In 2006, the marriage rate for Kentucky was 8.1 and the divorce rate was 4.7. (Rates are the number of occurrences per 1000 total population.)
The following information for marriage and divorce rates by county is preliminary data from 2006 (the latest data posted as of this posting).
A #1 Rank for marriage is the county with the highest rate of marriage (Boyd). A county with the #1 rank for divorce (Allen) is the county with the highest rate of divorce. The Top 10 Counties with each of the highest divorce rates and lowest marriage rates are highlighted in red. For example, Adair County has a low marriage rate, but it also coincides with a low divorce rate. However, Garrard County has both a low marriage rate AND a high divorce rate.
| County | # Marriages | Marriage Rate | Rank | # Divorces | Divorce Rate | Rank |
| ADAIR | 106 | 6.1 | 111 | 45 | 2.6 | 117 |
| ALLEN | 202 | 10.9 | 18 | 282 | 15.2 | 1 |
| ANDERSON | 150 | 7.4 | 84 | 90 | 4.4 | 79 |
| BALLARD | 121 | 14.6 | 4 | 45 | 5.4 | 39 |
| BARREN | 377 | 9.4 | 31 | 224 | 5.6 | 37 |
| BATH | 95 | 8.2 | 63 | 82 | 7.1 | 10 |
| BELL | 285 | 9.6 | 30 | 174 | 5.9 | 30 |
| BOONE | 701 | 6.6 | 107 | 339 | 3.2 | 110 |
| BOURBON | 142 | 7.2 | 90 | 69 | 3.5 | 104 |
| BOYD | 989 | 20.0 | 1 | 233 | 4.7 | 70 |
| BOYLE | 207 | 7.3 | 87 | 141 | 5.0 | 59 |
| BRACKEN | 76 | 8.8 | 45 | 44 | 5.1 | 52 |
| BREATHITT | 138 | 8.7 | 48 | 76 | 4.8 | 68 |
| BRECKINRIDGE | 131 | 6.8 | 102 | 84 | 4.4 | 79 |
| BULLITT | 479 | 6.7 | 103 | 317 | 4.4 | 79 |
| BUTLER | 115 | 8.6 | 51 | 60 | 4.5 | 76 |
| CALDWELL | 106 | 8.2 | 63 | 102 | 7.9 | 9 |
| CALLOWAY | 279 | 8.0 | 69 | 160 | 4.6 | 72 |
| CAMPBELL | 797 | 9.2 | 40 | 310 | 3.6 | 100 |
| CARLISLE | 44 | 8.3 | 59 | 17 | 3.2 | 110 |
| CARROLL | 165 | 15.8 | 2 | 70 | 6.7 | 15 |
| CARTER | 238 | 8.7 | 48 | 177 | 6.5 | 18 |
| CASEY | 109 | 6.7 | 103 | 68 | 4.2 | 90 |
| CHRISTIAN | 833 | 11.9 | 8 | 619 | 8.9 | 4 |
| CLARK | 244 | 7.0 | 95 | 199 | 5.7 | 35 |
| CLAY | 183 | 7.6 | 79 | 102 | 4.2 | 90 |
| CLINTON | 88 | 9.2 | 40 | 51 | 5.3 | 46 |
| CRITTENDEN | 107 | 11.9 | 8 | 40 | 4.4 | 79 |
| CUMBERLAND | 62 | 8.8 | 45 | 50 | 7.1 | 10 |
