We used Saturday Night Science to analyze Texas’s most recent Census data to determine the divorce rate for each city in Texas based on the percentage of currently divorced residents.
The city with the highest divorce rate in Texas is Hudson, with 23.0% of people over 15 years of age being divorced, per the most recent census data. The city with the lowest divorce rate in Texas is Murphy.
Texas is 5.0% divorced overall. There are some 1,207,536 people living in Texas over fifteen years of age who are divorced. You can compare that to the 28,339,199 Americans who are currently divorced.
Isn’t the divorce rate in America close to 50%? Yes indeed. But we’re measuring something else; we are looking at counts and percentages of people over 15 years old who are currently divorced. That 50% statistic is for the percentage of people who have ever been divorced.
So now that we have you biting your nails, rethinking your worldview, and pulling out your hair, let’s look at the places in Texas with the highest rates of divorcees.
23.0% divorced · #1 highest divorce rate in Texas
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15.0% divorced · #2 highest divorce rate in Texas
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DeWitt County, Texas
Cuero is a city in DeWitt County, Texas, United States. The population was 6,841 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of DeWitt County. It is unofficially known as the “turkey capital of the world”. In 2010, Cuero was named one of the “Coolest Small Towns in America” by Budget Travel magazine.
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14.0% divorced · #4 highest divorce rate in Texas
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Bastrop County, Texas
Bastrop is a city and the county seat of Bastrop County, Texas, United States. Located about 30 miles southeast of Austin, it is part of the Greater Austin metropolitan area. The population was 7,218 according to the 2010 census.
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14.0% divorced · #4 highest divorce rate in Texas
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Dallas County, Texas
Hutchins is a city in Dallas County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,338 at the 2010 census.
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14.0% divorced · #4 highest divorce rate in Texas
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Rusk County, Texas
Henderson is a city in Rusk County, northeast Texas, United States. The population was 13,712 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Rusk County. Henderson is named for James Pinckney Henderson, the first governor of Texas.
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13.0% divorced · #8 highest divorce rate in Texas
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Orange County, Texas
Vidor is a city in western Orange County, Texas, United States. A city of Southeast Texas, it lies at the intersection of Interstate 10 and Farm to Market Road 105, six miles east of Beaumont. The town is mainly a bedroom community for the nearby refining complexes in Beaumont and Port Arthur and is part of the Beaumont-Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 10,579 at the 2010 census.
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13.0% divorced · #8 highest divorce rate in Texas
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Winkler County, Texas
Kermit is a city in and the county seat of Winkler County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,708 at the 2010 census. The city was named for Kermit Roosevelt after a visit by his father Theodore Roosevelt to the county.
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13.0% divorced · #8 highest divorce rate in Texas
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Nolan County, Texas
Sweetwater is a municipality in and the seat of Nolan County, Texas, United States. It is 236 miles southeast of Amarillo and 181 miles west of Fort Worth. The population was 10,906 at the 2010 census.
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13.0% divorced · #8 highest divorce rate in Texas
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Milam County, Texas
Cameron is a city in Milam County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,770 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Milam County.
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13.0% divorced · #8 highest divorce rate in Texas
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Jasper County, Texas
Jasper is a city and the county seat of Jasper County, Texas, in the United States. The population was 8,247 at the 2000 census and 7,590 at the 2010 census. Jasper is situated in the Deep East Texas subregion, about 130 miles northeast of Houston. Jasper holds an annual Butterfly Festival the first Saturday in October to celebrate the migration of the monarch butterflies.
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How We Determined The Places In Texas That Get Un-Hitched The Most
We used Saturday Night Science to look at the U.S. Census Bureau on divorce rates. Because who likes tracking misery more than the U.S. government?
Specifically, we looked at the 2020-2024 American Community Survey table S1201 — Marital Status. Pretty straightforward on that front — we just had to extract the following column of data:
Today, the analysis focuses on the 372 places in Texas with a population of over 5,000.
- Population 15 Years and Over -> Divorced
We ranked each place by the percentage of divorcees over 15 years of age from highest to lowest. We crowned the divorce capital of Texas the place with the highest incidence of divorcees, Hudson.
