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

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

The bar chart show the amount of marriages and divorces between 1970 and 200 in the USA, and the rates of marital status among Americans in those two years.

It is shown that the number of Americans who were married was decreased during 1970 to 2000, but divorces rates remained constant. In, addition, the proportion of married couples in the USA dropped, while divorced partner arose.

In 1970, 2.5 million Americans got married. In the meantime, 1 million people in the USA suffered separation. Divorces rate reached the peak at 1.5 million divorces in 1980. By 2000, married population fell by a half million, and divorces rate also slipped down to 1 million.

Married was the highest marital status in the USA in 1970 with 70% of adult Americans were married. Divorced percentage was the lowest with about 1% of adult people in the USA. In 2000, married adults still placed on the top with 60%. While widowed became the lowest with only about 5% population of adult Americans.

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