83.7 85.8 83.4 83.2 88.4 84.4 90.3 70.0 75.7 77.9 79.7 77.4 83.0 79.2 84.5 79.6 78.8 79.9 Form of serv- ice of notice. Per- sonal. 56.4 47.2 60.2 73.0 74.6 72.2 61.6 (') 63.7 81.6 83.0 81.1 57.1 59.7 55.6 68.0 69.8 67.1 71.1 71.0 71.1 81.9 73.2 87.4 65.4 64.8 65.6 62.8 59.5 64.1 77.8 77.6 77.8 By publi- cation. 52.8 39.8 27.0 26.4 27.8 38.4 (') 36.3 18.4 17.0 18.9 42.9 40.3 U.i 32.0 30.2 32.9 28.9 29.0 28.9 18.1 26.8 12.6 34 6 35.2 34.4 37.2 40.5 36.9 22.2 22.4 22.2 1 Per cent not shown where base is less than 100. 34 MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE: 1916/ Table 25.— DIVORCES CLASSIFIED BY RESIDENCE OF" LIBELLEE AND PARTY TO WHICH GRANTED, BY DIVISIONS AND STATES: 1916. ALL DIVORCES. . DIVORCES GRANTED TO HUSBAND. DIVORCES GRANTED TO WUTE. DIVISION AND STATE. Total. Eesidenco otlibellee. Total. Residence oUibellee. Total. Besidence otlibellee. In state named. Outside the state. Un- known. In state named. Outside the state. Un- known. Instate named. Outside the state. Un- known. United States 1108,702 B,697 9,379 28,454 16,265 6,584 9,484 16,488 5,607 10,744 68,437 24,432 15,833 33,809 20,862 8,150 4,797 74,893 47,575 16,282 11,036 Geographic divisions: 3,496 6,840 17,881 9,677 3,808 6,208 10,882 2,793 6,852 1,953 1,678 5,270 4,545 1,832 1,760 2,535 2,181 2,678 248 861 5,303 2,043 '944 1,516 3,071 633 1,214 1,576 3,096 7,809 4,491 2,508 3,623 6,255 1,655 2,796 927 2,314 4,489 2,521 1,495 2,449 4,307 665 1,695 584 554 1,778 1,449 669 614 857 793 852 65 228 1,542 521 344 560 1,091 197 249 4,121 6,283 20,645 11,774 4,076 5,861 10,233 3,952 7,948 2,569 4,526 13,392 7,156 2,313 3,759 6,575 , 2,128 5,157 1,369 1,124 3,492 3,096 1,163 1,146 1,678 1,388 1,826 183 633 Middle Atlantic ■ "Eshst North Central West North Central South Atlantic ■ West South Central ^2™ Pacific New England: Maine 660 698 419 2,336 623 961 3,242 1,169 4,968 7,572 5,419 8,500 5,242 -1,721 1,956 3,281 6,769 '446 575 1,675 2,563 210 1,003 47 1,658 564 637 438 431 257 1,418 408 544 2,811 672 3,357 4,975 3,740 5,832 2,182 1,152 1,169 2,060 3,606 207 305 905 1,425 112 646 27 870 277 390 199 217 126 831 188 392 238 497 943 1,558 761 2,304 373 2Ji 519 903 1,663 169 179 223 889 95 321 20 633 147 89 23 50 36 87 27 25 193 175 238 102 665 110 286 1,093 400 1,603 2,149 1,612 2,078 1,579 391 513 763 1,818 145 201 338 713 82 358 17 682 193 316 113 134 57 401 60 162 924 258 1,132 1,335 1,065 1,261 615 213 286 421 1,124 55 92 169 374 44 236 6 407 98 202 56 89 38 240 45 116 102 142 310 557 252 731 123 115 176 262 508 65 89 70 279 3S 108 11 235 45 38 6 15 7 24 5 S 67 '"'iei' 257 295 86 841 63 51 80 186 25 20 99 60 3 14 40" 50 76 485 460 317 1,671 513 675 2,149 769 3,365 5,423 3,807 6,422 3,663 1,330 1,443 2,518 3,951 301 374 1,337 1,850 128 645 30 976 371 321 325 297 200 1,017 348 382 1,887 414 2,225 3,640 2,675 4,571 1,567 989 883 1,639 2,482 152 213 736 1,051 68 410 21 463 179 188 143 128 88 591 143 276 136 355 633 1,001 509 1,573 250 159 343 641 1,155 104 90 153 610 60 213 9 398 102 51 17 Vermont Massachusetts . . . - Connecticut 17 Mtodle Atlantic: NewYork 126 PpinnpyWftT^H 668 1,039 918 364 2,687 295 268 318 500 70 91 547 249 3 36 507 East Nokth Central: Ohio 782 623 Illinois 278 Michigan 1,846 Wisconsin 232 West North Central: Minnesota . 217 238 Missouri 314 North Dakota 45 71 Nebraska 448 189 South Atlantic: Delaware . . . ." 22 155 140 158 115 90 North Carolina 82 1,319 1,146 2,878 2,632 2,162 1,812 . 3,564 1,172 3,318 8,434 1,484 696 281 1,041 826 613 653 61^ 3,448 2,100 5,196 80S 681 2,006 1,693 1,358 1,151 2,061 939 1,790 6,092 800 283 lis 534 158 830 446 127 1,932 1,168 3,752 262 265 636 449 397 278 877 160 727 771 492 216 112 406 119 234 143 459 1,174 685 819 252 200 236 490 407 383 626 73 801 1,571 192 97 64 101 49 49 64 27 342 247 625 421 439 921 808 1,000 894 1,580 478 1,070 3,127 430 189 91 264 119 199 124 239 866 697 1,343 258 244 656 630 652 611 977 892 672 2,366 179 69 29 118 49 116 75 30 443 311 941 80 117 200 144 152 118 300 44 231 282 180 83 44 120 55 69 40 202 332 225 295 83 78 65 134 196 165 303 42 267 479 71 37 18 26 15 14 9 7 81 61 107 898 707 1,957 1,824 1,162 918 1,984 694 2,248 5,307 1,054 407 190 777 207 •414 529 374 2,592 1,503 3,853 547 437 1,350 1,163 706 540 1,084 547 1,218 3,726 621 214 86 416 109 214 371 97 1,489 857 2,811 182 148 436 305 245 160 577 116 496 489 312 133 68 286 64 165 103 257 842 460 524 169 Florida 122 East South Central: 171 Tennessee 356 211 Mississippi.- 218 West South Central: Arkuisas 323 31 534 Texas 1,092 Mountain: 121 Idaho 60 Wyoming 36 Colorado - - - . 75 34 Arizona 35 Utah 55 Nevada 20 PAomc: Washington 261 186 Calliomia 518 1 Exclusive of 3,334 cases of divorces for which no detailed statistics were reported (see p. 15). s All laws permitting divorce were repealed in 18T8. DIVORCE STATISTICS. 35 Table 26.— DIVOBOES CLASSIFIED BY PLACE OF MARBIAGE AND PARTY TO WHICH GRANTED BY DIVISIONS AND STATES: 1916. DIVISION AND STATE. ALL DIVORCES. Total. Place of marriage. In state where divorced. In other state. In foreign country Un- Imown. DIVORCES GRANTED TO HUSBAND. Total. In state where divorced Place of marriage. In other state. In foreign coun- try. Un- known. DIVORCES GRANTED TO WIFE. Total. Place of marriage. In state where divorced In other state In foreign coun- try. Un- known UNITED States. Qeogbafhic divisions: NewEngland Middle Atlantic East North Central.. West North Central. South Atlantic East South Central . . West South Central. . Mountain Paoifle New England: Maine New Hampshire. Vermont Massachusetts... Bhode Island Connecticut Middle Atlantic: New York New Jersey Pennsylvania... East North Central: Ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan Wisconsin West North Central: Minnesota Iowa Missouri ; North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas South Atlantic: Delaware Maryland District of Columbia. . Virginia ff'est Virginia North Carolina South Carolina' Georgia. Florida East South Central: Kentucky Alabama. West South Central: Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma Texas Mountain: Montana Idaho Wyoming Colorado New Mexico.. Arizona. Utah Nevada Pacdic: Washington. California.. U08,702 24,734 3,484 11,448 20,784 8,117 1,244 3,664 74,893 48,252 16,617 2,240 5,697 9,379 28,454 16,265 6,584 9,484 16,488 5,607 10,744 3,420 6,572 17,177 10,150 4,546 7,342 11,019 2,550 6,260 1,156 2,227 5,343 4,696 1,317 1,320 2,317 2,731 3,627 272 431 1,542 318 61 17 42 228 573 149 4,392 1,101 660 , 805 3,110 98 284 1,576 3,096 7,809 4,491 2,508 3,623 6,255 1,655 2,798 929 2,116 4,319 2,629 1,703 2,809 4,138 586 1,555 335 749 1,715 1,458 529 478 183 531 118 33 14 17 79 173 216 48 1,244 286 243 322 1,201 30 74 2,491 4,456 12,858 7,521 2,843 4,533 6,881 1,964 4,705 821 1,478 3,628 3,238 788 842 1,418 1,771 2,633 176 248 1,011 200 28 3 25 149 400 419 2,336 623 961 3,242 1,169 4,968 7,572 5,419 8,500 5,242 1,721 1,956 3,281 6,769 446 -575 1,675 2,563 210 1,003 47 1,658 564 637 1,319 1,146 2,878 2,632 2,162 1,812 3,564 1,172 3,318 1,484 596 281 1,041 326 613 653 613 3,448 2,100 5,196 482 458 302 1,641 213 324 2,552 774 3,246 4,934 2,376 5,187 3,539 1,141 1,180 2,104 3,739 191 319 1,031 1,586 169 808 27 1,082 360 518 133 201 103 528 117 74 442 341 1,444 1,515 463 1,950 944 471 587 851 1,583 193 220 531 731 34 168 20 507 161 66 43 31 14 163 11 10 215 53 163 330 38 399 676 128 41 56 34 14 23 22 4 282 553 33 1 115 2,542 964 10 61 285 391 28 22 90 224 175 238 102 665 110 400 2,149 1,612 2,078 1,579 391 513 763 1,818 145 201 338 713 358 17 193 316 113 144 80 467 32 93 844 257 1,015 1,303 690 1,126 999 201 275 442 1,167 53 106 184 412 64 273 6 446 120 254 46 78 19 145 22 25 131 121 497 488 153 336 149 178 234 635 68 81 125 237 14 71 11 207 53 35 100 21 130 22 131 210 38 1 51 161 228 747 232 34 14 71 109 2 2 10 4 4 25 3 17 27 485 460 317 1,671 61-3 675 2,149 769 3,365 6,423 3,807 6,422 3,663 1,330 1,443 2,518 3,951 301 374 1,337 1,850 128 645 30 976 371 321 920 2,047 2,194 1,517 1,584 2,269 1,019 1,790 5,941 665 240 105 534 147 305 466 1,723 1,106 3,431 120 241 323 248 116 378 107 ,150 315 162 465 167 276 166 1,204 891 1,532 100 27 16 56 219 277 221 191 113 391 110 916 42 366 1,786 223 47 14 421 439 921 808 1,000 1,580 478 1,070 3,127 430 189 91 264 119 199 124 856 597 1,343 657 688 782 422 535 2,197 152 70 30 111 409 293 853 177 118 121 181 36 418 264 237 107 56 143 70 95 50 304 279 411 29 55 31 188 48 414 19 111 657 707 1,957 1,824 1,162 918 1,984 694 2,248 6,307 1,054 407 190 777 207 414 529 374 2,592 1,503 3,853 369 314 222 1,174 181 231 1,708 517 2,231 3,631 1,686 4,061 2,540 940 906 1,662 2,682 138 213 847 1,174 105 635 21 636 240 264 87 123 84 383 95 49 311 220 947 1,027 310 1,361 608 322 409 617 1,048 125 139 406 494 20 97 9 300 108 31 631 411 1,365 1,537 829 802 1,285 697 1,255 3,744 513 170 75 423 104 215 1,314 813 2,578 78 145 456 205 127 64 197 71 732 418 464 208 106 322 97 181 116 287 900 612 1,121 27 18 11 111 115 32 101 200 16 466 61 19 16 47 144 7,784 633 101 3,148 815 417 483 1,909 68 210 5 "■■3 231 392 15 565 1,795 732 49 7 47 214 282 19 13 71 169 17 25 188 142 136 82 203 602 23 255 1,129 16 11 3 19 4 8 4 169 31 10 ' Exclusive of 3,334 cases of divorce for which no detailed statistics were reported (see p. 15 ). 