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| Divorce Table 1. Divorces and Annulments by County of Decree and County of Residence ¹, 2008 | ||||||
| Occurrence | Wife's Residence | Husband's Residence | ||||
| County | Number | Rate2, 3 | Number | Rate2 | Number | Rate2 |
| State Total | 24,981 | 3.8 | 22,846 | 3.5 | 22,145 | 3.4 |
| Adams | 36 | 2 | 33 | 1.9 | 38 | 2.1 |
| Asotin | 73 | 3.4 | 67 | 3.1 | 53 | 2.5 |
| Benton | 632 | 3.8 | 622 | 3.8 | 571 | 3.5 |
| Chelan | 320 | 4.4 | 236 | 3.3 | 235 | 3.3 |
| Clallam | 285 | 4.1 | 270 | 3.9 | 277 | 4 |
| Clark | 1,478 | 3.5 | 1,536 | 3.6 | 1,439 | 3.4 |
| Columbia | 22 | 5.4 | 11 | 2.7 | 16 | 3.9 |
| Cowlitz | 355 | 3.6 | 371 | 3.7 | 359 | 3.6 |
| Douglas | 24 | 0.6 | 119 | 3.2 | 113 | 3.1 |
| Ferry | 13 | 1.7 | 17 | 2.2 | 22 | 2.9 |
| Franklin | 222 | 3.2 | 232 | 3.3 | 215 | 3.1 |
| Garfield | 9 | 3.9 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| Grant | 193 | 2.3 | 210 | 2.5 | 222 | 2.6 |
| Grays Harbor | 265 | 3.7 | 274 | 3.9 | 275 | 3.9 |
| Island | 284 | 3.6 | 318 | 4 | 323 | 4.1 |
| Jefferson | 97 | 1.2 | 95 | 1.2 | 92 | 1.2 |
| King | 5,189 | 2.8 | 5,885 | 3.1 | 5,656 | 3 |
| Kitsap | 1,005 | 4.1 | 1,003 | 4.1 | 945 | 3.8 |
| Kittitas | 118 | 3 | 131 | 3.3 | 125 | 3.2 |
| Klickitat | 62 | 3.1 | 57 | 2.8 | 62 | 3.1 |
| Lewis | 266 | 3.6 | 250 | 3.3 | 247 | 3.3 |
| Lincoln | 4,086 | 392.9 | 31 | 3 | 41 | 3.9 |
| Mason | 186 | 3.3 | 207 | 3.7 | 228 | 4 |
| Okanogan | 95 | 2.4 | 114 | 2.8 | 111 | 2.8 |
| Pacific | 68 | 3.1 | 67 | 3.1 | 72 | 3.3 |
| Pend Oreille | 39 | 3 | 43 | 3.4 | 53 | 4.1 |
| Pierce | 2,582 | 3.2 | 3,154 | 3.9 | 3,115 | 3.9 |
| San Juan | 52 | 3.2 | 58 | 3.6 | 55 | 3.4 |
| Skagit | 473 | 4 | 455 | 3.9 | 434 | 3.7 |
| Skamania | 35 | 3.3 | 34 | 3.2 | 29 | 2.7 |
| Snohomish | 2,140 | 3.1 | 2,398 | 3.4 | 2,390 | 3.4 |
| Spokane | 1,559 | 3.4 | 1,710 | 3.7 | 1,639 | 3.6 |
| Stevens | 114 | 2.6 | 144 | 3.3 | 147 | 3.4 |
| Thurston | 861 | 3.5 | 1,010 | 4.1 | 891 | 3.6 |
| Wahkiakum | 16 | 3.9 | 14 | 3.4 | 9 | 2.2 |
| Walla Walla | 223 | 3.8 | 209 | 3.6 | 219 | 3.7 |
| Whatcom | 590 | 3.1 | 609 | 3.2 | 605 | 3.2 |
| Whitman | 97 | 2.3 | 90 | 2.1 | 100 | 2.3 |
| Yakima | 780 | 3.3 | 755 | 3.2 | 715 | 3 |
| Tribal Authority | 37 | * | * | * | * | * |
| _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | |
| Out-of-State | * | * | 1,683 | * | 2,179 | * |
| Unknown | * | * | 452 | * | 657 | * |
| 1 Does not include divorces to Washington residents obtained in other states or countries. | ||||||
| 2 Rates per 1,000 population. | ||||||
| 3 Exceptionally high rates may reflect unique local circumstances, such as administrative procedures that make divorces for non-county residents easy. See pages 5-6 for a discussion of occurrence rates. | ||||||
| Source: Center for Health Statistics, Washington State Department of Health, 10/2009. | ||||||
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