Divorces by Number of Children Awarded Joint Custody,
Michigan Occurrences, 1990 - 2023

Year	Number of Children
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6+	Unknown	Total Divorces
1990	35,353	1,139	1,095	330	62	14	2	2,573	40,568
1991	36,176	1,091	1,236	351	45	8	6	1,190	40,103
1992	36,763	1,126	1,098	326	64	9	2	1,037	40,425
1993	36,842	1,172	1,103	325	68	13	3	944	40,470
1994	36,254	1,145	1,226	325	82	14	4	745	39,795
1995	35,524	1,351	1,237	358	62	15	5	897	39,449
1996	34,086	1,286	1,252	382	66	12	2	1,083	38,169
1997	34,127	1,398	1,239	374	68	10	4	982	38,202
1998	34,400	1,535	1,524	462	88	9	8	497	38,523
1999	33,597	1,665	1,643	484	103	16	7	491	38,006
2000	34,098	1,833	1,799	524	110	15	4	549	38,932
2001	33,900	1,921	1,910	537	117	10	7	467	38,869
2002	32,830	1,901	1,925	531	103	12	6	496	37,804
2003	31,161	1,844	1,748	506	109	19	2	207	35,596
2004	30,006	1,914	1,881	558	94	13	4	226	34,696
2005	29,905	2,053	1,949	559	96	13	5	–	34,580
2006	30,155	2,067	2,024	638	115	18	5	–	35,022
2007	29,394	2,206	2,158	618	117	20	9	–	34,522
2008	28,397	2,156	2,187	641	120	17	7	1	33,526
2009	27,455	2,278	2,168	724	117	21	8	–	32,771
2010	28,854	2,486	2,585	827	162	29	4	9	34,956
2011	27,724	2,580	2,629	825	147	24	6	5	33,940
2012	26,798	2,518	2,570	805	151	24	7	19	32,892
2013	25,669	2,509	2,482	755	170	23	13	66	31,687
2014	23,984	2,462	2,350	729	149	25	9	–	29,708
2015	23,810	2,502	2,526	737	144	23	6	–	29,748
2016	23,029	2,499	2,463	729	159	24	13	–	28,916
2017	22,236	2,506	2,390	757	197	35	15	–	28,136
2018	22,145	2,433	2,580	812	171	33	12	–	28,186
2019	20,302	2,382	2,473	752	150	14	13	62	26,148
2020	15,630	1,999	2,004	666	145	29	7	279	20,759
2021	16,918	2,070	2,166	709	168	24	13	713	22,781
2022	15,511	2,062	2,000	610	145	31	10	443	20,812
2023	14,970	2,006	2,152	717	161	24	9	452	20,491

Source: 1990 - 2023 Michigan Occurrence Divorce Files, Division for Vital Records & Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services.