5 All laws permitting divorce were repealed in 1878. 36 MARRIAGE AND^ DIVORCE: 1916. Table 27.— DIVOBCES CLASSIFIED AS TO ALIMONY AND BY DrVISIO!^ AND STATE. Geogbaphic divisions: New England,...,.. Middle Atlantic... East North Central. . West North Central. South Atlantic East South Central . . West South Central. Mountain Paoiflo..^ New England: Maine.. New Hampshire. , Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut Middle Atlantic: ■New York. .... New Jersey Pennsylvania.. East North Central: Ohio Indiana lUinois Michigan Wisconsin West North Central: Minnesota Iowa IQssourl North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska South Atlantic: Delaware Maryland District of Columbia. , Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina * Georgia Florida East South Central: Kentiicky Alabama. West South Central: Arkansas Louisiana....' Oklahoma Texas Mountain: Montana. Idaho Wyoming... Colorado New Mexico. Arizona Utah Nevada Pacific: Washington. Oregon California ALL divorces. Total number. United States 1 108,702 Alimony asked. Total. Niunber. 5,697 9,379 23,454 16,265 6,5S4 9,4S4 16,488 ■ 5, 607 10, 744 660 698 419 2,336 623 961 3,242 1,169 4,968 7,572 5,419 8,500 5,242 1,721 1,956 3,281 5,769 446 675 1,675 2,563 210 1,003 47 1,658 564 637 1,319 1,146 2,878 2,632 2,162 1,812 3,564 1,172 3,318 8,434 1,484 596 281 1,041 326 613 663 613 3,448 2,100 5,196 21, 926 943 1,458 8,893 4,069 769 1,148 1,026 1,067 2,563 Per cent. 162 111 122 352 105 91 1,077 316 2,411 956 1,991 2,631 904 566 852 1,210 H4 129 544 644 180 18 139 62 17 20.2 16.5 15.6 31.3 25.0 11.7 12.1 6.2 19 23.9 Granted. 185 162 674 119 107 249 61 143 209 96 64 234 62 67 274 .72 24.5 16.9 29.1 15.1 16.9 9.5 33.2 26.9 1.3 31.8 17.6 23.4 50.2 52.6 26.0 21.0 25.6 22.4 32.6 26.1 2.9 17.9 C) 8.4 11.0 2.7 Number. 16, 492 961 7,456 2,841 43S 794 662 770 2,031 Per cent. Refused. 1,327 14.0 14.1 23.4 9.4 6.5 5.9 7.0 4.8 17.6 1.7 14.1 15.9 19.2 22.6 19.0 10.9 42.0 11.7 24.7 18.2 26.6 63 , 81 186 76 53 876 69 16.2 9 5 10.2 26.2 17.5 6.7 8.4 4.0 13.7 18.9 1,871 586 1,768 2,428 780 89 490 6 73 17 100 48 107 78 452 205 68 16S 87 372 154 es 89 168 45 49 214 46 12.1 9.0 193 8.0 12.2 6.6 27.0 6.0 0.5 24.7 10.8 20.8 46.3 46.7 20.3 18.6 13.5 20.0 16.2 22.8 19.1 2.9 7.3 (») 6.0 8.5 1.4 Num- ber. 5,172 404 442 1,347 1,188 317 339 345 277 613 Per cent. 82 48 41 166 29 38 149 254 39 637 364 214 144 167 240 429 25 36 144 147 4.8 7.1 4.7 4.7 7.3 4.8 3.6 2.1 4.9 4.8 Result unknown. Ninn- I Per ber. cent. Alimony not asked. Number. 262 0.2 642 272 1,117 8.1 16.7 7.8 3.1 3.8 4.3 3.2 11.2 1.2 10.4 10.9 13.9 16.2 13.8 8.0 32.8 7.6 18.6 13.0 21.5 107 1 38 14 8 217 90 14 196 45 211 96 207 9.8 7.1 4.7 4.0 4.6 21.7 0.8 7.1 6.7 2.5 2.7 6.1 8.5 7.3 7.6 5.6 6.3 8.6 6.7 10.7 (") 2.2 2.5 1.3 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.2 85,880 4,749 7,828 19, 410 12,021 5,697 8,211 15,281 4,510 8,173 Per cent. 79.0 83.4 83.5 68.2 73.9 86.5 86.6 92.7 80.4 76.1 Facts as to alimony unknown. Num- ber. 6.5 6.6 7.5 1.5 2.1 2.1 2.S 1.2 5.9 0.6 3.5 6.0 6.3 6.7 £.3 2.9 9.2 4.2 6.1 4.5 4.0 1.6 0.2 P) O.I 1.1 0.8 0.1 0.1 {») 686 514 870 1.1 0.3 0.1 5 0.4 8 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 "as 0.2 "i.6 0.8 0.1 ' Exclusive of 3,334 oases of divorce tor wUch no detailed statistics were ranorted ' Less than one-tenth of 1 per cent. 2,091 864 4,883 5,158 4,394 6,486 2,560 812 1,390 2,426 4,547 331 446 1,016 1,866 204 813 29 1,516 484 610 1,078 963 2,181 2,376 1,982 1,672 3,301 1,107 2,675 8,198 1,276 501 220 786 264 646 377 641 2,588 1,717 3,868 75.5 84.0 70.9 84.9 82. .5 90.5 64.5 73.1 98.3 68.1 81.1 76.3 48.8 47.2 71.1 73.9 78.8 74.2 77.6 80.7 72.8 97.1 81.1 S.4 85.8 95.8 81.7 84.0 75.8 90.3 91.7 92.3 92.6 94.5 80.6 97.2 86.9 84.1 78.3 75.5 81.0 89.1 57.7 «8.3 75.1 81.8 74.4 5 93 151 185 118 125 181 Per cent. 116 63 10 93 0.8 0.1 1.0 0.5 1.1 1.8 1.3 1.1 0.5 0.1 0.1 2.3 0.4 P) 1.3 0.3 1.0 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 2.1 1.0 0.2 3.2 1.6 4.3 1.8 0.8 0.3 2.8 1.8 0.4 1.2 1.8 1.1 2.S 2.0 0.3 0.3 (see p. 16). ' T?/^,"™* °°'' ^own where base Is less than 100. < All laws permitting divorce were repealed in 1878. DIVORCE STATISTICS. PARTY TO WHICH GRANTED, BY DIVISIONS AND STATES: 1916. 37 DIVORCES GRANTED TO HUSBAND. DIVORCES GRANTED TO -VFIFE. Total number. Alimony asked. Alimony not asked. Facts as to ali- mony im- fenown. Total number. Alimony asked. Alimony not asked. Facts as to ali- mony un- Icnown, DIVISION AND STATE. Total. Granted. ■p Result Total. Granted. Ee- fused. Result un- known. 33,809 1,946 1,564 353 29 31,476 387 74,893 19,980 ]4,928 4,819 233 64,404 509 Oeographic divisions: Now Eneland 1,576 3,096 7,809 4,491 2,50S 3,623 •6,255 1,655 2,796 41 198 745 343 99 111 133 87 189 32 133 682 278 53 66 92 70 158 9 60 67 62 45 45 41 17 17 ...... 6 3 1 '"'ii' • 1,530 2,872 7,004 4.080 2,338 3,446 6,045 1,557 2,604 5 26 60 68 71 66 77 11 3 4,121 6,283 20,645 11,774 4,076 5,861 10,233 3,952 7,948 902 1,260 8,148 3,716 670 1,037 893 980 2,374 607 828 6,774 2,663 3S5 728 570 700 1,873 395 382 1,290 1,126 272 294 304 260 496 56' 84 27 13 15 19 20 5 3,219 4,956 12,406 7,941 3,359 4,765 9,236 2,953 6,689 67 91 ■WAist "North Central 117 Rniith Atlantic 47 59 Wfiot Smith Central 104 19 Pacific 5 New England: 175 238 102 665 110 286 1,093 400 1,603 2,149 1,612 2,078 1,679 391 513 763 1,818 145 201 338 ■713 82 358 17 682 193 316 42i' 439 921 808 1,000 894 1,580 478 1,070 3,127 430 189 91 264 119 199 124 239 856 597 1,343 2 5 4 25 3 2 139 10 49 215 102 113 213 102 39 51 114 19 16 39 65 3 26 1 22 7 4 17 19 53 10 19 29 40 10 57 26 18 9 5 9 12 8 10 16 48 48 93 1 5 3 19 3 1 113 3 17 196 79 111 198 98 33 41 87 18 14 27 58 3 10 1 16 5 1 9' 8 33 6 10 17 35 3 33 21 12 7 4 6 12 8 8 13 42 32 84 1 173 232 98 640 103 284 933 390 1,549 1,933 1,479 1,959 1,346 287 474 710 1,695 126 185 250 640 79 324 18 660 179 307 36i' 412 863 796 945 852 1,533 459 993 3,060 412 ISO 79 253 107 191 112 223 1 805 649 1,250 i' 4' 21 5' 1 31 6 20 2 2' 9 49' 8 8' 7' 5 43' 8 15 2 36 13 7 9 20 41 7' 2 2 3 485 460 317 1,671 513 675 2,149 769 3,365 5,423 3 807 6,422 3,663 1,330 1,443 2,518 3,951 301 374 1,337 ,1,850 128 645 30 976 371 321 898' 707 1,957 1,824 1,162 918 1,984 694 2,248 5,307 1,054 407 J?? 207 414 529 374 2,592 1,503 3,853 160 106 118 327 102 89 938 305 17 2,196 854 1,878 2,418 802 627 801 1,096 95 113 605 679 3 154 17 117 55 13 ies' 143 621 238 100 78 209 41 526 117 191 86 49 225 50 59 264 56 805 335 1,234 79 58 78 167 73 52 763 56 9 1,675 507 1,657 2,230 705 365 568 ' 693 71 79 355 432 3 63 16 81 43 98' 70 419 199 58 62 120 34 339 77 142 58 35 152 33 41 206 33 600 240 1,033 81 48 40 160 29 37 128 247 7 518 343 212 132 85 161 230 402 24 34 W5 140 47 2 1 3 4 9 56 12 1 3 1 is' 7 325 354 199 1,344 411 586 1,158 464 3,334 3,225 2,915 4,527 1,214 525 916 1,715 2,852 205 261 766 1,226 125 489 13 858 305 303 7i7' 551 1,328 1,680 1,037 820 1,768 648 1,682 5,138 863 321 141 533 157 355 265 318 1,783 1,168 2,618 1 6 1 21 7 32 19 21 2 12 3 6 10 27 1 2 9 7 6 2' 3" 1 3' Middle Atlantic: S3 East North Central: Olio 2 38 Illinois -■ 31 West North Central: 2 3 1 Nnrth Dakota '■■■"66 45 SotiTH Atlantic: ie 91 1 32 12 5 66' 65 197 33 33 26 85 7 172 40 46 28 14 56 17 18 58 23 205 93 l98 ........ 4' 8 5 4 6 4 is' 3 i?' 2' 3 District ol Columbia Virginia . 6 2 3 7" 11 20 4 9 12 5 7 24 5 6 2 1 3 i' 11 West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina I Georgia is 13 Florida East Sotith Central: 8 6 Tennessee 25 Alabama ". Mississippi 20 West Sotmi Central: 7 5 Louisiana 40 52 Texas Motjntain: Montana Idaho Wyoming 19 Colorado ' Utah 2 3 6 2 9 ■■"ii Paofio: Washington 4 1 Caafomia ' All laws permitting divorce were repealed in 1878. 38 MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE: 1916. Table 28.