Note: *The U.S. data are provisional for all years. Crude divorce rates are per 1,000 population. **2021 data are not
available at time of publication. The years 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 excludes data from California, Hawaii, Indiana,
Minnesota, and New Mexico. The year 2016 excludes data for California, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Minnesota, and New
Mexico. The years 2013-2015 exclude California, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, and Minnesota. The years 2007-2012
exclude data for California, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Louisiana, and Minnesota.
Source: National Center for Health Statistics and South Dakota Department of Health, Office of Health Statistics
Table 67, below, displays marriages by
month over the past five years. The most
common time to have a wedding for most
years is from June to October.
Table 67
Month of Marriages Occurring in South Dakota, 2017-2021
Source: South Dakota Department of Health, Office of Health Statistics
Divorces in South Dakota
Table 68, below, lists the divorce rates for
South Dakota and the United States. The
2021 South Dakota divorce rate was 2.5
divo
divorces per 1,000 population, which is the
lowest divorce rate since 1972.
Table 68
Number and Rate of Divorces by Occurrence,
South Dakota and United States, 2007-2021
Year