When you marry the love of your life, you think that love will last forever. It's a sacred bond that means through thick and thin, good and bad, you will stick together to the very end.
We all know that's a load of bull, because what is the popular statistic: 50% of marriage end in divorce?
A new report from CNBC looked at the marriage rates across every state in the US, and where marriages lasted and where they crumbled apart. Unfortunately for the Lone Star State, "'til death to us part" doesn't seem to apply.
The states where marriages last the longest include:
1. West Virginia, median of 22.6 years.
2. Wisconsin, median of 22.5 years.
3. Vermont, 22.4 years
4. Montana, 22.1 years
5. Michigan, 22 years
6. Iowa, 22 years
7. South Dakota, 21.8 years
8. Pennsylvania, 21.8 years
9. Maine, 21.8 years
10. New Hampshire, 21.5 years.
And the states with the shortest marriages include:
1. Washington, D.C., median of 10.5 years.
2. Alaska, 8 years.
3. Texas, 17.6 years
4. Nevada, 17.7 years
5. Utah, 18 years.
6. Colorado, 18.2 years
7. Oklahoma, 18.2 years
8. Washington state, 18.3 years
9. Idaho, 18.6 years.
10. Georgia, 18.8 years.
Believe it or not though, statistics show marriages are MORE successful now than they were 20 years ago.
In 2000, about 5-in-10 marriages ended in divorce or annulment , and in 2021, there were only four divorces for every 10 marriages in the U.S., which is a drop of about 20%.
Maybe less people are just getting married. 100% of divorces do come from marriages, after all.
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