— DIVOECES CLASSIFIED WITH RESPECT TO CHILDREN AND BY PARTY TO WHICH GRANTED, BY DIVISIONS AND STATES: 1916. DIVISION AND STATE. United States., Geogeaphic divisioks: New England Middle Atlantic East North Central.. West North Central. South Atlantic East South Central . . West South Central.. Mountain. Pacific New Enqland: Maine , New Hampshire. . Vermont Massachusetts.... Bhode Island Connecticut Middle Atlantic: New York New Jersey FennsylTania... East North Central: Ohio... Indiana. nilnols Michigan Wisconsin West North Central: Minnesota Iowa Missouri North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska South Atlantic: Delaware Maryland District of Columbia. . Virginia West Virginia North Carolina , South Carolina s Oeorgia. ^ Florida East Sotite Central: ECentucky Alabama. West South Central: Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma Texas Mountain: Montana Idaho Wyoming... Colorado New Mexico. Arizona Utah Nevada. PAcmc: Washington. Oregon Caliiomla.... divorces granted to couples— Total. 1 lOS, 702 5,697 9,379 28,454 16,265 6,584 9,484 16,488 5,607 10,744 '660 698 419 2,336 623 961 3,242 1,169 4,968 7,572 5,419 8,500 5,242 1,721 1,956 3,281 5,769 446 575 1,675 2,563 210 1,003 47 1,658 564 637 1,319 1,146 2,878 2,632 2,162 1,812 3,564 1,172 3,318 8,434 1,484 596 281 1,041 326 613 653 613 3,448 2,100 5,196 Reporting children. Num- ber. 41,009 2,256 4,255 11,949 6,827 2,239 2,332 4,338 2,209 4,604 Per cent. 37.7 274 250 185 881 233 433 1,466 619 2,180 3,287 43.4 2,078 38.3 3,289 38.7 2,391 45.6 904 52.5 955 48.8 1,414 43.1 2,0.'i0 35.5 '260 58.3 280 48.7 704 42.0 1,164 45.4 70 375 28 548 248 136 505 329 834 837 601 277 125 326 131 216 319 214 1,482 1,034 2,088 39.6 45.4 42.0 42.0 34.0 24.6 26.3 39.4 42.9 Beportlng no cnildren. Num- ber. 56,661 41.5 35.8 44.2 37.7 37.4 45.1 44.9 63.0 33.3 37.4 tl 44.0 21.4 38.3 28.7 29.0 31.8 15.2 18.3 19.2 31.5 41.0 22.8 40.5 46.5 44.5 31.3 40.2 35.2 48.9 34.9 43.0 49.2 40.2 2,079 4,268 15,120 8,359 3,375 4,449 10,038 3,074 5,889 250 247 202 712 357 311 1,686 485 2,097 4,118 2,547 4,868 2,780 817 1,644 3,464 177 269 910 917 108 615 19 817 249 263 616 1,131 1,471 973 874 2,314 563 1,607 6,564 812 306 126 665 187 364 328 397 1,938 960 2,991 Per 9ent. 52.1 36.5 45.5 63.1 61.4 61.3 46.9 60.9 64.8 64.8 37.9 36.4 48.2 30.5 57.3 32.4 52.0 41.5 42.2 54.4 47.0 57.2 53.0 47.5 60.5 50.1 59.9 39.7 46.8 64.3 35.8 61.4 61.3 49.3 44.1 41.3 62.2 53.8 65.9 45.0 48.2 64.9 47.2 48.4 66.0 64.7 61.3 44.6 64.3 67.4 67.7 60.2 64.8 66.2 46.7 57.6 Not reporting as to cnildren. Num- ber. 11,042 1,362 866 1,386 1,079 970 2,703 2,112 324 251 136 201 743 33 217 100 65 691 167 794 363 71 13 223 265 9 26 61 482 293 67 126 201 913 324 606 566 250 352 944 71 13 81 160 8 43 6 a 28 106 117 Per cent. 10.2 23.9 9.1 4.9 6.6 14.7 28.5 12.8 5.8 2.3 20.6 28.8 7.6 31.8 5.3 22.6 3.1 5.6 13.9 2.2 14.7 4.2 1.4 0.7 6.8 4.6 2.0 4.5 3.6 18.8 16.2 1.3 17.7 11.9 37.4 17.5 31.7 12.3 39.8 33.4 16.9 21.3 10.6 11.2 4.8 2.2 11.0 14.4 2.5 7.0 0.9 0.3 0.8 6.0 2.3 divorces granted to husbands — Total. 33,809 1,576 3,096 7,809 4,491 2,508 3,623 6,255 1,655 2,796 175 238 102 665 110 286 1,093 400 1,603 17 193 316 421 439 921 808 1,000 894 1,580 478 1,070 3,127 430 189 91 264 119 199 124 866 597 1,343 Report- ing chil- dren. 9,403 437 1,308 2,707 1,359 598 449 981 467 1,097 48 61 27 180 24 97 501 197 610 2,149 892 1,200 1,612 499 - 842 2,078 546 1,408 1,579 619 935 391 151 240 513 207 299 763 220 467 1,818 451 1,253 145 76 64 201 77 114 338 86 237 713 242 310 20 58 14 176 75 50 124 81 153 138 74 84 164 126 314 377 141 68 29 7 39 68 39 96 304 334 469 Report- ing no rfiil- dren. 19,837 673 1,511 4,625 2,744 1,439 1,922 4,290 1,012 1,621 85 106 63 233 75 111 560 184 777 45 296 3 362 88 140 431 540 466 485 1,121 247 624 2,298 254 127 45 164 77 123 81 141 646 229 846 Not report- ing as to chil- dren. 4,569 466 277 477 388 471 1,252 984 176 78 42 71 12 252 11 78 42 19 216 57 271 124 26 7 76 114 5 10 15 161 144 30 126 337 130 460 325 105 132 452 DrvoRCEs granted to wives — Total. 74,893 4,121 6,283 20,645 11,774 4,076 6,861 10,233 3,952 7,948 485 460 317 ,671 513 675 2,149 769 3,365 5,423 3,807 6,422 3,663 1,330 1,443 2,518 3,951 301 374 1,337 1,850 128 645 30 976 371 321 707 1,957 1,824 1,162 918 1,984 694 2,248 5,307 ,054 407 190 777 207 414 629 374 2,592 1,603 3,853 Report- ing chil- dren. 31,606 1,819 2,947 9,242 6,468 1,641 1,883 3,357 1,742 3,507 226 189 158 701 209 955 422 1,570 2,395 1,579 2,743 1,772 753 748 1,194 1,599 184 203 618 922 SO 317 14 372 173 381 248 255 248 520' 243 1,045 1,549 460 219 96 319 92 158 280 118 1,178 700 1,629 Beport- lng no ^11- dren. 36,814 1,406 2,757 10,495 5,615 1,936 2,527 5,748 2,062 4,268 165 141 139 479 282 200 1,136 301 1,320 2,918 1,705 3,450 1,845 577 1,177 2,201 113 155 673 607 63 319 16 455 161 123 442 357 700 931 507 1,193 306 983 3,266 558 179 80 401 110 231 247 256 1,392 731 2,145 Not report- ing as to chil- dren. 6,473 499 1,451 1,128 148 173 94 130 20 491 22 139 58 46 475 110 623 46 6 147 151 4 16 46 321 149 37 112 75 102 676 194 400 281 2n 145 220 492 36 9 14 57 5 25 2 22 72 79 I Exclusive of 3,334 cases of divorce for which no detailed statistics were reported (see p. 16). > Per cent not shown where base is less than 100. ■All laws pennittlng divorce were repealed in 1878. DIVORCE STATISTICS. Table 29.— NUMBER OF MARRIAGES AND DIVORCES, BY COUNTIES: 1916. 39 coxraxY. Alabama.. Autauga.. Baldwin.. Barbour.. Bibb Blount... Bullock.. - Butler Calboun... Chambers. Cherokee.. Chilton... Choctaw.. Clarke.... Clay Cleburne. Coffee Colbert Conecuh. . . Coosa Covington. Crensl^w.. Cullman. . . Dale Ballas Dekalb.... Elmore Escambia.. Etowah... Franklin. Geneva. . . Greene ... Hale Henry Houston.. Jackson Jefferson Lamar Lauderdale. Lawrence... Lee Limestone. . Lowndes... Uacon Madison. . . Marengo. . Marion... Marshall.. Mobile.... Monroe... Montgomery.. Morgan Perry Pickens Pike Bandolph. EUssell.... St. Clair... Sumter Talladega Tallapoosa... Tuscaloosa... Walker Washington. Wilcox Winston Abizona.. Apache Cochise Coconino Gila Graham Greenlee Maricopa.,... Mohave...!... Navajo Pima Pinal Santa Cruz . . . Yavapai Yuma Mar- riages. 25,453 235 183 339 251 278 248 295 168 Di- vorces. 2,265 179 255 177 487 4,509 124 426 230 335 440 262 254 747 396 168 338 1,055 165 975 469 256 373 366 180 250 258 292 249 507 197 716 614 149 146 185 3,634 783 109 330 100 210 673 102 120 396 115 332 236 18 301 20 205 8 99 8 267 18 344 31 224 22 149 6 381 32 208 14 331 29 230 23 206 32 300 19 349 43 287 7 616 36 150 (') 229 11 (') 0) 42 432 12 46 17 70 25 13 \l7 24 6 19 119 16 124 46 21 22 32 14 37 11 10 10 58 41 60 26 9 21 31 613 Arkansas.. Arkansas . Ashley . . . Baxter - . . Benton... Boone Bradley . Calhoun. Carroll... Chicot... Clark.... Clay Cleburne . . Cleveland.. Columbia.. Conway... Craighead . . Crawford . . . Crittenden.. Cross Dallas...... Desha Drew Faulkner . Franklin. Fulton... Garland Grant Greene Hempstead. Hot Spring. Howard Independence - Izard.... Jackson Jefferson Johnson... Lafayette.. Lawrence.. Lee Lincoln 7 148 21 54 7 23 162 26 22 54 22 10 30 27 Little River. Logan Lonoke Madison Marion Miller Mississippi... Monroe Montgomery.. Nevada Newton... Ouachita.. Perry Phillips... Pike Poinsett. Polk Pope Prairie... Pulaski.. Randolph.. St. Francis. Saline Scott Searcy Sebastian.. Sevier Sharp Stone Union VanBuren.. .Washington. White Woodruff Yell Alameda.. Alpine Amador... Butte Calaveras.. Mar- riages. 24,584 407 102 349 227 241 118 219 378 318 270 172 143 326 318 453 366 711 310 132 438 334 375 157 133 495 84 373 334 156 239 270 96 493 1,276 220 324 589 310 Di- vorces. CalifORNU 30,996 250 444 70 131 467 478 383 125 210 115 394 100 221 230 318 1,8 198 491 131 158 778 280 134 91 424 130 399 376 404 3,747 2,774 51 191 33 36 48 9 56 21 35 14 31 69 32 27 26 11 46 31 37 50 26 29 21 31 72 28 15 11 84 10 33 56 17 21 18 7 70 450 25 28 36 149 79 55 13 69 7 16 72 67 101 10 30 12 32 12 104 22 58 27 SO «. 588 32 92 31 11 17 53 25 10 7 33 6 55 53 46 37 5,573 588 Califoknia— Con, Colusa Contra Costa DelNorte Eldorado Fresno Glenn Humboldt.. Imperial... Inyo Kern Kings. Lake. . Los Angeles. Madera Marin Mariposa... Mendocino. Merced Modoc Mono Monterey. . Napa Nevada.... Orange Placer Plumas Riverside Sacramento.. San Benito.. San Bernardino.. San Diego San Francisco San Joaquin San Luis Obispo.. San Mateo Santa Barbara.. Santa Clara Santa Cruz Shasta Sierra Siskiyou Solano Sonoma Stanislaus.. Sutter Tehama Trinity Tulare Tuolumne. Ventura... Yolo Yuba Colorado. Adams Alamosa... Arapahoe.. Archuleta. Bent Boulder Chaffee Cheyenne... Clear Creek- Conejos Costilla Crowley — Custer Delta..