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The latest annual total for Arizona is 2,933, compared with 3,057 in 2024. For Arizona, this represents a 4.1% decrease.
At the top of the Arizona series is 2007, with 5,272 licenses; 2020 sits at the bottom with 2,553.
For Arizona, the biggest year-on-year percentage fall was between 2019 and 2020: 3,116 to 2,553 licenses.
The biggest annual percentage increase for Arizona was 44.2% in 2021, ending at 3,681 licenses.
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| License issue year | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 5,272 |
| 2008 | 4,390 |
| 2009 | 4,002 |
| 2010 | 4,128 |
| 2011 | 3,932 |
| 2012 | 3,893 |
| 2013 | 3,458 |
| 2014 | 3,484 |
| 2015 | 3,374 |
| 2016 | 3,386 |
| 2017 | 3,218 |
| 2018 | 2,946 |
| 2019 | 3,116 |
| 2020 | 2,553 |
| 2021 | 3,681 |
| 2022 | 3,411 |
| 2023 | 3,131 |
| 2024 | 3,057 |
| 2025 | 2,933 |
Among recent Arizona couples, 7,252 reported a first marriage for each partner and 8,961 reported at least one previous marriage. Compared with 50.2% for all couples, 44.7% of Arizona couples were both marrying for the first time, 5.45 percentage points below the overall share.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| Both first marriage | 7,252 |
| At least one repeat marriage | 8,961 |
| Unclassified history | 0 |
Partners aged 30-34 formed the biggest published age band for Arizona, at 5,642 people. The next Arizona age group, 25-29, contained 5,541 partners. For Arizona, the 30-34 age band made up 17.4% of partners, compared with 19.3% for all origins, putting it below the overall share. Compared with the countywide 42.7%, Arizona had a lower under-35 share of 42.1%. The third and fourth age groups from Arizona were 35-39 and 40-44, containing 4,372 and 3,726 partners respectively in the recent pooled record.
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| Age band | People |
|---|---|
| 15-19 | 143 |
| 20-24 | 2,325 |
| 25-29 | 5,541 |
| 30-34 | 5,642 |
| 35-39 | 4,372 |
| 40-44 | 3,726 |
| 45-49 | 3,119 |
| 50-54 | 2,672 |
| 55-59 | 1,945 |
| 60-64 | 1,339 |
| 65-69 | 802 |
| 70-74 | 413 |
| 75-79 | 264 |
| 80-84 | 98 |
| 85-89 | withheld |
| 90-94 | fewer than 10 |
October drew the largest published month total from Arizona: 1,670 licenses, or 10.3% of the recent total. January had the smallest published month count, 1,074, leaving a gap of 596 licenses between the busiest and quietest months. March followed with 1,513 licenses.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| January | 1,074 |
| February | 1,433 |
| March | 1,513 |
| April | 1,480 |
| May | 1,414 |
| June | 1,240 |
| July | 1,345 |
| August | 1,139 |
| September | 1,271 |
| October | 1,670 |
| November | 1,335 |
| December | 1,299 |
Across all couples, October accounted for 10.33% of recent licenses, compared with 10.30% for Arizona, a gap of 0.03 percentage points below the overall share. The next month after March for Arizona couples was April, with 1,480 licenses, placing it third in the published monthly ranking. Together, October, March and April supplied 4,663 recent Arizona licenses, or 28.8% of the 16,213 total; those same months accounted for 28.4% of all-origin licenses in 2021 to 2025.
Couples from Arizona had a median matched distance of 260 straight-line miles to Las Vegas, with matches for 16,202 licenses. Matching covered 99.93% of recent Arizona licenses, using home postal-area or place centroids.
The latest Arizona total corresponds to 48.67 licenses per 100,000 adults, using the Census count of 6,026,503 adults.
The state-occurrence estimate for Arizona is 43,827 marriages in 2024, using 7,556,424 residents and a provisional CDC rate of 5.80 per 1,000. For comparison, the Las Vegas Arizona count in that year was 3,057 licenses.
For first marriages in Arizona, ACS 2024 reports medians of 30.9 years for men and 28.4 for women, with respective margins of error of 0.6 and 0.7 years.
City origins, 2021 to 2025
| Mailing locality | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| Phoenix city | 3,358 |
| Tucson city | 1,403 |
| Mesa city | 1,201 |
| Glendale city | 745 |
| Chandler city | 548 |
| Scottsdale city | 502 |
| Gilbert town | 456 |
| Peoria city | 449 |
| Kingman city | 447 |
| Surprise city | 412 |
| Tempe city | 412 |
| Bullhead City city | 369 |
| Buckeye city | 355 |
| Yuma city | 289 |
| Goodyear city | 280 |
| Maricopa city | 273 |
| Lake Havasu City city | 272 |
| Avondale city | 256 |
Looking back at Arizona couples, the published counts were 5,272 in 2007, 3,116 in 2019, 2,553 in 2020, 3,681 in 2021, 3,131 in 2023. Comparing 2019 with 2025 puts Arizona 5.9% below that earlier annual total. Couples from Arizona supplied 4.32% of recent Las Vegas licenses: 16,213 within a countywide 375,664 in 2021 to 2025. For Arizona, the latest count accounts for 4.15% of 70,598 Las Vegas licenses in 2025. The Arizona share at the beginning of this record was 4.89% in 2007, when 5,272 of the county's 107,901 licenses carried that address.
Plan the $102 license visit
If you are arranging your visit from Arizona, the marriage license guide covers the $102 fee, identification and collection together at the bureau. For proof to use back in Arizona, follow the certified-copy guide after the marriage is recorded: a certified certificate costs $20 per copy, and the officiant must return the completed document within 10 days of the ceremony for recording.