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After 954 licenses in 2024, couples from France obtained 938 in 2025. The France difference amounts to 1.7%.
Couples from France took out 1,004 licenses in 2012, the highest published annual count; the low was 52 in 2021.
The largest percentage setback in the published France series occurred in 2020, when 111 licenses followed 860 the previous year.
France recorded its fastest annual percentage growth in 2022: 1136.5%, reaching 643 licenses.
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| License issue year | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 727 |
| 2008 | 999 |
| 2009 | 1,002 |
| 2010 | 976 |
| 2011 | 985 |
| 2012 | 1,004 |
| 2013 | 968 |
| 2014 | 954 |
| 2015 | 867 |
| 2016 | 850 |
| 2017 | 840 |
| 2018 | 844 |
| 2019 | 860 |
| 2020 | 111 |
| 2021 | 52 |
| 2022 | 643 |
| 2023 | 812 |
| 2024 | 954 |
| 2025 | 938 |
Among recent couples from France, 2,464 reported a first marriage for each partner and 935 reported at least one previous marriage. Compared with 50.2% for all couples, 72.5% of couples from France were both marrying for the first time, 22.31 percentage points above the overall share.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| Both first marriage | 2,464 |
| At least one repeat marriage | 935 |
| Unclassified history | 0 |
For France, August led the monthly totals at 575 licenses, accounting for 16.9% of the period. By comparison, January brought 89 licenses, the lowest published monthly total and 486 below August. April followed with 468 licenses.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| January | 89 |
| February | 95 |
| March | 131 |
| April | 468 |
| May | 338 |
| June | 216 |
| July | 381 |
| August | 575 |
| September | 351 |
| October | 463 |
| November | 178 |
| December | 114 |
Compared with 8.08% across all origins, August contributed 16.92% of France licenses, putting its share 8.84 percentage points above the countywide figure. The third monthly position for France went to October, contributing 463 licenses behind August and April. The leading months, August, April and October, together accounted for 1,506 France licenses, representing 44.3% of the 3,399 recent count; those same months accounted for 28.1% of all-origin licenses in 2021 to 2025.
The largest age group on France licenses was 40-44, containing 1,188 partners. France's next largest band was 35-39 with 1,147 people. The 40-44 band represented 17.5% of partners from France, above the 12.1% in the same band across all couples. Beyond those first two bands, France had 1,025 partners aged 45-49 and 1,021 aged 30-34, the next two largest published groups in descending order.
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| Age band | People |
|---|---|
| 15-19 | fewer than 10 |
| 20-24 | 100 |
| 25-29 | 594 |
| 30-34 | 1,021 |
| 35-39 | 1,147 |
| 40-44 | 1,188 |
| 45-49 | 1,025 |
| 50-54 | 919 |
| 55-59 | 451 |
| 60-64 | 232 |
| 65-69 | 79 |
| 70-74 | 30 |
| 75-79 | fewer than 10 |
| 80-84 | fewer than 10 |
Compare France's 3,399 recent licenses with 1,780 from Australia, the adjacent published origin in the overseas ranking. For France, fourth was the latest-year overseas rank, alongside fourth in the recent-count ranking of published overseas origins. Across the recent 2021 to 2025 files, France averaged 679.8 recorded licenses per year, retaining the 22 December cutoff for 2022 in the pooled count.
Before you travel: France government guidance on marrying abroad.
Looking back at couples from France, the published counts were 727 in 2007, 860 in 2019, 111 in 2020, 52 in 2021, 812 in 2023. France's latest annual total was 9.1% above the count recorded in 2019. Couples from France supplied 0.90% of recent Las Vegas licenses: 3,399 within a countywide 375,664 in 2021 to 2025. For France, the latest count accounts for 1.33% of 70,598 Las Vegas licenses in 2025. The France share at the beginning of this record was 0.67% in 2007, when 727 of the county's 107,901 licenses carried that address.
Plan the $102 license visit
If you are arranging your visit from France, the marriage license guide covers the $102 fee, identification and collection together at the bureau. For proof to use back in France, 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.