- Denver Dolores Douglas Eagle rElPaso Elbert Fremont... Garfield.... Gilpin Grand Gunnison... Hinsdale... Huerfano... Jackson Jefferson.... Mar- riages. 40 226 30 37 1,069 329 244 54 183 32 67 6,910 118 575 10- 185 153 55 2 205 262 85 1,467 104 29 484 1,145 71 821 1,322 5,981 806 211 326 290 878 293 147 171 271 442 297 31 96 6 369 63 183 123" 115 9,165 Di- vorces. 57 58 490 48 72 59 372 91 17 71 61 66 11 127 2,402 0) 33 13 539 14 138 108 12 15 36 4 142 434 67 10 19 206 12 60 36 6 114 61 3 10 1,319 11 32 4 36 59 170 10 97 218 1,375 106 27 38 32 161 48 59 2 21 47 83 38 5 19 7 56 18 12 22 14 1,061 10 « 436 W 1 3 121 1 5 15 Colorado — Con Kiowa Kit Carson La Plata Lake Larimer Las Animas Lincoln...' Logan Mesa Mineral Moffat Montezuma. Montrose Morgan Otero Ouray Park Phillips Pitkin Prowers Pueblo Rio Blanco Rio Grande Routt Saguache San Juan San Miguel Sedgwick Summit Teller Washington ; Weld Yuma CONTTECTICUT. . Fairfield Hartford Litchfield Middlesex New Haven. . New London. Tolland Windham — Delaware. Kent New Castle. Sussex District of Co- lumbia District of Columbia. Florida.. Alachua Baker Bay Bradford Brevard Broward Calhoun Citrus Clay Columbia Dade DeSoto Duval Escambia Franklin Gadsden Hamilton Hernando Hillsborough. Holmes Mar- riages. Jackson. . . Jefferson... Lafayette.. Lake Lee Leon Levy Liberty... Madison. . Manatee. 25 76 92 95 215 329 72 210 191 (') 29 54 117 133 173 14 5 ('). 24 154 660 27 63 92 28 14 41 43 113 61 285 120 120 15,168 4,515 ,3,390 668 4,521 965 197 520 2,038 237 1,475 4,293 4,293 11,664 Di- vorces. 434 {') 145 215 138 108 99 "91 220 505 342 1.682 ^^7 280 120 91 1,159 267 443 194 114 180 131 299 150 (') 216 0) (') 10 14 2 18 31 3 13 28 C) 19 16 7 1 6 6 60 6 1 5 7 2 24 23 7 278 188 44 19 28 24 162 47 47 1,334 30 6 12 18 26 0) 20 69 14 293 27 6 10 7 4 225 6 26 8 4 12 11 (') 17 23 1 No report. 40 MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE: 1916. Tablb 29.— number OP MARRIAGES AND DIVORCES, BY COUNTIES: 1916— Continued. FlOKIDA— Cot. Marion Monroe Nassau Okaloosa Orange Osceola Palm Beacli. Pasco Pinellas Polk Putnam St. Johns St. Lucie Santa Bosa. . Seminole.. Sumter Suwannee - Taylor Volusia Wakulla Walton Washington. Geokgia . Applmg. . Bacon Baker Baldwin.. Banks Barrow... Bartow. . . Ben Hill- Berrien. . . Bibb Bleckley.. Brooks... Bryan Bulloch... Burke Butts Calhoun... Camden... Campbell.. Candler.... Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham Chattahoochee.. Chattooga. Cherokee. . Clarke Clay Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt Columbia . . Coweta Crawford... Crisp Dade Dawson Decatur Dekalb Dodge Dooly Dougherty.. Douglas Early Echols Effingham. . Elbert Emanuel... I! vans raimin Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin. -. Fulton Gilmer Glascock.... Glyim Gordon Grady Greene Gwinnett... Mar- riages. 344 177 0) 119 278 117 199 112 W 243 229 164 213 167 73 236 180 Di- vorces. (') 253 108 32,268 94 82 102 242 74 168 255 244 313 155 348 60 318 499 169 110 130 73 1,247 ('^' - . 144 166 346 126 119 106 340 331 « 24 «. 87 526 289 266 lOS "28 150 200 297 109 163 109 571 128 181 2,904 .101 65 (') 203 243 P) 10 10 lis 15 (') {•) 4 4 9 7 4 2 20 1 4 301 6 6 (') 13 5 4 13 Georgia — Con. Habersham Hall Hancock Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry Houston.. Irwin Jackson Jasper Jen Davis. Jeflerson... Jenkins Joimson. Jones Laurens. Lee Liberty- Lincoln Lowndes.. Lumpkin.. McDuffie. . Mcintosh. . Macon Madison Marion Meriwether. Miller Milton Mitchell Monroe Montgomery.. Morgan Murray Muscogee. . . Newton .... Oconee Oglethorpe. Paulding. Pickens... Pierce Pike Polk Pulaski Putnam Quitman... Uabun Randolph.. Richmond.. Rockdale. . . Schley: Screven Spalding.... Stewart.... Simiter Talbot Tallalerro.. Tattnall... Taylor Telfair...... Terrell Thomas... Tift Toombs . Towns... Troup... Turner.. Twlgga.. Union... Upson... Walker. . Walton. . Ware Warren.. Washington. Wayne Webster... Wheeler... White Whitfield.. Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson. . Worth Mar- riages. 110 206 236 153 183 « 223 40 108 218 Di- vorces. P) 223 2 82 11 204 7 309 3 187 11 127 1 f>) (') 95 25 140 4 35 0) 379 23 47 2 142 1 55 1 193 2 190 3 86 4 0) {') 147 86 378 11 215 2 169 2 261 3 84 5 790 ,37 (') (') 133 1 235 7 112 4 99 3 (') (') 241 3 216 11 166 5 ■183 96 62 3 191 4 878 120 99 3 55 2 406 8 468 6 170 11 102 5 411 11 156 118 25 173 6 107 2 190 4 (') (') 411 21 260 3 117 10 47 3 747 194 31 (') m 1 182 S 1,083 4 138 13 309 « 166 9 325 6 166 4 C) 5 37 1 77 4 214 7 236 6 283 8 63 1 292 12 Idaho.. Ada Adams Bannock... Bear Lake. . Benewah... Bingham... Blame Boise Bonner Boimeville.. Boundary.. Canyon Cassia Clearwater.. Custer Elmore. . . Franklin. Fremont.. Gem Gooding.. Idaho Jefferson.. Kootenai. Latah Lemhi Lewis Ijncoln.... Madison... Minidoka. . Ne« Perce. Oneida Owyhee... Power Shoshone Teton Twin Falls.. Washington. Illinois. Adams Alexander. Bond Boone Brown Bureau Calhoun Carroll Cass Champaign. . Christian Clark Clay....;.... CUnton Coles Cook Crawford Cumberland. Dekalb Dewltt Douglas , Dupage Edgar Edwards Efflngham.... Fayette Ford Franklin Fulton Gallatin Greene Grundy Hamilton Hancock Hardin Henderson.... Henry Iroquois Jackson Jasper Joflerson Jo Daviess.. Johnson Kane Eankakoe.. Kendall.... Knox La Salle Lake Mar- riages. 3,840 401 27 330 54 30 Di- vorces. (') 95 222 29 220 56 40 '25 37 86 41 42 35 50 425 197 57 62 42 95 271 67 3 70 185 31 231 155 ' No report. 588 401 104 190 76 330 63 115 142 512 255 193 133 156 302 34,235 152 89 238 131 134 1,188 438 80 205 254 130 449 257 183 ins 121 129 174 97 41 305 243 386 125 315 103 262 85 1,112 444 71 487 773 1,726 797 144 4 73 17 16 50 7 (■) 62 44 13 21 6 30 7- 9 9 53 47 27 24 15 29 4,575 27 12 20 33 8 16 49 16 17 22 S 86 42 16 24 18 11 23 8 1 21 25 35 17 42 7 10 a 156 60 7 61 123 53 iLLnrois— Con. Lawrence Lee Livingston Logan McDonough. McHenry. . McLean... Macon Macoupin,, Madison... Marian... Marshall.. Mason Massac... Meziard... Mercer Monroe Montgomery- Morgan Moultrie Ogle... Peoria. Perry.. Piatt... Pike.-.. Pope Pulaski Putnam... Randolph. Richland.. Rock Island . St. Clair Saline Schuyler. Scott Shelby. Stark Stephenson. Tazewell Union Vermilion. Wabash... Warren Washington. Wayne White Whiteside wni Williamson. Wlnnebaeo. . Woodford... INSZANA.. Adams Allen Bartholomew.. Benton Blackford Boone Brown Carroll Clark...,:. aay Clinton.... Crawford.. Daviess Dearborn. . Decatiir. . . Dekalb.... Delaware. . Dubois Elkhart.... Fayette.... Floyd Fountain. . Franklin.. Fulton Gibson Grant Greene Hamilton Hancock Harrison Hendricks... Henry Howard Huntington. Mar- riages. Di- vorces. 236 263 270 217 199 279 697 648 359 385 102 160 324 77 126 243 314 574 109 181 1,371 266 103 150 90 140 1,049 1,460 209 1,249 94 56 216 0) 183 935 125 250 135 202 181 926 474 1,031 133 33, .521 165 952 250 91 163 203 66 151 374 2,005 378 275 96 235 244 147 223 579 134 533 128 317 217 120 158 353 234 364 105 162 342 541 244 30 30 24 14 4 15 42 81 53 15 14 38 19 284 17 12 19 2 14 34 107 254 S3 194 12 9 24 (•) 34 41 21 170 22 18 12 20 37 50 104 99 118 11 25 40 24 8 12 73 47 24 47 13 34 12 11 49 12J 7 126 43 57- 34 12 15 37 158 55 41 24 8 10 DIVORCE STATISTICS. Table 29.— NUMBER OP MARRIAGES AND DIVORCES, BY COUNTIES: 1916— Continued, 41 COVNTY. Mar- riages. Indiana— Con. Jackson Jasper Jay Jefferson Jei Johnson.... Knox Kosciusko. La?range.. Lake Laporte... Lawrence.. Madison. . . Marion — Marshall... Martin Miami Monroe Moiitgomery.. Morganl Newton. Noble... Ohio Orange.. Owen... Parke.. Perry.. Pike. .. Porter.. PulasM — Putnam... Randolph. Ripley Rush St. Joseph. Scott Shelby.... Starke. . Steuben Sulliyan Switzerland. Tippecanoe- . Tipton Union Vanderburg. Vermilion. . . Vigo Wabash Warren Warrick Washington. Wayne... Wells.... White..., Whitley. lO'WA. . Adair Adams Allamakee-. Appanoose. Audubon... Benton Blackhawk. . Boone Bremer Buclianan . . , Buena Vista. . Butler Calhoun Carroll Cedar Cerro Gordo. Cherokee Chickasaw... Clarke Clay Clayton.. Clinton. . . Crawford. Dallas.... 206 130 184 196 134 Di- vorces. Ill 254 237 65 175 43. 