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Table 5.  Divorces and Annulments by Number of Children¹ and County of Wife's Residence², 2010
County Total 0 1 2 3 4 + Unknown3
State Total 27,068 12,777 5,275 5,668 1,920 723 705
Adams 53 16 8 13 11 4 1
Asotin 80 39 17 15 7 1 1
Benton 701 296 152 146 63 25 19
Chelan 275 105 65 61 25 12 7
Clallam 264 131 45 60 17 10 1
Clark 1,672 711 350 390 131 46 44
Columbia 21 10 4 5 2 0 0
Cowlitz 431 196 95 92 32 14 2
Douglas 136 55 30 35 10 5 1
Ferry 28 13 5 5 5 0 0
Franklin 266 100 55 67 28 13 3
Garfield 5 2 1 2 0 0 0
Grant 296 117 61 59 37 19 3
Grays Harbor 278 129 59 64 19 6 1
Island 318 150 73 66 17 10 2
Jefferson 95 54 16 15 6 3 1
King 6,186 3,168 1,159 1,277 366 102 114
Kitsap 1,020 448 211 242 74 24 21
Kittitas 131 59 25 33 12 2 0
Klickitat 68 27 7 22 8 3 1
Lewis 326 143 74 66 22 14 7
Lincoln 28 10 7 7 4 0 0
Mason 221 97 38 50 22 9 5
Okanogan 127 59 34 22 4 5 3
Pacific 59 29 13 11 4 2 0
Pend Oreille 45 21 5 11 5 3 0
Pierce 3,298 1,534 680 717 226 82 59
San Juan 55 20 9 22 2 2 0
Skagit 423 192 90 91 38 8 4
Skamania 25 15 4 1 4 0 1
Snohomish 2,587 1,128 555 566 180 76 82
Spokane 1,961 878 389 459 142 50 43
Stevens 181 96 36 28 13 7 1
Thurston 1,222 577 257 256 92 22 18
Wahkiakum 19 11 3 5 0 0 0
Walla Walla 240 106 37 60 21 15 1
Whatcom 599 264 116 125 57 21 16
Whitman 95 53 12 19 8 3 0
Yakima 783 282 165 182 99 48 7
Out-of-State 1,747 1,141 223 220 63 40 60
Unknown 703 295 90 81 44 17 176
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, 07/2011.
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