Newly released US Census statistics reveal the prevalence of divorce in each state’s population.

Some of the statistics are somewhat surprising.

For example, New York and New Jersey have two of the three lowest rates of divorce.

Not surprisingly, Nevada leads the nation in divorced folks by a wide margin.

But who would have guessed that Maine has the next highest rate of divorce?

Or that California would have only a moderate rate of divorce?

The statistics are actually quite interesting.

Read more in this Associated Press article delivered via Yahoo News:State-by-state divorce rates.