180 74 130 168 171 307 287 97 198 293 115 148 957 99 226 307 104 122 264 58 420 145 47 1,139 131 1,349 237 91 185 133 406 150 160 147 22,843 162 643 371 179 175 160 113 166 189 191 107 373 158 122 119 154 220 463 187 207 197 18 514 106 218 39 118 20 4,078 239 608 78 285 69 700 137 3,9^^8 1,076 230 39 w 12 28 1 17 37 15 24 29 14 10 33 31 10 20 261 6 43 14 27 22 66 9 95 29 5 188 67 3,309 85 18 92 11 133 6 271 43 107 3 29 149 42 7 18 14 13 16 18 25 14 64 11 9 15 9 14 60 15 31 Iowa— Contd. Davis Decatur Delaware Des Moines Dioldnson Dubuque. . Emmet — Fayette. . . Floyd Franklin.. Fremont-. Greene Grundy - - . Guthrie. . . Hamilton. Mar- riages. Hancock. Hardin... Harrison. Henry — Howard . . Humboldt-. Ida Iowa Jackson Jasper Jefferson. Johnson.. Jones Keokuk.. Kossuth.. Lee Linn... Louisa.. Lucas- - Lyon... Madison. . Mahaska - Marion-.. Marshall- - Mills Mitchell Monona Monroe Montgomery-. Muscatine — O'Brien... Osceola — Page Palo Alto-- Plymouth. Pocahontas Polk Pottawattamie. Poweshiek Ringgold Sac Scott Shelby Sioux Story Tama Taylor Union Van Buren. . Wapello Warren Washington. Wayne...... Webster Winnebago.. Wiimeshiek. Woodbury. - Worth Wright Kansas. Allen Anderson — Atchison Barber Barton Bourbon Brown Butler Chase Chautauciua. Di- vorces. 107 143 163 406 618 104 211 148 121 99 171 104 136 164 107 161 194 155 129 113 109 130 184 253 165 276 181 134 180 427 860 77 171 113 110 250 179 332 107 136 131 224 177 299 137 99 230 119 166 1,871 1,013 168 122 127 759 130 239 199 201 110 175 92 463 178 140 117 441 HI 131 1,006 68 165 18, 162 371 102 261 69 165 281 154 176 63 95 58 11 11 4 14 26 13 21 17 20 17 73 166 21 12 3 U 31 26 67 12 11 14 56 24 67 11 3 31 11 17 11 579 160 21 17 126 9 10 22 29 19 31 11 108 7 11 8 43 6 7 229 6 12 2,618 Kansas— Contd. Cherokee Cheyenne Clark Clay Cloud Coffey Comanche. Cowley Crawford.. Decatur... Dickinson - Doniphan. Douglas... Edwards - - Elk EUis Ellsworth. Fiimey Ford Fraiiklin- . Geary-.. Gove Graham. Grant . . . Gray Greeley Greenwood. Hamilton... Harper Harvey Haskell Hodgeman. Jackson Jeflersou.-.. Jewell Johnson... Kearny... . Kingman.. Kiowa Labette-.. Lane Leavenworth. Lincoln Linn Logan Lyon MoPherson. Marion Marshall — Meade Miami Mitchell Montgomery - Morris Morton T^emaha. Neosho-. Ness Norton.. Osborne Ottawa Pawnee Phillips Pottawatomie. Pratt Rawlins . . Reno Republic . Rice Mar- riages. Riley... Rooks . . Rush-.. Russell . Saline..' Scott Sedgwick. Seward. . . Shawnee.. Sheridan. . Sherman. Smith — Stafford.. Stanton. . Stevens... Di- vorces. 408 38 39 133 189 83 65 394 213 105 282 89 58 125 88 95 190 218 146 26 83 13 81 47 138 331 30 126 68 120 532 25 122 57 24 582 89 76 27 262 161 149 161 196 130 792 101 17 136 X79 54 165 81 140 77 100 160 34 166 42 490 151 111 184 107 72 32 1,192 98 876 49 67 151 42 142 7 19 10 17 11 7 33 6 19 17 22 14 15 16 7 19 7 100 17 13 18 14 257 15 181 1 4 18 8 1 4 Kansas— Contd. Sumner Thomas Trego Wabaunsee Wallace Washington. Wichita Wilson Woodson Wyandotte. . Kentucky. Adair Allen Anderson.. Ballard Barren.... Bath Bell Boone Bourbon.. Boyd..-.. Boyle Bracken Breathitt Breckinridge. Bullitt Butler Caldwell-.. Calloway.. Campbell. . Carlisle — Carroll.. Carter-. Christian. Clark Clay Clinton Crittenden... Cumberland. Daviess Edmonson.. Elliott--'.--- - Estill Fayette Fleming — Floyd Franklin... Fulton Gallatin — Garrard Grant Graves... Grayson. . Green Greenup.. Hancock.. Hardin -. - Harlan-.. Harrison.. Hart Henderson.. Henry Hickman. -- Hopkins — Jackson Jefferson.... Jessamine.. Johnson — Kenton Knott Knox Larue Laurel Lawrence... Lee Leslie Letcher Lewis Lincoln Livingston. Logan Lyon MToCraoken. MoCreary... McLean Mar- riages, 212 74 75 90 25 130 8 187 90 1,498 83 167 179 102 310 27 184 653 P) 263 114 56 130 129 2,495 44 119 208 147 386 167 191 67 86 0) 103 101 129 639 119 165 55 Di- vorces. 0) ! 82 204 106 166 51 142 272 163 144 446 107 48 328 125 2,564 (') 329 1,759 136 219 90 197 196 88 118 240 122 152 44 165 0) 427 127 65 37 3 3 11 2 11 29 9 295 2,981 5 17 4 15 23 10 52 4 26 76 12 7 20 14 10 16 13 18 2 35 8 89 25 15 8 17 9 65 13 10 7 114 22 18 6 C) 13 28 13 5 14 9 12 41 12 16 51 19 5 52 4 650 12 17 102 10 40 9 11 24 17 7 44 18 15 9 w 90 21 1 No report. 42 MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE: 1916. Table 29.— NUMBER OF MARRIAGES AND DIVORCES, BY COUNTIES: 1916— Continued. Kentucky— Con. Madison Magoffin Marion Marshall Martin Mason. . . Meade... Menifee,. Mercer... Metcalfe. Monroe Montgomery. . Morgan Mumenberg. . Nelson Nicholas.. Ohio Oldham. . Owen Owsley. . . Pendleton. Perry Pike PoweU Pulaski Bobertson. . Bockcastle.. Rowan Bussell Scott Shelby... Simpson.. Spencer... Taylor Todd Trigg Trimble Union Warren Washington. Wayne Webster Whitley Wolfe Woodford LOTJIiSLlNA.. Acadia Allen Ascension... Assumption. AvoyeUes BeauTffiard.. Bienville Bossier Caddo Calcasieu. Caldwell Cameron Catahoula... Claiborne Concordia Mar- riages. Be Soto East Baton Rouge.. East Carroll East Feliciana Evangeline Franklin Grant.. Iberia Iberville Jackson Jefferson Jefferson Davis. La Salle Lafayette Lafourche Lincoln Livingston Madison Morehouse Natdiitoches Orleans Ouachita Plaquemines Pointe Coupee. . . Rapides (') 169 109 102 91 261 75 57 174 79 126 175 256 Di- vorces. (') 97 206 47 135 85 116 (■) 77 285 19 166 98 87 136 112 68 59 123 140 (>) 280 105 123 127 203 18,042 390 311 222 160 328 «218 302 1,412 414 134 26 100 295 134 0) 457 158 161 262 278 (0 290 254 lis 631 177 109 285 322 300 102 141 299 m 2,972 443 112 177 .809 1,343 ('). (') m 23 95 141 14 17 1 4 22 6 21 8 6 S 30 30 12 15 4 6 8 7 LOCISUNA- Bed River Bichlaad Sabine St. Bernard St. Charles ■Con. St. Helena St. James St. John the Baptist. St. Landry St. Martin St. Mary St. Tammany. Tangipahoa... Tensas Terrebonne Union Vermilion... Vernon Washington. Webster West Baton Rouge. West Carroll West Feliciana Winn Maine . Androscoggin.. Aroostook...^ Cumberland. . . Franklin ... Hancock.. Kennebec. Knox Lincoln Oxford Penobscot... Piscataquis. . Somerset Waldo Washington. Yo^T!?..... Mabtlanc . Allegany Anne Arundel. . Baltimore Baltimore city.. Calvert Caroline Carroll Cecil Charles Dorchester Frederick G«rrett Harford Howard Kent Montgomery Prince Oeorges. Queen Annes. . . St. Marys Somerset Talbot Washington Wicomico Worcester Massachusetts Barnstable Berkshire Bristol Dukes Essex Franklin Hampden Hampshire Middlesex Nantucket Norfolk Plymouth Suffolk Worcester Mar- riages. Di- vorces. 170 334 185 108 145 102 502 212 379 308 384 161 199 169 279 105 312 282 n 206 6,576 674 579 1,091 179 271 682 25S 123 340 749 183 150 358 196 316 527 20,397 2,166 301 816 7,022 72 174 272 3,309 109 256 S39 737 243 839 158 628 160 121 100 282 158 1,487 324 224 34,386 232 829 3,278 35 4,462 344 2,513 652 6,186 34 1,466 1,261 9,322 3,782 0) (') 702 26 111 31 13 98 32 1,003 61 21 48 617 2,336 17 64 193 3 308 29 208 24 41S 1 82 103 700 Michigan Alcona.. Alger Allegan.. Alpena. . Antrim. . Arenac. Baraga. Barry.. Bay.... Benzie.. Berrien Branch Calhoun Cass Charlevoix. Cheboygan. Chippewa.. Clare Clinton Crawford... Delta Dickinson. Eaton Emmet Genesee. . . Gladwin Gogebic Grand Traverse. Gratiot Hillsdale Houghton. Huron Ingham Ionia , loSco Iron Isabella..... Jackson Kalamazoo. Kalkaska... Kent Keweenaw. Lake Lapeer Leelanau... Lenawee. . . Livingston.. Luce Mackinac. . . Macomb Manistee... Marquette.. Mason Mecosta Menominee. Midland Missaukee Monroe Montcalm Montmorency . Newaygo. Oakland.. Oceana... Ogemaw. . Ontonagon. Osceola Oscoda Otsego Ottawa Presquelsle.. Roscommon. Saginaw St. Clair St. Joseph.. Sanilac Schoolcraft. . Tuscola.. VanBuien.. Washtenaw. Wayne Wexford Mar- riages. 45 49 264 130 112 72 29 183 678 76 '1,401 229 777 169 164 132 264 73 164 79 247 222 257 181 1,158 78 354 153 295 522 760 212 883 344 69 164 234 922 784 145 2,188 7 22 291 49 501 145 34 66 320 176 413 190 195 674 156 81 1,226 306 27 658 149 696 148 68 73 136 13 60 108 10 1,029 620 247 188 78 377 256 263 494 13,819 230 Di- vorces. 6,327 18 HI 35 201 31 21 27 20 15 28 4 10 5 40 21 184 40 51 46 37 18 165 70 3 6 21 108 145 8 309 ' No report. 97 69 43 19 7 51 46 52 98 2,171 44 Minnesota. Aitkin.... Anoka Becker. . . Beltrami. Benton. . . Big Stone. . . Blue Earth. Brown Carlton Carver Cass Chippewa. . Chisago Clay Clearwater. Cook Cottonwood. Crow Wing. . Dakota Dodge Douglas. . . Faribault. Fillmore... Freeborn.. Goodhue.. Grant Hennepin. . Houston... Hubbard. . Isanti Itasca Jackson Kanabec Kandiyohi. Kittson Koochiching... Lac qui Parle. Lake Le Sueur Lincoln Lyon McLeod Mahnomen. Marshall Martin Meeker MiUeLacs.. Morrison Mower Murray Jncollet Nobles Norman Olmsted Otter Tail... Pennington. Pine Pipestone. . . Polk Pope Ramsey Red Lake. . . Redwood Renville Rice Mar- Di- riages. vorces. Rook Roseau St. Louis. . . Scott Sherburne. Sibley Steams Steele Stevens Swift Todd Traverse... Wabasha. . . Wadena Washington. Watonwan. . WllWn Winona Wright Yellow Medicine. 