Divorce Data - WA State Dept. of Health

Table 5. Divorces and Annulments by Number of Children¹ and County of Wife's Residence², 2006

County	Total	0	1	2	3	4 +	Unknown³
State Total	25,313	12,134	5,113	5,324	1,690	660	392
Adams	44	17	10	11	2	4	0
Asotin	77	37	10	23	6	0	1
Benton	636	262	143	135	55	27	14
Chelan	248	104	46	59	22	11	6
Clallam	253	113	50	64	14	8	4
Clark	1,488	655	315	352	106	39	21
Columbia	13	3	4	5	1	0	0
Cowlitz	385	192	76	75	27	8	7
Douglas	106	49	22	23	6	4	2
Ferry	25	9	5	7	1	1	2
Franklin	173	65	32	46	15	10	5
Garfield	5	2	1	2	0	0	0
Grant	198	84	40	53	11	7	3
Grays Harbor	277	114	65	57	29	6	6
Island	266	138	61	54	8	3	2
Jefferson	102	52	18	22	8	0	2
King	6,191	3,178	1,185	1,235	402	130	61
Kitsap	990	447	212	231	61	27	12
Kittitas	103	39	22	31	5	2	4
Klickitat	52	29	9	10	2	2	0
Lewis	316	162	51	67	19	11	6
Lincoln	39	15	11	8	4	1	0
Mason	192	84	42	41	13	8	4
Okanogan	91	43	20	19	4	4	1
Pacific	63	31	11	10	4	7	0
Pend Oreille	42	24	6	6	3	2	1
Pierce	3,123	1,490	658	665	216	68	26
San Juan	43	27	8	7	1	0	0
Skagit	463	205	83	118	31	21	5
Skamania	27	13	4	6	3	1	0
Snohomish	2,604	1,142	561	588	192	67	54
Spokane	1,757	795	395	359	130	48	30
Stevens	155	69	37	28	11	7	3
Thurston	1,053	498	224	237	63	22	9
Wahkiakum	11	9	1	1	0	0	0
Walla Walla	189	75	52	40	16	6	0
Whatcom	619	265	139	152	36	17	10
Whitman	89	40	21	17	8	2	1
Yakima	769	311	157	182	73	38	8
Out-of-State	1,560	999	226	206	64	32	33
Unknown	476	248	80	72	18	9	49
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, 02/2008.

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