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In Rappahannock County, do marriages last longer than they do elsewhere? What is the divorce rate in the local area compared with what it is in other communities?
According to the latest statistics, the great majority of local people, once they get married, tend to stay that way. However, breakups among them are occurring more frequently now than in former years.
That is in line with the times. According to recent government figures, the divorce rate the United States has jumped no less than 33 percent in the last ten years.
In 1960, for every 1,000 couples throughout the country who were married, there were 35 divorced persons. In the past year this ratio rose to 47 pqr 1,000, the Census Bureau reports.
At the present time there are some 4,272,000 men and women in the nation who have been divorced and have not remarried. In addition, there are 2,662,000 who are listed as separated.
Among Rappahannock County residents, the divorce rate is on the low side, compared with the national.
The tabulations show that there are 31 divorced people locally for every 1,000 married couples.
Elsewhere in the South Atlantic States, by way of
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