Is it better to file single or divorced on my 2023 taxes if I was divorced in 2002?

[VolvoGirl]

Divorced is not a filing status.  You are just Single.  It asks if you are divorced so it might ask you more interview questions. 

[DawnC]

They mean the same thing, but choose Divorced.  Both options will lead to a Single filing status... unless you qualify for Head of Household.  A divorced person who has not remarried should select that marital status to make sure that subsequent parts of the interview ask the appropriate questions.