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Divorce Table 1. Divorces and Annulments by County of Decree and County of Residence ¹, 2006
  Occurrence Wife's Residence Husband's Residence
County Number Rate2, 3 Number Rate2 Number Rate2
State Total 25,313 4 23,277 3.7 22,396 3.5
Adams 43 2.5 44 2.5 35 2
Asotin 82 3.9 77 3.6 70 3.3
Benton 642 4 636 4 547 3.4
Chelan 329 4.7 248 3.5 245 3.5
Clallam 258 3.8 253 3.7 256 3.8
Clark 1,524 3.8 1,488 3.7 1,371 3.4
Columbia 24 5.9 13 3.2 10 2.4
Cowlitz 367 3.8 385 4 358 3.7
Douglas 20 0.6 106 3 91 2.5
Ferry 23 3.1 25 3.3 20 2.7
Franklin 170 2.6 173 2.7 203 3.2
Garfield 10 4.2 5 2.1 4 1.7
Grant 182 2.3 198 2.5 206 2.6
Grays Harbor 267 3.8 277 3.9 277 3.9
Island 256 3.3 266 3.4 289 3.7
Jefferson 91 3.2 102 3.6 96 3.4
King 5,543 3 6,191 3.4 6,003 3.3
Kitsap 1,012 4.2 990 4.1 960 3.9
Kittitas 104 2.8 103 2.8 101 2.7
Klickitat 58 2.9 52 2.6 56 2.8
Lewis 346 4.7 316 4.3 304 4.2
Lincoln 3,658 358.6 39 3.8 49 4.8
Mason 167 3.1 192 3.6 211 4
Okanogan 85 2.1 91 2.3 91 2.3
Pacific 68 3.2 63 2.9 73 3.4
Pend Oreille 44 3.6 42 3.4 37 3
Pierce 2,539 3.3 3,123 4 3,048 3.9
San Juan 48 3.1 43 2.7 51 3.2
Skagit 479 4.2 463 4.1 454 4
Skamania 28 2.6 27 2.5 20 1.9
Snohomish 2,399 3.6 2,604 3.9 2,517 3.7
Spokane 1,648 3.7 1,757 4 1,669 3.8
Stevens 138 3.3 155 3.7 143 3.4
Thurston 934 4 1,053 4.6 946 4.1
Wahkiakum 19 4.9 11 2.8 14 3.6
Walla Walla 190 3.3 189 3.3 175 3
Whatcom 602 3.3 619 3.4 589 3.2
Whitman 102 2.4 89 2.1 77 1.8
Yakima 799 3.4 769 3.3 730 3.1
Tribal Authority 15 * * * * *
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Out-of-State * * 1,560 * 2,246 *
Unknown * * 476 * 671 *
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, 02/2008.
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