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20 Towns with the Highest Divorce Rates in America

Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at 6:40 AM

By Amber Brooks, Contributing Editor for DatingNews.com

Madison listed in the top 20

The team at DatingNews.com released a study today that examined divorce rates across America, and Richmond, Connersville, Madison, and New Castle, Indiana, made the list of towns with the highest divorce rates in the country. You can see the full findings here:

Highest Divorce Rates in America

DatingNews analysts looked at the U.S. Census Bureau’s marital status reports for every U.S. micropolitan area to find those with the highest percentage of divorcees as well as relevant demographics to see how economic conditions may have influenced the results. Every town on the list has a divorce rate above 15%, whereas the national average for 2017 (the most recent statistics available) was 10.9%.  

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