Table 1.

Women’s Age-Specific Rates of First Marriage and Divorce by Race, Ethnicity, and Nativity

	Panel A. Marriage
Age	White	Black	Asian/Pacific Islander	American Indian/Native Alaskan	Hispanic, Total	Hispanic, U.S. born	Hispanic, foreign born
15–19	8.7	5.0	8.5	20.3	16.7	13.1	32.6
20–24	58.9	23.0	41.4	53.5	59.1	50.4	81.3
25–29	115.6	43.0	133.7	76.6	81.0	75.9	89.2
30–34	130.6	47.6	152.5	74.9	87.4	83.0	92.1
35–39	123.0	44.6	129.1	70.5	80.4	72.7	86.8
40–44	111.6	39.4	100.5	51.8	77.9	72.6	82.2
	Panel B. Divorce
Age	White	Black	Asian/Pacific Islander	American Indian/Native Alaskan	Hispanic, Total	Hispanic, U.S. born	Hispanic, foreign born
20–24	48.44	40.13	12.23	63.61	26.79	36.74	16.13
25–29	38.80	44.29	13.23	52.02	26.71	40.43	15.31
30–34	31.60	44.43	15.95	40.15	25.03	37.09	16.83
35–39	29.66	41.20	12.98	41.58	23.70	36.31	16.43
40–44	26.33	38.86	13.07	48.60	21.47	30.15	16.78

Source: Authors’ computations from the 2008–12 American Community Survey, Integrated Public Use Microdata Series.

Note: Rates are calculated as the number of marriages per 1,000 unmarried women and number of divorces per 1,000 married women.