Getting divorced? Chances are you'll marry again, Pew says

Divorced Americans might not have to worry about being alone — chances are remarriage is in their future, according to an analysis of federal data by the Pew Research Center.

While divorce declined and marriage rates stayed steady in recent years, according to federal data, divorce still shapes a large part of U.S. culture. About 1.8 million Americans got divorced in 2023, according to Pew — reshaping how families and households are formed, often in surprising ways.

Two-thirds of divorced Americans marry again, according to the Pew analysis released Thursday, which focused on what it called in its report "eight facts" about divorce in the U.S.

Men and women are remarrying at a fairly similar rate, though divorced men are slightly more likely to remarry than women, Pew found. A sligh