Show Divorces Arc Are Rising Marriages Dropping During buring the 12 11 months month ending ending end end- ing August t 1974 the tho estimated o number of marriages In the US U.S. wa was about and the number of divorces was according to a Census Bureau demographer For the first time since the late the the marriage total for lor a month 12 period was significantly smaller by than it had been in the tho preceding preceding pre ceding year However the di divorce divorce di vorce total for that period continued con cons to rise by above the level of the thc preceding 12 months |