The charts below give information about USA marriage and divorce rates between 1970 and 2000. and the martial status of adult Americans in two of the years

The first

bar

chart

shows the

number

of marriages and divorces by US citizens between 1970 and 2000 in millions. The second

bar

chart

illustrates the marital situation of adult Americans in 1970 and 2000 in

percentage

.

It is clear that

in the past, the

number

of marriages was more than these days, but it was not significant.

Also

, a smaller

percentage

of American adults were unmarried in the past. Looking at the

number

of the marriage and divorce

bar

chart

, 2.5

million

individuals were married in 1970, and the

number

of marriages fell to 2

million

in 2000. The

figure

for divorce experienced a fluctuation in the period shown.

While

1

million

USA citizens divorced in 1970, the

figure

reached close to 1.5

million

in 1980, but it decreased to 1

million

in 2000.

According to

the second

bar

chart

, it is obvious that the

percentage

of unmarried and divorced people increased,

while

the

percentage

of married and widowed citizens experienced a slight decrease. The

percentage

of unmarried individuals in 2000 was 20%, and in 1970 was just below half of

this

amount.

While

the

figure

for married grown-ups fell from 70% to 60%, the

percentage

for divorced people increased from 2% in 1970 to approximately 9% in 2000.

Lastly

, in 1970, close to 8% of the USA adults were widows.

However

, the

figure

experienced a negligible decrease and became 5% in 2000.