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Table 5.  Divorces and Annulments by Number of Childreną and County of Wife's Residence˛, 2008
County Total 0 1 2 3 4 + Unknown3
State Total 24,981 11,991 4,998 5,049 1,729 650 564
Adams 33 14 4 7 7 1 0
Asotin 67 33 9 18 4 1 2
Benton 622 260 116 153 53 30 10
Chelan 236 104 48 56 18 7 3
Clallam 270 116 68 60 17 2 7
Clark 1,536 674 313 357 117 53 22
Columbia 11 3 6 1 1 0 0
Cowlitz 371 175 82 75 23 12 4
Douglas 119 48 32 25 9 3 2
Ferry 17 4 5 5 2 1 0
Franklin 232 79 54 50 28 16 5
Garfield 7 3 1 2 0 1 0
Grant 210 84 34 46 25 14 7
Grays Harbor 274 129 43 61 22 12 7
Island 318 166 70 45 21 8 8
Jefferson 95 63 17 8 4 1 2
King 5,885 3,029 1,148 1,141 321 103 143
Kitsap 1,003 468 197 214 89 20 15
Kittitas 131 62 27 22 12 5 3
Klickitat 57 16 15 17 2 4 3
Lewis 250 97 58 60 19 11 5
Lincoln 31 10 6 10 3 2 0
Mason 207 101 45 39 12 5 5
Okanogan 114 48 21 29 11 3 2
Pacific 67 32 12 22 0 1 0
Pend Oreille 43 22 6 10 4 0 1
Pierce 3,154 1,498 693 663 208 65 27
San Juan 58 23 20 13 0 2 0
Skagit 455 203 95 99 42 10 6
Skamania 34 21 9 1 2 0 1
Snohomish 2,398 1,043 528 511 178 65 73
Spokane 1,710 780 355 351 145 42 37
Stevens 144 71 30 26 4 9 4
Thurston 1,010 474 195 220 76 26 19
Wahkiakum 14 2 3 4 4 1 0
Walla Walla 209 90 34 54 22 9 0
Whatcom 609 287 109 133 39 20 21
Whitman 90 34 21 20 10 5 0
Yakima 755 294 137 176 80 49 19
Out-of-State 1,683 1112 250 191 72 21 37
Unknown 452 219 82 54 23 10 64
1Certificate of dissolution records, "Children born alive of this marriage."  All children are counted regardless of age.
2Does not include residents who obtain divorces or annulments outside of Washington State.
3Unknowns are higher and divorces with no children appear lower in 1999 than in prior years since cases in which the number of children was not reported were previously entered as "none" rather than "unknown." 
Source:  Center for Health Statistics, Washington State Department of Health, 10/2009.
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