License dates (how we count).
The 2009 headline of 92,792 licenses ranks third across the published annual record, with September leading the month counts.
Compared with 96,007 a year earlier, licenses fell by 3.4%.
The source for 2009 is the complete January-to-December Clerk file, whose records supply both the yearly count and the calendar and origin tables.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| January | 5,682 |
| February | 8,056 |
| March | 8,336 |
| April | 8,509 |
| May | 8,610 |
| June | 8,038 |
| July | 8,096 |
| August | 7,727 |
| September | 8,672 |
| October | 8,255 |
| November | 6,360 |
| December | 6,451 |
September led the months with 8,672 licenses, or 9.3% of the dated file; January was quietest at 5,682.
September brought 2,990 more license visits than January across 2009.
Leading license dates in 2009
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| License issue date | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| 2009-02-13 | 910 |
| 2009-02-14 | 728 |
| 2009-09-08 | 637 |
| 2009-07-03 | 548 |
| 2009-02-20 | 503 |
| 2009-02-12 | 499 |
| 2009-10-09 | 497 |
| 2009-04-10 | 480 |
| 2009-05-22 | 473 |
| 2009-09-18 | 464 |
The daily high of 910 fell on Friday February 13, 2009; second place, February 14, 2009, was 182 licenses behind.
The following counts were 728 for Saturday February 14, 2009 and 637 for Tuesday September 8, 2009.
Where couples came from in 2009
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| California | 20,296 |
| Nevada | 14,578 |
| Texas | 5,182 |
| Arizona | 4,002 |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 3,538 |
| Canada | 2,881 |
| Washington | 2,310 |
| Florida | 2,181 |
| Illinois | 2,146 |
| Michigan | 1,797 |
The leading three origins were California, Nevada and Texas, with respective counts of 20,296, 14,578 and 5,182 licenses.
2009 also brought 4,002 licenses from Arizona, ahead of 3,538 from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and 2,881 from Canada in the next origin positions.
After September, the next busiest months in 2009 were May with 8,610, April with 8,509, March with 8,336 licenses, in descending order.
For your own date shortlist, the Friday peak in February 2009 can be followed through the month-and-day calendar, where the covered years provide a range of daily counts and a median for each selection.
Couples exploring the Friday peak in February 2009 can check the $102 license and identification steps in the marriage license guide, followed after the ceremony by the ordering routes in the certified-copy guide.
Alongside 2009 with its September month high, 2010 had 91,886 licenses, fewer than this year's 92,792. The neighbor's largest monthly total was 9,963 in October, and its daily high was 1,046 on October 8, 2010.
For September specifically, 2009 recorded 8,672 licenses against 8,085 in 2010, giving the 2009 month a higher total in this comparison of the same calendar month.