And if you’re trying to avoid divorce, check out Murphy, the city with the lowest divorce rate in Texas. We updated this article for 2026 and this list is our eleventh time ranking the cities in Texas with the highest divorce rates.
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Cities With The Highest Divorce Rates In Texas
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| Rank | City | Population | Divorcees | Divorce Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hudson | 5,104 | 939 | 23.0% |
| 2 | Cuero | 8,165 | 980 | 15.0% |
| 4 | Bastrop | 11,156 | 1,249 | 14.0% |
| 4 | Hutchins | 7,496 | 840 | 14.0% |
| 4 | Henderson | 13,385 | 1,499 | 14.0% |
| 8 | Vidor | 9,708 | 1,010 | 13.0% |
| 8 | Kermit | 5,689 | 592 | 13.0% |
| 8 | Sweetwater | 10,385 | 1,080 | 13.0% |
| 8 | Cameron | 5,416 | 563 | 13.0% |
| 8 | Jasper | 7,299 | 759 | 13.0% |
| 15 | Kaufman | 8,538 | 820 | 12.0% |
| 15 | Luling | 5,531 | 531 | 12.0% |
| 15 | Beeville | 13,412 | 1,288 | 12.0% |
| 15 | Lamesa | 8,393 | 806 | 12.0% |
| 15 | Paris | 24,775 | 2,378 | 12.0% |
| 15 | Snyder | 11,241 | 1,079 | 12.0% |
| 15 | Nederland | 18,381 | 1,765 | 12.0% |
| 15 | Wharton | 8,724 | 838 | 12.0% |
| 15 | Gatesville | 16,228 | 1,558 | 12.0% |
| 26 | Floresville | 8,007 | 705 | 11.0% |
| 26 | Hondo | 8,713 | 767 | 11.0% |
| 26 | Fort Stockton | 8,278 | 728 | 11.0% |
| 26 | Livingston | 5,718 | 503 | 11.0% |
| 26 | Giddings | 5,151 | 453 | 11.0% |
| 26 | Crockett | 6,364 | 560 | 11.0% |
| 26 | Brady | 5,230 | 460 | 11.0% |
| 26 | Mabank | 5,187 | 456 | 11.0% |
| 26 | Groves | 16,976 | 1,494 | 11.0% |
| 26 | Iowa Park | 6,578 | 579 | 11.0% |
| 26 | Uvalde | 15,417 | 1,357 | 11.0% |
| 26 | Gladewater | 6,227 | 548 | 11.0% |
| 26 | Lacy-Lakeview | 7,274 | 640 | 11.0% |
| 41 | Cleveland | 8,984 | 719 | 10.0% |
| 41 | Brownwood | 18,777 | 1,502 | 10.0% |
| 41 | Brenham | 18,641 | 1,491 | 10.0% |
| 41 | Robstown | 10,236 | 819 | 10.0% |
| 41 | Monahans | 7,452 | 596 | 10.0% |
| 41 | Silsbee | 6,842 | 547 | 10.0% |
| 41 | Texas City | 55,364 | 4,429 | 10.0% |
| 41 | Sansom Park | 5,392 | 431 | 10.0% |
| 41 | Santa Fe | 12,901 | 1,032 | 10.0% |
| 41 | Liberty | 8,650 | 692 | 10.0% |
| 41 | Gonzales | 7,200 | 576 | 10.0% |
| 41 | Richland Hills | 8,493 | 679 | 10.0% |
| 41 | Victoria | 65,625 | 5,250 | 10.0% |
| 41 | Marlin | 5,516 | 441 | 10.0% |
| 41 | Lockhart | 15,326 | 1,226 | 10.0% |
| 41 | Cleburne | 34,344 | 2,748 | 10.0% |
| 41 | Mineral Wells | 15,244 | 1,220 | 10.0% |
| 41 | Rusk | 5,477 | 438 | 10.0% |
| 63 | Edna | 6,027 | 434 | 9.0% |
