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Couples from Brazil took out 91 licenses in 2025, down from 122 in 2024. For Brazil, that is a fall of 25.4%.
Couples from Brazil reached an annual high of 486 licenses in 2013, against a low of 11 in 2021.
The sharpest annual fall for Brazil was 78.8% in 2020, from 156 to 33 licenses.
The strongest Brazil annual rebound brought 106 licenses in 2022, up 863.6% from 11.
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| License issue year | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 58 |
| 2008 | 76 |
| 2009 | 117 |
| 2010 | 185 |
| 2011 | 262 |
| 2012 | 366 |
| 2013 | 486 |
| 2014 | 476 |
| 2015 | 392 |
| 2016 | 221 |
| 2017 | 190 |
| 2018 | 190 |
| 2019 | 156 |
| 2020 | 33 |
| 2021 | 11 |
| 2022 | 106 |
| 2023 | 92 |
| 2024 | 122 |
| 2025 | 91 |
At least one partner had been married before on 162 recent Brazil licenses, while 260 were first marriages for both partners. Both-first marriages made up 61.6% of the Brazil total, 11.43 percentage points above the all-couples share of 50.2%.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| Both first marriage | 260 |
| At least one repeat marriage | 162 |
| Unclassified history | 0 |
For Brazil, the age distribution peaks at 30-34 with 204 people. Another 170 people on Brazil licenses were in the second-largest 35-39 band. Partners aged 30-34 represented 24.2% of people on Brazil licenses, above their 19.3% share among all couples. After its leading two age bands, Brazil recorded 136 partners aged 40-44, followed by 107 aged 45-49 in the next position by count.
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| Age band | People |
|---|---|
| 20-24 | fewer than 10 |
| 25-29 | 105 |
| 30-34 | 204 |
| 35-39 | 170 |
| 40-44 | 136 |
| 45-49 | 107 |
| 50-54 | 53 |
| 55-59 | 34 |
| 60-64 | 12 |
| 65-69 | 10 |
| 70-74 | fewer than 10 |
October drew the largest published month total from Brazil: 50 licenses, or 11.8% of the recent total. July had the smallest published month count, 24, leaving a gap of 26 licenses between the busiest and quietest months. September followed with 49 licenses.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| January | 26 |
| February | 26 |
| March | 32 |
| April | 35 |
| May | 40 |
| June | 33 |
| July | 24 |
| August | 41 |
| September | 49 |
| October | 50 |
| November | 30 |
| December | 36 |
Across all couples, October accounted for 10.33% of recent licenses, compared with 11.85% for Brazil, a gap of 1.52 percentage points above the overall share. The next month after September for couples from Brazil was August, with 41 licenses, placing it third in the published monthly ranking. Together, October, September and August supplied 140 recent Brazil licenses, or 33.2% of the 422 total; those same months accounted for 27.5% of all-origin licenses in 2021 to 2025.
Across the recent window, Brazil recorded 422 licenses and its neighboring overseas origin, Israel, recorded 378. The latest-year overseas rank for Brazil was 18th; over the recent window, it stood 17th in the published overseas list. The pooled Brazil count averages 84.4 licenses for each file year in 2021 to 2025; 2022 contributes dates only through 22 December to that recent record.
For Brazil, the annual chart records 58 in 2007, 156 in 2019, 33 in 2020, 11 in 2021, 92 in 2023. By 2025, Brazil's count stood 41.7% below its 2019 level. Out of 375,664 recent licenses countywide, 422 carried a Brazil address, accounting for 0.11% of the 2021 to 2025 total. The latest-year Brazil share was 0.13%, against 70,598 licenses in the full county total. The opening 2007 file placed Brazil at 0.05% of the total, with 58 licenses within the county's 107,901 for that year.
Plan the $102 license visit
Before leaving Brazil, use the marriage license guide to check identification and plan the joint license visit, which costs $102. For your return to Brazil, the certified-copy guide explains requesting proof after recording, at $20 for each certified certificate; the officiant has 10 days after the ceremony to return the completed document for recording.