State-Level Monthly Marriage & Divorce Data, 2017-2022
State-Level Monthly Marriage & Divorce Data, 2017-2022
Project Description
The National Center for Family & Marriage Research with the Center for Family & Demographic Research present state-level monthly marriage and divorce counts in the United State for the years 2017 through 2022.
Suggested Data Citation
National Center for Family & Marriage Research. (2026). State-level monthly marriage and divorce data, United States, 2017–2022 (Version 1.0) [Dataset]. Marriage, Divorce, & Birth Data Compass. Bowling Green State University. Retrieved from https://www.bgsu.edu/ncfmr/resources/data/original-data/state-level-monthly-marriage-divorce-data-2017-2022.html
Funding
These data are from work supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Of Child Health & Human Development of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R03HD110593 to Krista K. Westrick-Payne at Bowling Green State University. The federal award project title is Archiving Nuptiality Pandemic Data. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
Data and Documentation
Data Files
The state-level monthly marriage and divorce data are provided as downloadable CSV files. Each file includes state-level monthly counts of marriages and divorces, state postal abbreviations, and unique state identifiers (state-level FIPS codes), allowing the data to be easily appended to other datasets for analysis.
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County-level Marriage and Divorce Data, 1867-1987
County-level Marriage and Divorce Data, 2000
Codebook and Technical Documentation
This codebook provides detailed documentation for the state-level monthly marriage and divorce data, including data sources, variable defintions, geogrphic coverage, file structure, and notes on data quality and limitations.
Explore Other NCFMR Marriage & Divorce Data Collections
County-level Marriage and Divorce Data, 1867-1987
County-level Marriage and Divorce Data, 2000
Conference Presentations and Posters
Westrick-Payne, K. K. & Manning, W. D. (2025). “Nuptiality and the COVID-19 Pandemic: An evaluation of the impact of public health interventions.” Population Association of America, Washington, DC.
Explore Other NCFMR Marriage & Divorce Data Collections
County-level Marriage and Divorce Data, 1867-1987
County-level Marriage and Divorce Data, 2000
Updated: 02/12/2026 11:43AM