| 63 | El Campo | 12,202 | 879 | 9.0% |
| 63 | Pampa | 16,659 | 1,199 | 9.0% |
| 63 | Palestine | 19,136 | 1,378 | 9.0% |
| 63 | Borger | 12,226 | 880 | 9.0% |
| 63 | Vernon | 9,848 | 709 | 9.0% |
| 63 | Mexia | 6,859 | 494 | 9.0% |
| 63 | Azle | 14,126 | 1,017 | 9.0% |
| 63 | Lufkin | 34,251 | 2,466 | 9.0% |
| 63 | Seguin | 33,754 | 2,430 | 9.0% |
| 63 | Prairie View | 8,431 | 607 | 9.0% |
| 63 | Seminole | 7,184 | 517 | 9.0% |
| 63 | La Marque | 19,268 | 1,387 | 9.0% |
| 63 | Bowie | 5,770 | 415 | 9.0% |
| 63 | Port Neches | 13,664 | 984 | 9.0% |
| 63 | Denison | 25,778 | 1,856 | 9.0% |
| 63 | Lake Dallas | 7,822 | 563 | 9.0% |
| 63 | Orange | 19,177 | 1,381 | 9.0% |
| 63 | Childress | 5,834 | 420 | 9.0% |
| 63 | Brownfield | 8,738 | 629 | 9.0% |
| 63 | Hillsboro | 8,506 | 612 | 9.0% |
| 63 | Lampasas | 7,671 | 552 | 9.0% |
| 63 | Gun Barrel City | 6,570 | 473 | 9.0% |
| 63 | Sanger | 9,641 | 694 | 9.0% |
| 63 | Alice | 17,707 | 1,275 | 9.0% |
| 63 | Elgin | 11,563 | 833 | 9.0% |
| 98 | Angleton | 19,972 | 1,278 | 8.0% |
| 98 | Sherman | 46,397 | 2,969 | 8.0% |
| 98 | Port Lavaca | 11,358 | 727 | 8.0% |
| 98 | Amarillo | 201,885 | 12,921 | 8.0% |
| 98 | Keene | 6,691 | 428 | 8.0% |
| 98 | Yoakum | 5,846 | 374 | 8.0% |
| 98 | Bonham | 10,697 | 685 | 8.0% |
| 98 | Katy | 25,184 | 1,612 | 8.0% |
| 98 | Hitchcock | 7,563 | 484 | 8.0% |
| 98 | Weatherford | 35,788 | 2,290 | 8.0% |
| 98 | Athens | 13,200 | 845 | 8.0% |
| 98 | Crystal City | 6,159 | 394 | 8.0% |
| 98 | Freeport | 10,621 | 680 | 8.0% |
| 98 | Terrell | 20,366 | 1,303 | 8.0% |
| 98 | McGregor | 5,761 | 369 | 8.0% |
| 98 | Galveston | 53,424 | 3,419 | 8.0% |
| 98 | Beaumont | 113,279 | 7,250 | 8.0% |
| 98 | Huntsville | 47,864 | 3,063 | 8.0% |
| 98 | Atlanta | 5,439 | 348 | 8.0% |
| 98 | Granbury | 12,136 | 777 | 8.0% |
| 98 | White Settlement | 18,150 | 1,162 | 8.0% |
| 98 | Sulphur Springs | 16,401 | 1,050 | 8.0% |
| 98 | Graham | 8,792 | 563 | 8.0% |
| 98 | San Angelo | 99,674 | 6,379 | 8.0% |
Source: U.S. Census ACS 2020-2024. 372 cities with more than 5,000 residents.
Summary
Getting Some Closure In Texas After Untying The Knot
We now have a sense of what places in the Lone Star State don’t pay much attention to the whole “’til death do we part” phrase.
The cities with the highest divorce rate in Texas are Hudson, Cuero, Bastrop, Hutchins, Henderson, Vidor, Kermit, Sweetwater, Cameron, and Jasper.
Try to keep in mind that the reason cities rank where they do in Texas could be because of the age, education, and income distribution, as all of those things impact the rate of divorce.