22,800 90 150 184 238 107 81 305 156 135 135 112 130 112 547 30 14 19 41 6 ■ 31 10 16 2 15 13 7 14 11 1 1 117 8 196 24 255 21 89 6 142 15 221 7 197 10 245 11 248 14 58 1 4,922 612 119 1 72 7 71 1 128 19 125 4 63 7 162 4 63 3 71 19 143 4 79 3 145 10 87 6 150 21 154 1 26 3 164 12 161 20 122 7 95 13 208 13 216 9 109 4 122 1 138 5 123 9 270 30 386 15 120 12 141 10 90 420 25 (•) 4 3,108 366 61 1 165 11 206 8 254 13 69 4 92 7 1,945 171 80 2 56 115 4 435 18 156 7 76 99 3 177 27 71 2 171 10 144 10 110 2 290 ^ 99 i 99 4 605 25 250 8 132 3 DIVORCE STATISTICS. Table 29.— NUMBER OF MARRIAGES AND DIVORCES, BY COUNTIES: 1916— Continued. 43 COUNTT. MISSISSIPPI.. Adams.. Alcoro.j. Amite. ■■ Attala... £entaa.. Bolivar Calhoun — Carroll CWckasaw.. Choctaw.... Claiborne. . Clarke Clay Coahoma.. Copiah — Covington . DeSoto... rorrest — Franklin.. George Greene... Grenada, . Hancock.. Harrison.. Hinds — Holmes Issaquena.. Itawamba. Jackson.... Jefferson Jefferson Davis. Kemper... Lafayette.. Lamar Lauderdale. . Lawrence.... Leake Lee Leflore... Lincoln... Lowndes. Madison.. Marlon. . . Marshall Monroe Montgomery.. Neshoba Newton..' Noxubee Oktibbeha... Fonola Pearl River.. Perry Pike Pontotoc.. Prentiss.. Quitman. Rankin... Scott. Smith. Stone.. Sunflower Tallahatchie. . Tate Tippah Tishomingo.. Tunica Union Walthall Warren....... Washington. Wayne Webster Wilkinson.. Winston Yalobusha.. Yazoo Mar- riages. 23,927 244 (') 188 262 131 Di- vorces. 82 177 199 458 895 577 ('). 119 179 186 132 135 (■) ■214 207 147 656 123 156 325 412 375 234 379 ('). 185 216 206 321 215 416 (') 115 «. 186 213 401 188 328 210 118 50 997 660 311 155 174 519 227 191 458 1,060 206 145 119 186 243 552 1,893 (') 27 1,426 48 289 10 76 22 257 4 149 12 148 19 218 22 166 12 1,424 56 307 26 1,58 30 408 41 295 50 171 18 82 3 (•) 36 ('). (') 0) Missouri. Adair Andrew.. Atchison. Audrain.. Barry Barton... Bates Benton... Bollinger . Boone Buchanan. Butler Caldwell... Callaway.. Camden... Cape Girardeau.. Carroll ;.. Carter Cass Cedar Chariton.. Christian. Clark Clay Clinton... Cole Cooper Crawlord. Dade Dallas Daviess... Dekalb... Dent Douglas.. Dunklin. . Franklin... Gasconade.. Gentry Greene .Grundy — Harrison.. Henry — Hickory.. Holt Howard^ . Howell... Iron Jackson... Jasper — Jefferson.. Johnson... Knox Laclede — Lafayette.. Lawrence.. Lewis Lincoln Linn Livingston. McDonald. . Macon Madison. Maries. . . Marion.. Mercer... Miller Mississippi... Moniteau Monroe Montgomery.. Morgan New Madrid.. Newton Nodaway Oregon Ozark Pemiscot. Perry Pettis Phelps.... Pike Platte Polk Pulaski... Mar- riages. 36,827 297 250 105 233 723 162 118 113 285 1,305 401 61 127 86 322 196 76 170 131 133 177 149 524 97 178 125 149 141 134 60 119 179 403 261 118 127 933 109 163 276 65 87 117 4,010 1,185 235 181 69 210 203 215 Di- vorces. 0) 125 224 281 132 291 132 65 562 123 135 161 111 129 124 114 273 776 355 105 89 92 410 116 422 185 278 63 187 112 5,791 33 13 13 32 44, 25 12 14 36 307 38 15 21 11 19 38 87 17 1 15 235 34 24 34 4 18 21 1,044 540 27 18 15 18 29 41 (0 71 61 24 15 3 15 63 3 101 20 24 22 13 14 Missouri— Con. Putnam Ralls Randolph Ray Reynolds Ripley St. Charles... St. Clair St. Francois. St. Louis St Louis city... Ste. Genevieve. Saline Schuyler Scotland Scott Shanon Shelby... Stoddard. Stone Sullivan- Taney Texas... Vernon.. Warren.. Washington. Wayne Webster Worth Wright Montana. Beaverhead.. Big Horn Blaine Broadwater. . Carbon...... Carter Cascade.... Chouteau. . Ouster Dawson... Deer Lodge.. rallon Fergus Flathead Gallatin Mar- riages. Granite Hill Jefferson Lewis and Clark. . Lincoln Madison Meagher Mineral Missoula Musselshell Park Phillips..." Powell Prairie Ravalli Richland Rosebud Sanders Sheridan Silver Bow... Stillwater Sweet Grass.. Teton Toole Valley , Wibaux Yellowstone. Nebrasea. Adams... Antelope. Arthur... Baimer. . . Blaine Boone Box Butte.. Boyd Brown Buffalo 129 72 367 173 92 106 910 132 328 1,038 7,480 68 261 95 107 264 89 91 310 161 132 96 159 282 83 130 124 161 76 78 8,108 105 16 113 Di- vorces. 729 96 317 236 227 101 404 271 168 64 20 58 16 381 202 177 97 69 42 56 203 101 52 272 1,392 84 38 133 233 47 581 12,786 272 141 12 2 14 96 141 90 58 221 35 9 3 10 16 27 108 1,254 19 10 12 37 11 17 45 25 15 10 18 58 5 10 8 16 8 10 1.484 137 9 78 27 15 12 81 53 41 45 5 117 7 11 11 1 68 34 34 21 11 9 14 17 20 13 32 335 4 5 6 1,675 Nebraska— Con Burt Butler Cass Cedar Chase Cherry Cheyenne.. Clay Colfax Cuming.... Custer... Dakota.. Dawes... Dawson. Deuel Dixon Dodge Douglas.. Dundy... Fillmore.. Franklin. Frontier.. Furnas... Gage Garden. . . Garfield. Gosper.. Grant... Greeley.. Hall Hamilton.. Harlan Hayes Hitchcock. Holt Hooker... Howard.. Jefferson.. Johnson.. Kearney.. Keith Keyapaha. Kimball... Knox Lancaster.. Lincoln Logan Loup McPnerson. Madison — Merrick.. Morrill Nance Nemaha.. Nuckolls.. Otoe Pawnee. Perkins.. Phelps... Pierce... Platte Polk RedwiUow... Richardson.. Rock Saline Sarpy Saunders — Scotts Bluff. Seward Sheridan. Sherman. Sioux... J - Stanton.. Thayer... Thomas Thurston — VaUey Waslungton. Wayne.. Webster. Wheeler. York.... Mar- riages. 120 123 111 28 103 139 92 111 117 182 292 101 110 14 59 262 2,604 40 95 87 52 99 224 109 166 16 35 112 181 90 30 19 58 125 1,044 194 ~ 9 22 6 131 84 '48 77 90 104 210 82 Di- vorces. IS 7 21 14 13 5 3 24 2 19 7 4 12 012 3 11 5 2 6 29 5 2 3 3 1 54 12 18 3 3 4 30 212 1 23 10 5 5 13 22 5 ini 14 102 6 199 13 63 6 139 10 im 17 32 8 126 6 248 2 134 19 ISO 19 138 19 82 12 65 1 45 2 82 2 116 7 13 3 93 32 77 13 109 10 92 5 104 6 in 146 i7 1 No report. 44 MAHRIAGE AND DIVORCE: 1916. Table 29.— NUMBER OP MARRIAGES AND DIVORCES, BY COUNTIES: 1916— Continued. Nevada, Churchill.... Clark , Douglas Elko Esmeralda... Eureka Humboldt... Lauder Lincoln Lyon Mineral Nye Ormsby Storey Washoe White Pine.. New Hampshibe. Belknap Carroll Cheshire Coos Grafton Hillsborough , Merrimack , Bockingham Strafford Sullivan New Jekset, Atlantic Bergen Burlmgton Camden Cape May Cumberland Essex Gloucester. Hudson Hunterdon Mercer Middlesex Monmouth Morris Ocean Pa.ssaic Salem Somerset Sussex Union Warren New Mexico. Mar- riages. Bernalillo.. Chaves Colfax ■Curry SonaAna. Eddy Grant Guadalupe. Lincoln Luna MoKinley. Mora Otero Quay Bio Arriba. Roosevelt... San Juan... San Miguel. Sandoval. Santa Fe. Sierra Socorro... Taos Torrence.. Union Valencia.. 1,001 24 74 47 76 49 10 95 18 22 23 16 51 47 14 347 4,491 31, 169 857 1,326 577 1,761 162 505 6,386 258 8,465 192 1,424 1,661 168 3,258 230 340 187 1,581 392 3,353 307 169 299 110 156 102 293 106 89 156 (') 87 146 162 87 246 105 0) 150 178 110 Di- vorces. 19 2 440 30 234 42 139 28 321 45 294 60 347 100 1,405 158 422 88 721 79 411 62 197 46 233 16 234 14 74 30 45 25 12 106 12 387 (') C) New York. Albany Allegany Bronx Broome Cattaraugus. Cayuga Chautauqua. Chemung Chanango Clinton Columbia., Cortland... Delaware.. Dutchess.. Erie Franklin. Fulton... Greene Hamilton. Herkimer., Jefferson... Kings Lewis Livingston... Madison Monroe Montgomery.. Nassau New York. Niagara.... Oneida Onondaga. Ontario Orange.. Orleans.. Putnam. Queens Eensselaer Bichmond Hockland St. Lawrence. Schenectady.. Schoharie Schuyler Steuben. Suffolk.. Sullivan. Tioga Tompkins... Ulster Warren Washington. Wayne Westchester. Wyoming... Yates Mar- riages. North Cabolina. Alamance Alexander Alleghany Anson Ashe Avery Beaufort Bertie Bladen Brunswick Buncombe Biirke Cabarrus Caldwell Camden Carteret Caswell Catawba Chatham Cherokee 97,454 1,722 329 4,080 1,121 726 650 1,431 767 288 418 400 225 356 757 6,583 279 390 395 256 263 26 673 729 15,920 169 215 316 3,408 589 829 31,735 1,179 1,705 2,003 403 990 236 639 333 2,352 659 482 944 170 89 164 791 728 237 306 284 629 291 357 2,816 228 146 21,337 284 89 103 261 183 94 331 225 ('). 142 661 187 342 218 49 117 125 257 197 126 Di- vorces. 57 10 HI 75 23 22 29 19 11 18 21 35 324 «. 15 . 29 695 11 117 25 34 730 32 44 113 9 41 8 19 29 6 57 32 10 « 34 668 6 North Carolina- Continued. Chowan Clay Cleveland Columbus Craven Cumberland. Currituck Dare Davidson Davie Duplin Durham Edgecombe.. Forsyth Franklin Gaston Gates...:., Graham... Granville. . Greene Guilford Halifax Harnett Haywood. . Henderson. Hertford. Hoke Hyde Iredell Jackson. . Johnston. Jones Lee Lenoir Lincoln.. McDowell Macon Madison Martin Mecklenburg. Mitchell Montgomery. . Moore Nash New Hanover. Northampton. Onslow Orange Pamlico Pasquotank... Pender Perquimans. Person Pitt Polk Randolph . . . Bichmond Robeson Bockingham. Bowau Rutherford... Sampson Scotland Stanly Stokes Snny Swain Transylvania. Tyrrell union Vance Wake Warren Washington... Watauga Wayne Willces Wilson Yadkin Yancey Mar- riages. North Dakota. Adams Barnes Benson.... Billings Bottineau. 119 44 (').. 274 262 326 112 (') 518 376 ('). 