Tennessee Divorce Statistics

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Even though the concept of divorce was never even thought of in the early part of the twentieth century, towards the later part of it a few cases which were quite negligible came to the picture. However, even in the cases where a separation was opted for during this period, it was done so in extreme cases with the partners opting for it only when they had tried all the methods to make their marriage work to the best possible extent. However, in recent times, it seems like the phenomenon has caught the fancy of anyone and everyone who has had a problem in their married life with the result that partners do not shy away from dropping the curtains on their wedded life at the drop of a hat. They forget all their promises made to one another and make all the vows exchanged at the altar appear false. Couples do not think of the consequences befalling other individuals connected through the union of their marriage, especially the children who have to go through all these trauma and grow up with a lot of troubles in their growing years, where they find it almost difficult to trust any other individual in their lives, and have the same relationship problems with their own spouses as well, later on in their wedded life. These rise in the divorce cases has been attributed mainly to the lack of quality time that couples have to give for solving issues at home, especially with one's husband or wife and before late, everything appears to have fallen apart, and then the only option that remains with the partners is to go for a break up or a divorce. The independent attitude that the modern s is also to be blamed for the rise in the statistics of divorce, where they do not feel the requirement of a man in their lives to take care of all their daily needs of life. These have led to an increase in the statistics of divorce, especially in the more developed nations of the world where the scope of work for women is more than in the other countries, and the United States of America seems to be leading the race in this trend. Tennessee in the United States of America is not any different as has been aptly revealed by the Tennessee Divorce Statistics.

A table showing the percentage of divorce in the state of Tennessee for the following years has been given below:

Year Divorce Rate
2007 4.3
2006 4.6
2005 4.7
2004 4.9
2003 5.0
2002 5.1
2001 5.2
2000 5.9
1999 5.8
1995 6.2
1990 6.5

County-wise Tennessee Divorce Statistics of 2007

All the counties are arranged in a descending order of the number of divorces.

County Number of divorces
Shelby 2,478
Knox 2,134
Davidson 2,023
Hamilton 1,340
Rutherford 1,210
Montgomery 1,200
Henderson 777
Sullivan 731
Sumner 710
Wilson 631
Williamson 628
Tipton 621
Blount 565
Washington 527
Sevier 470
Bradley 436
Greene 377
Cumberland 375
Maury 366
Madison 320
Hamblen 319
Robertson 302
McMinn 295
Hawkins 280
Anderson 263
Dickson 249
Coffee 245
Putnam 244
Bedford 240
Monroe 225
Dyer 223
Franklin 192
Lincoln 183
Lawrence 180
Obion 180
Roane 180
Weakley 172
Rhea 167
Warren 167
Claiborne 163
Cheatham 162
Giles 159
Campbell 158
Gibson 148
Marshall 138
Fayette 134
Henry 134
Marion 131
Lauderdale 129
Cocke 128
White 111
Macon 110
Carter 105
Smith 103
Hardin 98
Scott 97
Humphreys 86
Jefferson 86
Loudon 82
Carroll 79
Dekalb 79
Union 76
Hardeman 74
Overton 74
Grundy 72
Hickman 71
Benton 70
Grainger 70
Morgan 70
Fentress 69
Wayne 69
Unicoi 65
Polk 62
Sequatchie 58
Johnson 57
Stewart 55
Chester 54
Lewis 52
Haywood 51
Cannon 48
McNairy 46
Perry 42
Crockett 41
Meigs 41
Houston 39
Trousdale 39
Clay 38
Moore 34
Jackson 28
Decatur 23
Lake 23
Hancock 17
Van Buren 13
Pickett 11
Bledsoe 4

All the counties are arranged in descending order of the divorce rate.

County Divorce Rate per 1,000 population
Henderson 28.9
Tipton 10.7
Montgomery 8.1
Cumberland 7.1
Wilson 6.0
Dyer 5.9
Greene 5.7
Sevier 5.7
Lincoln 5.6
McMinn 5.6
Moore 5.6
Obion 5.6
Perry 5.5
Rhea 5.5
Bedford 5.4
Giles 5.4
Smith 5.4
Dickson 5.3
Claiborne 5.2
Hamblen 5.2
Rutherford 5.2
Knox 5.1
Weakley 5.1
Macon 5.0
Monroe 5.0
Grundy 4.9
Hawkins 4.9
Trousdale 4.9
Houston 4.8
Lauderdale 4.8
Robertson 4.8
Sullivan 4.8
Blount 4.7
Clay 4.7
Coffee 4.7
Marion 4.7
Marshall 4.7
Sumner 4.7
Bradley 4.6
Franklin 4.6
Humphreys 4.6
Maury 4.6
Washington 4.6
White 4.5
Lawrence 4.4
Lewis 4.4
Scott 4.4
Sequatchie 4.4
Benton 4.3
Dekalb 4.3
Hamilton 4.3
Henry 4.2
Stewart 4.2
Cheatham 4.1
Warren 4.1
Wayne 4.1
Campbell 3.9
Fentress 3.9
Polk 3.9
Union 3.9
Williamson 3.8
Fayette 3.7
Hardin 3.7
Unicoi 3.7
Anderson 3.6
Cocke 3.6
Overton 3.6
Cannon 3.5
Davidson 3.5
Meigs 3.5
Morgan 3.5
Putnam 3.5
Roane 3.4
Chester 3.3
Madison 3.3
Grainger 3.1
Johnson 3.1
Lake 3.1
Gibson 3.0
Hickman 2.9
Crockett 2.8
Carroll 2.7
Shelby 2.7
Hardeman 2.6
Haywood 2.6
Hancock 2.5
Jackson 2.5
Van Buren 2.4
Pickett 2.3
Decatur 2.0
Carter 1.8
Loudon 1.8
McNairy 1.8
Jefferson 1.7
Bledsoe 0.3

Even though, all these figures show a different number, the number of divorce cases in the state of Tennessee is among the highest all across the United States of America, which is a matter of concern and it has to be corrected at the earliest.

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