What is the current divorce percentage among U.S. married couples?

At one point I had heard it was over 50%. Can anyone confirm this statement or provide a factual percentage? Thank you.What is the current divorce percentage among U.S. married couples?
It's lower than that but the divorce rate for FIRST marriages is at or above 50%.What is the current divorce percentage among U.S. married couples?
The problem is that it's not really tracked, and since every state handles their own marriages, it's not reported consistently. Here are some articles that suggest the figure is closer to one-third. Still not great, but much better than a 50/50 shot. These are long but well worth reading!


http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/d/d…


http://www.divorcereform.org/nyt05.html
Lower than you'd think - it's 36% according to this article from last year:





http://www.denverpost.com/ci_5867870





Edit: sorry this link doesn't appear to work, so you'll have to go to google and search ';divorce rate in us'; and it's on the first page of the search.





Edit2: link working now.
50% and 60% in southern cal and in the bible belt.
Over 50% of couple is what i heard Dr Phil say the other day on this subject
60%