249 461 111 ('I. 276 178 854 446 209 214 161 141 126 94 458 67 159 397 182 189 103 222 Di- vorces. (') 105 « 380 380 143 110 129 107 420 143 139 191 « 220 252 470 396 400 185 294 112 290 125 ('). 51 270 135 769 246 136 115 435 250 (').. 123 136 49 139 97 10 118 (') (>) (') « (') (■) 478 North Dakota- Continued. Bowman Burke Burleigh Cavalier. Dickey. . . Divide... Dunn Eddy.... Emmons. Foster Golden Valley. Grand Forks... Grant Griggs Hettinger.. Kidder.... Lamoure.. Logan MoHenry.. Mcintosh.. McS^enzie. McLean... Mercer Morton Mountrail. Nelson Oliver Pembina.. Pierce Ramsey. . Ransom.. Renville.. Richland. Rolette... Sargent... Sheridan. Sioux Slope Stark Stutsman.. Towner TiaiU Walsh Ward WeUs Williams. Ohio. Adams Allen Ashland Ashtabula. Athens Auglaize.. Belmont. . Brown. . . Butler:... Carroll Champaign.. Clark Clermont Clinton Columbiana. Coshocton. Crawford . . Cuyahoga.. Darke Defiance... 1 No report. Delaware. . Erie Fairfield... Fayette..., Franklin.. Fulton Gallia Geauga Greene Guernsey.. HamQton. Hancock... Hardin Harrison. . Heniy Mar- riages. 27 96 61 87 29- 104 95 56 131 79 300 102 57 30 157 58 41 113 85 45 77 43 30 53 36 179 43 74 140 377 112 159 52,592 148 646 241 571 358 263 383 167 805 131 218 673 195 163 612 283 288 10, 113 338 204 321 304 179 3,039 187 239 109 280 428 4,603 299 264 136 204 Di- vorces, 40 76 173 214 96 51 70 44 59 83 52 30 263 7 17 49 9 6 7 4 4 1 2 6 32 14 1 8 3 2 3 6 7 5 18 9 3 2 3 3 17 5 3 7 5 & S 18 4 30 5 72 8. 17 7,607 21 152 46 119- 28 25 68 23 18& Id 45. 137 38 32 12& 33 52 930 30 ir 26 5» 44 IS 674 23 35 U 36 23 510 17 45 10 36 DIVORCE STATISTICS. Table 29 NUMBER OP MARRIAGES AND DIVORCES, BY COUNTIES: 1916— Continued. 45 COUNTY. Ohio— Contd. Highland Hocking Holmes Huroa Jackson Jefferson..., Knox Lake Lawrence.. Licking Mar- riages. Logan Lorain Lucas Madison. . . Mahoning. Marion.. Medina. Mercer.. Miami.. Mom'oe Montgomery.. Morgan Morrow Muskingum.. Noble Ottawa — Paulding.. Perry Picltaway. Pike Portage... Preble — Putnam.. EiChland. Sandusky. Scioto Seneca Shelby.... Stark Summit Trumbull... Tuscarawas.. Union Van Wert.. - Vinton Warren Washington. Wayne Williams.. Wood Wyandot.. Oklahoma. Adair Alfalfa Atoka Beaver.... Beckham.. Blaine Bryan Caddo Canadian.. Carter Cherokee... Choctaw... Cimarron.. Cleveland.. Coal Comanche. Cotton Craig Creek Custer Delaware... Dewey Ellis Garfield.... Garvin Grady Grant Greer ,. Harmon.... Harper 229 178 126 239 245 253 200 765 623 233 789 2,680 166 1,550 Di- vorces. 390 169 219 317 121 2,516 100 153 578 123 176 179 277 216 120 280 168 212 415 342 253 577 357 275 1,687 2,337 675 551 177 273 98 224 300 334 194 353 159 20,049 137 123 217 106 227 147 (')- 347 348 508 186 391 33 285 156 319 HI 220 376 218 103 100 106 339 130 153 109 37 35 48 108 28 149 458 18 183 93 24 26 17 54 6 605 12 12 76 11 21 11 37 18 14 27 24 16 83 37 83 46 25 305 511 40 69 29 35 12 30 26 41 30 53 26 3,693 Okiahoma— Con. Haskell Hughes Jackson Jefferson Johnston Kay Kingfisher., Kiowa Latimer Le Flore... Mar- riages. Lincoln Logan Love McClain McOurtatn., Mcintosh.. Major Marshall... Mayes — Murray... 18 47 77 25 39 132 21 16 17 16 90 46 75 11 28 16 7 Muskogee.. Noble Nowata Okfuskee.. Oklahoma. Okmulgee. Ottawa. . Pawnee., Payne... Pittsburg Pontotoc Pottawatomie. Pushmataha... Roger Mills — Rogers Seminole. - Sequoyah-, Stephens.. Texas Tillman... Tulsa Wagoner.. Washington. Washita Woods Woodward... Obegon. Baker Benton Clackamas., Clatsop Columbia.., Coos Crook Curry Deschutes. Douglas.... Gilliam Grant j^. Harney Hood River., Jackson Jefferson... Josephine., Klamath.. Lake Lane Lincoln.. Liim Malheur.. Marion... Morrow Multnomah.. Polk Sherman Tillamook... Umatilla Union Wallowa Wasco Washington. Wheeler Yamhill Di- vorces. 178 335 246 159 153 274 168 298 118 255 346 338 134 160 445 272 111 164 124 130 782 135 174 287 1,316 828 162 275 37 311 492 309 435 184 105 212 265 268 262 178 1,128 197 355 214 151 205 5,302 172 105 196 140 56 200 « 53 54 42 57 165 <'). 96 46 290 34 106 «356 48 1,733 96 22 204 57 104 110 109 ^123 32 53 21 30 33 50 24 26 16 42 44 49 15 29 48 24 8 5 22 198 22 28 42 363 126 54 44 48 45 133 76 90 23 10 11 24 264 28 97 15 32 24 2,100 65 212 • 136 43 53 23 5 Pennsylvania. Adams Allegheny . . Armstrong. Beaver Bedford Berks Blair Bradford., Bucks Butler.... Cambria.. Cameron. Carbon... Center Chester... 27 15 8 13 50 6 0) 30 9 61 11 53 25 85 10 786 24 5 15 88 65 22 Clarion Clearfield.. CUnton Columbia.. Crawford.. Cumberland. Dauphin Delaware — Elk Erie Mar- riages. Fayette... Forest Franklin., Fulton. . . Greene — Huntingdon. . Indiana Jefferson Juniata L/ackawanna.. Lancaster. . Lawrence.. Lebanon... Lehigh Luzerne... Lycoming. MTcKean. . . Mercer Mifflhi Monroe Montgomery Montour Northampton Northumberland . Perry Philadelphia.. Pike Potter Schuylkill — Snyder Somerset Sullivan Susquehamia. Tioga Union Venango Warren Washington. Wayne Westmoreland.. Wyoming York Rhode Island . Bristol Kent Newport Providence.. Washington. 72,053 Sovih Carolina South Dakota, Armstrong'.. Aurora Beadle Bennett Bon Homme.. Di- vorces. 230 11,591 534 814 176 1,640 917 442 526 677 1,380 117 479 318 703 250 769 281 398 484 330 1,401 1,344 276 1,368 1,287 64 344 66 155 300 536 446 113 2,585 1,369 891 556 1,638 2,727 717 320 648 236 196 1,391 105 1,346 954 136 17,289 42 115 1,631 126 445 57 282 265 140 501 307 1,015 176 1,904 85 1,103 5,6 192 354 331 4,621 201 5,581 31 166 15 122 > No B^reiage license required and no provision for • All laws permitting divorce were repealed tn l»7». the return or record of marriages celebrated. 11 726 39 63 8 134 88 109 18 45 91 6 H 25 39 21 60 30 23 64 40 129 38 13 189 106 3 8 1 14 13 28 28 160 112 55 42 44 18 11 75 14 75 59 13 995 7 27 64 16 12 18 52 5 52 46 110 20 110 3 ,166 South Dakota- Contlnued. Brookings.... Brown Brule Buffalo Butte 12 35 40 503 33 W Campbell Charles Mix.. Clark Clay Codington... Corson..., Custer Davison., Day Deuel Dewey Douglas — Edmunds.. Fall River.. Faulk Grant.... Gregory. Haakon. Hamlin.. Hand.... 685 Hanson Harding Hughes Hutchinson.. Hyde Jackson Jerauld Kingsbury.. Lake Lawrence... Lincoln Lyman McCook McPherson. Marshall Mellette Miner Minnehaha - Moody Pennington.. Perkins Potter Roberts. Sanborn Shannon.. Spink Stanley... Sully Todd*.... Tripp Turner Union Walworth. Washabaugh*, Washington*. Yankton Ziebach Anderson.. Bedford... Benton Bledsoe Blount Bradley... Campbell.. Cannon Carroll Carter Cheatham. Claiborne.. Clay Cocke Coffee Crockett Cumberland. . Davidson Decatur Mar- riages. 139 397 83 64 80 60 68 218 76 22 162 115 55 24 66 77 70 42 Di- vorces. 64 27 102 65 ('), 138 15 129 117 73 144 24 Tennessee 26,960 157 234 142 95 261 192 t^ 248 214 "92 527 178 267 203 223 79 2,324 125 * Unorganized. 6 Included in Fall River County. 16 3 7 2 24 2 1 16 4 3 11 49 7 43 5 46 3 32 6 55 7 131 3 24 23 3 32 3 93 6 lis 10 199 30 128 6 48 12 65 2 96 3 64 4 55 9 15 5 68 6 596 94 63 5 119 33 6 1 14 1 4 18 11 8 3 10 11 5 2,800 18 24 17 10 23 39 100 (') 10 30 « 2 35 4 27 20 24 6 46 MAHRIAGE AND DIVORCE: 1916. Table 29.— NUMBER OP MARRIAGES AND DIVORCES, BY COUNTIES: 19ie— Continued. Tennessee— Con. Dekalb Dickson Dyer Fayette Fentress Franklin.. Gibson... Giles Grainger.. Greene Gnmdy...i. Hamblen. . . Hamilton.. ■ Hancock Hardeman.. Hardin Hawkins... Haywood... Henderson. . Henry Hickman Houston Humplireys. Jackson Tefferson Johnson Knox Lake Lauderdale.. Lawrence.. Lewis Lincoln Ijoudon McMinn... McNairy.. Macon Madison.. Marlon... Maisball.. Maury... Meigs Monroe Montgomery.. Moore Morgim... Obion Overton.. Perry Fickett... Polk Putnam... Bbea Boane Bobertson. Butberford. Bcott Sequatcbie. Sevier Shelby Smith... Stewart.. Sullivan. Sumner.. Tipton Trousdale. tJniooi Union VamBuren.. Warren Washington. Wayne Weakley White Williamson. . Wilson Texas.. Anderson.. Andrews. . Angelina. . Archer Armstrong.. Atascosa Austin Bailey!' Bandera Mar- 381 312 452 420 93 242 476 416 114 125 230 1,021 171 301 195 183 395 175 409 157 99 124 138 46 146 182 513 195 331 243 73 346 173 297 210 176 577 131 (') 395 64 235 (') 140 W. 171 251 180 304 42 101 52 3,505 206 939 552 410 101 99 112 (') 192 410 108 441 102 300 283 54,103 (■) 47 34 137 162 311 Di- vorces. (') W 5 218 17 29 16 5 45 6 11 4 7 13 11 3 10 13 273 10 45 16 8 25 14 (') 0)- 70 8.S04 78 Texas— Contd. Bastrop Baylor Bee Bell Bexar Blanco.. Borden.. Bowie.... Brazoria.. Brazos Brewster.. Briscoe... Brooks... Brown Burleson. Burnet... CaldweU.. Calhoun.. Callahan.. Cameron.. Camp Carson Castro Chambers. Cherokee.. Childress. . Cla" Coi' Coke Coleman CoIUn Collingsworth.. Colorado ay. ichrau '. . Comal Comandie. Concho Cooke Coryell Cottle Ctane2 Crockett... Crosby Culberson. Dallam Dallas , Dawson DeWitt Deaf Smith. Delta Denton... Dickens.. Dimmit.. Donley... Duval Eastland. Ector Edwards. El Paso... Ellis Erath..' Falls Fannin. . . . . Fayette Fisher , Floyd Foard Fort Bend.. Franklin... Freestone... Frio Gaines Galveston.. Garza Glasscock... Goliad Gonzales.... Gray Grayson Gregg Grimes Guadalupe. Hale Hall Hamilton... Hansford... Hardeman.. Hardin Mar- riages. 