| DAVIESS | 798 | 8.6 | 51 | 462 | 5.0 | 59 |
| EDMONSON | 120 | 10.0 | 26 | 55 | 4.6 | 72 |
| ELLIOTT | 48 | 6.9 | 98 | 46 | 6.6 | 17 |
| ESTILL | 104 | 6.9 | 98 | 75 | 5.0 | 59 |
| FAYETTE | 1987 | 7.4 | 84 | 1109 | 4.1 | 96 |
| FLEMING | 110 | 7.5 | 81 | 67 | 4.6 | 72 |
| FLOYD | 377 | 8.9 | 43 | 240 | 5.7 | 35 |
| FRANKLIN | 371 | 7.7 | 76 | 259 | 5.4 | 39 |
| FULTON | 109 | 15.2 | 3 | 30 | 4.2 | 90 |
| GALLATIN | 83 | 10.2 | 22 | 65 | 8.0 | 7 |
| GARRARD | 100 | 6.0 | 113 | 159 | 9.6 | 3 |
| GRANT | 207 | 8.4 | 57 | 133 | 5.4 | 39 |
| GRAVES | 278 | 7.4 | 84 | 186 | 4.9 | 65 |
| GRAYSON | 227 | 9.0 | 42 | 160 | 6.3 | 25 |
| GREEN | 82 | 7.1 | 92 | 59 | 5.1 | 52 |
| GREENUP | 501 | 13.5 | 5 | 126 | 3.4 | 107 |
| HANCOCK | 80 | 9.3 | 35 | 42 | 4.9 | 65 |
| HARDIN | 1002 | 10.3 | 21 | 778 | 8.0 | 7 |
| HARLANa | 264 | 8.3 | 59 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| HARRISON | 151 | 8.2 | 63 | 85 | 4.6 | 72 |
| HART | 143 | 7.8 | 71 | 76 | 4.1 | 96 |
| HENDERSON | 523 | 11.5 | 12 | 245 | 5.4 | 39 |
| HENRY | 106 | 6.7 | 103 | 102 | 6.4 | 20 |
| HICKMAN | 47 | 9.3 | 35 | 35 | 6.9 | 13 |
| HOPKINS | 433 | 9.3 | 35 | 292 | 6.3 | 25 |
| JACKSON | 127 | 9.3 | 35 | 57 | 4.2 | 90 |
| JEFFERSON | 4929 | 7.1 | 92 | 3124 | 4.5 | 76 |
| JESSAMINE | 361 | 8.3 | 59 | 157 | 3.6 | 100 |
| JOHNSON | 204 | 8.5 | 55 | 154 | 6.4 | 20 |
| KENTON | 1430 | 9.3 | 35 | 523 | 3.4 | 107 |
| KNOTT | 135 | 7.7 | 76 | 5 | 0.3 | 119 |
| KNOX | 263 | 8.2 | 63 | 86 | 2.7 | 116 |
| LARUE | 117 | 8.6 | 51 | 60 | 4.4 | 79 |
| LAUREL | 467 | 8.3 | 59 | 298 | 5.3 | 46 |
| LAWRENCE | 200 | 12.4 | 7 | 82 | 5.1 | 52 |
| LEE | 21 | 2.7 | 119 | 38 | 5.0 | 59 |
| LESLIE | 120 | 10.0 | 26 | 42 | 3.5 | 104 |
| LETCHER | 208 | 8.5 | 55 | 126 | 5.1 | 52 |
| LEWIS | 108 | 7.8 | 71 | 66 | 4.8 | 68 |
| LINCOLN | 183 | 7.3 | 87 | 65 | 2.6 | 117 |
| LIVINGSTON | 80 | 8.2 | 63 | 43 | 4.4 | 79 |
| LOGAN | 320 | 11.8 | 10 | 128 | 4.7 | 70 |
| LYON | 50 | 6.1 | 111 | 56 | 6.9 | 13 |
| MADISON | 613 | 7.9 | 70 | 448 | 5.8 | 33 |
| MAGOFFIN | 136 | 10.1 | 24 | 71 | 5.3 | 46 |
| MARION | 147 | 7.8 | 71 | 94 | 5.0 | 59 |
