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Georgia couples took out 889 licenses in 2025, down from 1,075 in 2024. For Georgia, that is a fall of 17.3%.
The annual record for Georgia ranges from 736 in 2014 to 1,504 in 2021.
The sharpest annual fall for Georgia was 20.1% in 2022, from 1,504 to 1,202 licenses.
The strongest Georgia annual rebound brought 1,504 licenses in 2021, up 71.7% from 876.
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| License issue year | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 1,131 |
| 2008 | 969 |
| 2009 | 927 |
| 2010 | 927 |
| 2011 | 843 |
| 2012 | 839 |
| 2013 | 741 |
| 2014 | 736 |
| 2015 | 899 |
| 2016 | 922 |
| 2017 | 875 |
| 2018 | 849 |
| 2019 | 891 |
| 2020 | 876 |
| 2021 | 1,504 |
| 2022 | 1,202 |
| 2023 | 999 |
| 2024 | 1,075 |
| 2025 | 889 |
For couples from Georgia, both-first marriages accounted for 2,304 licenses; another 3,365 involved a remarriage. At 40.6%, Georgia's both-first share was below the countywide 50.2% by 9.54 percentage points.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| Both first marriage | 2,304 |
| At least one repeat marriage | 3,365 |
| Unclassified history | 0 |
Partners aged 30-34 formed the biggest published age band for Georgia, at 1,964 people. The next Georgia age group, 35-39, contained 1,770 partners. For Georgia, the 30-34 age band made up 17.3% of partners, compared with 19.3% for all origins, putting it below the overall share. Partners under 35 accounted for 33.5% of all people on Georgia licenses, lower than the 42.7% across all origins. The third and fourth age groups from Georgia were 40-44 and 45-49, containing 1,639 and 1,430 partners respectively in the recent pooled record.
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| Age band | People |
|---|---|
| 15-19 | 13 |
| 20-24 | 393 |
| 25-29 | 1,426 |
| 30-34 | 1,964 |
| 35-39 | 1,770 |
| 40-44 | 1,639 |
| 45-49 | 1,430 |
| 50-54 | 1,176 |
| 55-59 | 767 |
| 60-64 | 428 |
| 65-69 | 195 |
| 70-74 | 83 |
| 75-79 | 43 |
| 80-84 | fewer than 10 |
| 85-89 | fewer than 10 |
The busiest month for Georgia couples was October, with 626 licenses and 11.0% of the recent count. The quietest published month was January at 288, 338 fewer than October. April followed with 582 licenses.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| January | 288 |
| February | 479 |
| March | 416 |
| April | 582 |
| May | 551 |
| June | 495 |
| July | 485 |
| August | 394 |
| September | 489 |
| October | 626 |
| November | 464 |
| December | 400 |
Georgia's October share of 11.04% was above the 10.33% of all licenses issued in that month, a difference of 0.71 percentage points. Following October and April, Georgia couples collected 551 licenses in May, the third-largest published monthly group. Across October, April and May, Georgia couples collected 1,759 licenses, making up 31.0% of their 5,669 recent total; across all couples, those months supplied 29.4% of licenses in 2021 to 2025.
Across 5,664 matched Georgia licenses, the median straight-line distance to Las Vegas rounded to 1,756 miles. Coverage reached 99.91% for Georgia, joining postal-area centroids or uniquely matched places to the Las Vegas centroid.
Against 8,796,778 adult residents, Georgia's latest license total works out at 10.11 per 100,000 adults.
Applying Georgia's provisional CDC marriage rate of 5.80 per 1,000 residents to its 2024 Census population of 11,204,208 gives an estimated 64,984 in-state marriages. That year, Georgia couples also took out 1,075 Las Vegas licenses.
The 2024 ACS puts Georgia's median first-marriage age at 30.8 among men and 28.8 among women, subject to margins of 0.4 and 0.5 years.
City origins, 2021 to 2025
| Mailing locality | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| Atlanta city | 706 |
The Georgia series includes 1,131 in 2007, 891 in 2019, 876 in 2020, 1,504 in 2021, 999 in 2023 along the way. Georgia's latest annual total was 0.2% below the count recorded in 2019. Georgia's 5,669 licenses made up 1.51% of the 375,664 countywide count across 2021 to 2025. Looking only at 2025, 1.26% of the county's 70,598 licenses came from Georgia. In 2007, 1,131 licenses from Georgia made up 1.05% of 107,901 across the county, giving an earlier point for its share of total demand.
Plan the $102 license visit
Planning a Las Vegas wedding from Georgia starts with the $102 license and the joint collection visit described in the marriage license guide. The certificate you take home to Georgia costs $20 a copy, ordered after recording; allow for the officiant's 10-day filing deadline after the ceremony, then follow the certified-copy guide for the ordering routes and information to have ready.