324 138 136 624 2,098 27 6 148 471 133 438 75 26 48 198 85 317 30 79 355 189 20 214 30 322 149 103 43 197 511 104 36 391 183 94 Di- vorces. 40 3 8 73 440 103 85 6 2,773 754 40 3 427 28 42 4 193 12 319 42 (') 12 49 4 84 1 43 1 287 11 4 m (') 1,438 0) 628 69 296 40 (') (') 491 62 272 33 129 10 74 8 63 4 242 46 121 12 213 41 142 9 17 1 682 201 57 7 119 6 4 114 7 375 23 C) (') 1,061 176 296 45 400 68 279 29 109 9 113 9 12S 10 11 140 13 192 47 Texas— Contd. Harris Harrison Hartley. Haskell : Hays Hemphill... Henderson.. Hidalgo..... Hill Hockley 2... Hood Hopkins.. Houston.. Howard.. Hunt Hutchinson.. Irion Jack Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis.. Jefferson... Jim Hogg.. Jim Wells. Johnson... Jones Karnes Kaufman.'. Kendall... Kent Kerr Kimble- King Kinney.. Kleberg. Knox La Salle.. Lamar... Lamb. Lavaca..... Lee Leon Liberty Limestone.. Lipscomb.. Live Oak. . . Llano. Loving 2 Lubbock... Lynn McCullooh.. Moljemian.. McMuUen... Madison Marlon Martin Mason Matagorda... Maverick Medina. . Menard.. Midland. Milam. . . Mills Mitchell Montague Montgomery.. Moore Morris Motley Nacogdoches.. Navarro Newton Nolan Nueces Ochiltree Oldham Orange Palo Pinto.... Panola Parker Parmer PeoM Polk Potter Presidio Bains Bandall Mar- 2,475 538 12 183 236 48 284 237 530 78 329 375 96 514 4 22 116 86 233 16 1,111 22 74 440 225 194 379 65 21 0) 54 121 84 43 767 6 148 285 195 192 180 397 60 106 45 145 1,456 8 134 163 12 49 140 100 146 .46 33 556 91 130 215 243 6 130 43 464 1,076 99 100 232 21 150 291 212 W 35 260 243 lis 110 37 4 Di- vorces. 861 0) 67 94 374 1 3 41 21 10 39 3 4 4 3 10 3 121 1 8 319 2 36 106 15 11 35 2 ' No report. Texas— Contd. Eeal BedBlver Beeves Beftfgio Boberts Bobertson. Bockwall. . . Bunnels Busk Sabine San Jacinto.. San Patricio. San Saba Schleicher Scurry ,. Shackelford.. Shelby Sherman Smith SomervelL. Starr Stephens.. Sterling.... Stonewall.. Sutton... Swisher.. Tarrant.. Taylor... TeiTBll... Terry. Throcdanorton.. Titus Tom Green Travis Trinity.. Tyler.... Upshur.. Upton... Uvalde.. ValVeide.. Van Zandt.. Victoria Walker Waller. Ward Washington. Webb Wharton Wheeler Wichita Wilbarger. . . Willacy Williamson.. Wilson.. Winkler. Wise Wood.... Yoakum.. Young Zapata.... Zavalla... Utah.. Beaver Box Elder. Cache Carbon Davis Duchesne.. Emery Garfield... Grand Iron Juab Kane MiUard.... Morgan Piute Bicih Salt Lake.. San Juan.. Sanpete. . . Sevier Summit... Tooele Uinta Utah Mar- riages. Di- vorces. 405 61 43 23 368 144 227 360 94 134 126 80 81 9 114 42 396 17 572 46 111 51 14 78 19 26 1,929 194 100 250 2 130 380 227 195 160 28 327 387 315 77 486 207 5 611 187 2 202 217 110 25 16 5,036 44 129 329 97 311 54 36 32 12 (■) ' Unorganized. 2,638 11 173 79 46 49 74 302 w (») 16 4 40 11 21 47 9 15 4 3 21 1 87 7 4 2 1 2 6 685 28 1 15 37 196 27 10 35 11 41 31 42 14 22 59 7 132 13 15 23 17 .... 661 4 15 7 15 12 S 14 15 9 2 6 20 DIVORCE STATISTICS. Table 29.— NUMBER OF MARRIAGES AND DIVORCES, BY COUNTIES: 191&-Continued. 47 COtrNTY. Utah— Oontd. Waaatoli Washington Wayne Weber Mar- riages. Vekmont. Addison Bennington. Caledonia — CUttendeu.. Franklin. . . Orandlsle.. Lamoille.. . Orange Orleans Rutland Washington. Windham... Windsor VmGDiiA. Accomac Albemarle Alexandria... Alleghany.... Amelia Amherst Appomattox. Augusta Bath Bedford Bland ■Botetourt Brunswick Buchanan Buddngham. . . Campbell....!.. Caroliae-. — '■... Carroll Charles City — Charlotte Chesterfield..... Clarke Craig Culpeper Cumberland Dickenson Dinwiddle Elizabeth City.. Fairfax Fauquier... Floyd Fluvanna. . Franklin. . ■ Frederick... Giles.. Gloucester. . Goochland.. Grayson Greene 48 69 17 495 5,279 144 49G 263 441 75 308 40 104 158 267 397 353 1,759 474 21,329 Di- vorces. (') Greensville Halilax Hanover Henrico Henry Highland IsleofWight James City King and Queen.. King George King William Lee.. Loudoun Louisa Lunenburg... Madison Mathews Mecklenburg. Middlesex Montgomery.. Nansemona. . Nelson New Kent Norfolk 233 113 C) 56 76 51 72 75 194 116 124 108 80 73 235 77 180 309 162 27 103 419 «. 146 13 RS 4 268 17 47 2 252 25 34 2 146 10 1.18 7 148 18 120 6 179 15 97 13 ^m 13 1 2 142 8 161 7 65 5 34 93 8 78 9 no 5 140 3 192 45 61 5 75 29 154 13 119 5 56 1 219 8 91 13 91 4 80 12 .W 1 162 18 49 4 140 6 376 25 125 1 111 8 126 2 35 2 122 7 1 (') Virginia— Con. Northampton Northumberland. . . Nottoway Orange Page Patrick Pittsylvania Powhatan Prince Edward. Prince George. . Prince William. Princess Anne.. Pulaski Rappahaimock. RiQhinond Roanoke Rockbjidge... Rockingham.. Russell Scott Mar- riages. 131 (') Shenandoah... Smyth Southampton.. Spotsylvania.. Stafford Surry Sussex Tazewell.. Warren... Warwick. Washington — Westmoreland.. Wise Wythe York Iitderpenimt cities. Alexandria city Bristol city Buena Vista city . . . Charlottesville city . Clifton Forge city.. Danville city Fredericksburg city. Lynchburg city Newport News city. Norfolk city Petersburg city Portsmouth city.... Radford city Richmond city Roanoke city Staimtoncity Winchester city — Washington. Adams Asotin Benton Chelan Clallam Clarke Columbia Cowlitz Douglas Ferry Franklin Garfield Grant Grays Harbor. Island JefEerson King Kitsap Kittitas Klickitat Lewis Lincoln Mason Okanogan Pacific Pend Oreille;.. Pierce San Juan Skagit Skamania Di- vorces. 115 100 173 434 40 158 207 44 87 165 48 40 207 139 268 215 217 147 160 265 53 61 96 131 251 65 53 322 75 503 147 57 796 133 37 92 56 478 44 424 321 1,423 544 473 50 2,286 551 75 11,829 75 69 62 207 82 1,657 61 166 78 30 (?) ^ (') « m 154 «. 28 3 261 95 21 6 3,448 Washington— Con, Snohomish Spokane Stevens Thurston Wahkiakum Walla Walla Whatcom Whitman Yakima Wkst Vieqinia. Barbour. . Berkeley. Boone Braxton.. .Brooke... Cabell Calhoun Clay Doddridge. . Fayette 60 11 42 14 51 S 365 112 15 6 64 13 3,685 1,236 158 63 167 28 63 12 35S 69 105 28 26 6 112 37 104 24 36 11 1 368 387 ' 26 5 218 51 51 6 Gilmer Grant Greenbrier.. Hampshire. Hancock . . . Hardy Harrison.. Jackson. . . Jefferson.. Kanawha. Mar- Di- vorces. 723 1,769 144 202 26 352 465 219 478 16,033 Lewis Lincoln... Logan McIDowell. Marion Marshall. . Mason Mercer... Mineral... Mingo Monongalia. . Monroe Morgan Nicholas Ohio Pendleton... Pleasants — Pocahontas. . Preston Putnam Raleigh... Randolph. Ritchie Roane Summers. . Taylor.. Tucker. . Tyler Upshur. , Wayne.. Webster... Wetzel Wirt Wood Wyoming. Wisconsin. Adams Ashland... Barron Bayfield. . . Brown — Buflalo.... Burnett... Calumet... Chippewa. Clark Columbia- . Crawford.. Dane Dodge Door 138 121 150 197 2,115 437 98 96 106 427 91 41 195 41 505 71 639 158 162 1,325 153 0) 382 772 432 282 237 479 117 428 241 m 62 191 1,596 82 100 150 135 123 418 219 120 190 207 122 104 114 155 169 106 232 58 626 118 18,343 133 251 72 381 76 42 100 249 229 231 120 6f0 332 121 114 525 23 45 6 87 106 39 148 (') (') 40 (') (') {') « 1,721 Wisconsin— Con. Douglas Dunn Eau Claire Florence Fond du Lao Forest Grant Green Green Lake-. Iowa Iron Jackson.. Jefierson. Juneau... Kenosha. Kewaunee. . La Crosse. .. Lafayette... Langlade... Lincoln Manitowoc. Marathon... Marinette... Marquette.. Milwaukee. Monroe Oconto Oneida.;... Outagamie. Ozaukee — Pepiu... Pierce... Polk Portage.. Price Racine... Richland. Rock Rusk St. Croix. Sauk Sawyer Shawano... Sheboygan. Taylor Trempealeau. Vernon Vilas Walworth... Washburn... Washington. Waukesha... Waupaca... Waushara. - Winnebago. Wood Wtouing. Albany — Big Horn.. Campbell. . Carbon.... Converse. . Crook Fremont Goshen Hot Springs. Johnson Laramie. . Lincoln... Natrona.. Niobrara. Park Platte Sheridan Sweetwater.. Mar- riages. Uinta Washakie Weston Yellowstone Na- tional Park 199 178 261 13 34 267 181 124 134 58 71 277 146 364 104 318 113 143 123 378 436 143 68 4,725 194 165 110 372 98 45 115 114 97 138 376 81 199 212 478 93 151 191 10 143 43 194 285 117 455 255 1,591 Di- vorces. 48 101 47 57 17 322 102 94 (') 53 40 270 91 102 15 42 67 14 27 1 25 25 8 10 8 18 12 59 33 12 15 1 19 32 35 3 494 11 13 12 13 17 19 5 56 22 79 25 4 4 4 13 21 12 5 40 23 7 74 17 296 C). (') 16 8 19 12 8 22 10 15 1 43 15 38 37 15 4 2 9 1 No report. o