percentage of people that get divorced
In the United States, researchers estimate that 40%â50% of all first marriages will end in divorce or permanent separation. 56 The risk of divorce is even higher for second marriages, about 60%. 57 Utahâs divorce rate is just slightly above the national average. 58 Divorce has always been present in American society. 59 Although divorce has always been a concern, it has become more common in the last 50 years. The highest divorce rates ever recorded were in the 1970s and early 1980s.