So Who is Getting Divorces in the U.S.?

One of the more curious aspects of our financial crisis is the decline in divorces as of late. Apparently the cost of divorce is making those with less think longer about cutting things short. (Thank you, thank you, I’m here every night).

Nonetheless, here at LegalMatch.com tens of thousands of people have logged on to find divorce attorneys within the past 12 months. I was curious about their demographics, and here is what the data was telling me:

• The Median Age for a person seeking a divorce in the US: 37
• Median Number of Children: 1

37 years old seems about right for a starter divorce.  Plus, the Median number of children matches US Census results; the national average for children per household in the US is 0.90.

Not much stands out here separating your average divorcé from your average U.S. citizen, which is not surprising considering almost half of all marriages end in divorce in the United States.

So now we know who is getting divorces…are they decreasing in number? Not from what I can tell.

Looking back over the 12 month period, there is no significant difference in month to month numbers, nor is there any decline in the numbers from 2008 to 2009. And again, this is tens of thousands of customers seeking divorce, not just a small sample size.

Fear not divorce attorneys! The American Divorce Industry is apparently alive and well.