Florida Divorce Statistics (2026)
The verified numbers behind divorce in Florida — rates, filings, and a national comparison — with every figure cited to an official primary source you can check yourself.
Last updated July 17, 2026
As of the latest final federal data (2023), Florida's divorce rate is 3.0 divorces per 1,000 residents and its marriage rate is 7.0 marriages per 1,000 residents, according to the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics. Florida's divorce rate runs above the reported U.S. rate of 2.4 per 1,000. Applied to Florida's population of roughly 23 million, a 3.0 rate implies on the order of 69,000 dissolutions of marriage a year — an estimate that lines up with the counts published in the Florida Courts' trial-court statistics. Every figure below links to the official source it came from.
Florida at a glance (2023)
These are the exact, final figures reported by the CDC/NCHS for Florida. They are the numbers to cite when you need a primary, federal source for the Florida divorce and marriage rate.
3.0
Divorces per 1,000 residents
Florida, 2023 (final)
Source: CDC/NCHS — Stats of the States: Florida (marriage & divorce rates) (2023 (final))
7.0
Marriages per 1,000 residents
Florida, 2023 (final)
Source: CDC/NCHS — Stats of the States: Florida (marriage & divorce rates) (2023 (final))
≈ 69,000
Estimated dissolutions per year
Derived estimate — see methodology below
Source: CDC/NCHS — Stats of the States: Florida (marriage & divorce rates) (2023 (final)); U.S. Census Bureau — QuickFacts: Florida (population) (2024 estimate); Florida Department of Health — FLHealthCHARTS, Marriage Dissolution Count Query System (1989–present)
≈ 23M
Florida population
U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 estimate
Source: U.S. Census Bureau — QuickFacts: Florida (population) (2024 estimate)
Florida vs. the United States
National rates are drawn from the CDC/NCHS. The national divorce figures reflect the 45 states plus D.C. that report divorce counts to the NCHS — five states (California, Hawaii, Indiana, Minnesota, and New Mexico) do not, so the true national rate is modestly higher than the reported figure.
| Measure (2023) | Florida | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Divorce rate (per 1,000 population) | 3.0 | 2.4 |
| Marriage rate (per 1,000 population) | 7.0 | 6.1 |
| Total divorces (count) | ≈ 69,000 (est.) | 672,502 |
| Total marriages (count) | ≈ 161,000 (est.) | 2,041,926 |
Florida rates: CDC/NCHS Stats of the States — Florida. National rates and counts: CDC/NCHS FastStats — Marriage and Divorce. Florida counts marked (est.) are derived from the CDC rate and the Census population — see methodology.
How these numbers are compiled
Rates come first, counts are derived. The CDC/NCHS publishes Florida's divorce and marriage rates per 1,000 residents as final figures, but it does not publish a single official statewide divorce count for the most recent year. We therefore derive the count: a rate of 3.0 per 1,000 applied to a population of roughly 23 million yields about 69,000 dissolutions (3.0 × 23,000 = 69,000). The marriage estimate is derived the same way (7.0 × 23,000 ≈ 161,000). These derived counts are labeled as estimates throughout.
Cross-check against Florida's own records. Two Florida agencies keep primary counts you can query directly. The Florida Department of Health's FLHealthCHARTS system reports marriage-dissolution counts back to 1989, and the Florida Courts' Trial Court Statistical Reference Guide reports the number of dissolution-of-marriage cases filed each fiscal year. Filings and finalized dissolutions are not identical — a case filed in one year may finalize in the next, and some filings are dismissed — but both land in the same range as the derived estimate, which is why we report a single rounded figure rather than false precision.
Latest final year. We use 2023 because it is the most recent year for which the CDC/NCHS has published final vital-statistics rates for Florida. Provisional national figures are noted as provisional where used.
Pull the latest yourself. Every source below is a live, official system. To retrieve the most current Florida dissolution count, query FLHealthCHARTS or the Florida Courts interactive statistics; for the share of Florida adults who are currently divorced, pull Census ACS Table S1201.
Sources
- CDC/NCHS — Stats of the States: Florida (marriage & divorce rates)(2023 (final))
- CDC/NCHS — FastStats: Marriage and Divorce (national)(2023)
- Florida Department of Health — FLHealthCHARTS, Marriage Dissolution Count Query System(1989–present)
- Florida Courts — Trial Court Statistical Reference Guide & Interactive Statistics(FY 2023–24)
- U.S. Census Bureau — American Community Survey, Table S1201 (Marital Status)(2023 ACS)
- U.S. Census Bureau — QuickFacts: Florida (population)(2024 estimate)
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