The information given by the two bar charts illustrates the amounts of marriages and divorces in the USA from 1970 to 2000 and the proportions of four marital status of adult Americans: never married, married, widowed, and divorced.
Overall, it is evident that the number of marriages is bigger than that of divorces for three decades. Noticeably, married Americans held the largest percentage both in 1970 and 2000.
Notably, the number of divorces remained stable which fluctuacted from 1.4 million to 1 million over this period, paralleled by a general downward trend of marriages, from the maximum at 2.5 million to the minimum at 2 million. In 1970, the amount of marriages was 2.5 million, as it was over twice as high as divorces. In contrast, approximately 1.4 million individuals divorced in 1980, which was the largest number during this period, followed by 1.2 million in 1990 and 1 million in 1970 and 2000.
In 1970, married Americans represented the largest proportion at 70%, followed by 12% of never married, 8% of widowed, and 2% of divorced. However, the percentages of divorced and never married rose by 6% and 5% in 2000, while marriages and widowed saw a declined between 1970 and 2000, from 70% to 59%, and from 7% to 6%, respectively.