| MARSHALL | 217 | 7.0 | 95 | 186 | 6.0 | 28 |
| MARTIN | 144 | 11.8 | 10 | 78 | 6.4 | 20 |
| MASON | 166 | 9.7 | 29 | 92 | 5.4 | 39 |
| MCCRACKEN | 815 | 12.6 | 6 | 346 | 5.3 | 46 |
| MCCREARY | 199 | 11.5 | 12 | 96 | 5.6 | 37 |
| MCLEAN | 69 | 6.9 | 98 | 42 | 4.2 | 90 |
| MEADE | 232 | 8.2 | 63 | 79 | 2.8 | 115 |
| MENIFEE | 57 | 8.4 | 57 | 55 | 8.1 | 6 |
| MERCER | 162 | 7.5 | 81 | 128 | 5.9 | 30 |
| METCALFE | 53 | 5.2 | 117 | 51 | 5.0 | 59 |
| MONROE | 81 | 6.9 | 98 | 50 | 4.3 | 87 |
| MONTGOMERY | 267 | 11.0 | 16 | 209 | 8.6 | 5 |
| MORGAN | 144 | 10.1 | 24 | 52 | 3.6 | 100 |
| MUHLENBERG | 244 | 7.7 | 76 | 197 | 6.2 | 27 |
| NELSON | 322 | 7.8 | 71 | 182 | 4.4 | 79 |
| NICHOLAS | 44 | 6.3 | 109 | 24 | 3.4 | 107 |
| OHIO | 203 | 8.6 | 51 | 169 | 7.1 | 10 |
| OLDHAM | 291 | 5.4 | 115 | 229 | 4.3 | 87 |
| OWEN | 82 | 7.2 | 90 | 43 | 3.8 | 98 |
| OWSLEY | 25 | 5.3 | 116 | 24 | 5.1 | 52 |
| PENDLETON | 97 | 6.4 | 108 | 75 | 4.9 | 65 |
| PERRY | 308 | 10.4 | 20 | 171 | 5.8 | 33 |
| PIKE | 680 | 10.2 | 22 | 342 | 5.1 | 52 |
| POWELL | 63 | 4.6 | 118 | 88 | 6.4 | 20 |
| PULASKI | 523 | 8.8 | 45 | 353 | 6.0 | 28 |
| ROBERTSON | 14 | 6.2 | 110 | 12 | 5.3 | 46 |
| ROCKCASTLE | 127 | 7.6 | 79 | 53 | 3.2 | 110 |
| ROWAN | 197 | 8.9 | 43 | 131 | 5.9 | 30 |
| RUSSELL | 187 | 11.0 | 16 | 114 | 6.7 | 15 |
| SCOTT | 345 | 8.7 | 48 | 117 | 3.0 | 114 |
| SHELBY | 280 | 7.3 | 87 | 159 | 4.2 | 90 |
| SIMPSON | 186 | 10.9 | 18 | 108 | 6.4 | 20 |
| SPENCER | 109 | 7.0 | 95 | 69 | 4.4 | 79 |
| TAYLOR | 223 | 9.4 | 31 | 127 | 5.4 | 39 |
| TODD | 118 | 9.9 | 28 | 63 | 5.3 | 46 |
| TRIGG | 95 | 7.1 | 92 | 57 | 4.3 | 87 |
| TRIMBLE | 102 | 11.3 | 14 | 46 | 5.1 | 52 |
| UNION | 176 | 11.3 | 14 | 59 | 3.8 | 98 |
| WARREN | 767 | 7.8 | 71 | 357 | 3.6 | 100 |
| WASHINGTON | 76 | 6.7 | 103 | 51 | 4.5 | 76 |
| WAYNE | 192 | 9.4 | 31 | 111 | 5.4 | 39 |
| WEBSTER | 106 | 7.5 | 81 | 92 | 6.5 | 18 |
| WHITLEY | 356 | 9.4 | 31 | 116 | 3.1 | 113 |
| WOLFEa | 0 | 0.0 | 98 | 13.8 | 2 | |
| WOODFORD | 141 | 5.8 | 114 | 84 | 3.5 | 104 |
* Preliminary data for 2006, Office of Vital Statistics, Kentucky Cabinet for Health & Family Services
a Data not reported
