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Table 5.  Divorces and Annulments by Number of Childreną and County of Wife's Residence˛, 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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