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Illinois couples took out 1,108 licenses in 2025, down from 1,380 in 2024. For Illinois, that is a fall of 19.7%.
Couples from Illinois reached an annual high of 2,655 licenses in 2007, against a low of 1,108 in 2025.
The sharpest annual fall for Illinois was 27.7% in 2022, from 1,885 to 1,363 licenses.
The strongest Illinois annual rebound brought 1,885 licenses in 2021, up 60.6% from 1,174.
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| License issue year | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 2,655 |
| 2008 | 2,266 |
| 2009 | 2,146 |
| 2010 | 2,052 |
| 2011 | 1,945 |
| 2012 | 1,785 |
| 2013 | 1,556 |
| 2014 | 1,460 |
| 2015 | 1,569 |
| 2016 | 1,619 |
| 2017 | 1,523 |
| 2018 | 1,457 |
| 2019 | 1,338 |
| 2020 | 1,174 |
| 2021 | 1,885 |
| 2022 | 1,363 |
| 2023 | 1,443 |
| 2024 | 1,380 |
| 2025 | 1,108 |
First marriages for both partners numbered 3,514 in the Illinois group, alongside 3,665 couples in which someone had married before. Illinois's both-first-marriage share reached 49.0%, or 1.23 percentage points below the 50.2% across all couples.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| Both first marriage | 3,514 |
| At least one repeat marriage | 3,665 |
| Unclassified history | 0 |
The most common published ages among Illinois partners were 30-34, a group of 2,683 people. Second place in the Illinois age profile went to 35-39, numbering 2,242 people. The Illinois share aged 30-34 was 18.7%, below the 19.3% countywide share for those ages. The under-35 share was 37.5% for Illinois and 42.7% countywide, putting this origin lower on that measure. The next largest published Illinois age band was 25-29 at 2,181 partners, then 40-44 at 1,911, following the first two groups in the recent window.
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| Age band | People |
|---|---|
| 15-19 | 18 |
| 20-24 | 509 |
| 25-29 | 2,181 |
| 30-34 | 2,683 |
| 35-39 | 2,242 |
| 40-44 | 1,911 |
| 45-49 | 1,657 |
| 50-54 | 1,329 |
| 55-59 | 895 |
| 60-64 | 514 |
| 65-69 | 267 |
| 70-74 | 94 |
| 75-79 | 44 |
| 80-84 | 10 |
| 85-89 | fewer than 10 |
| 90-94 | fewer than 10 |
Couples from Illinois collected their largest published monthly total in April: 771 licenses, a 10.7% share. At the other end was January, with 342 licenses; April recorded 429 more. October followed with 757 licenses.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| January | 342 |
| February | 587 |
| March | 550 |
| April | 771 |
| May | 708 |
| June | 618 |
| July | 622 |
| August | 589 |
| September | 661 |
| October | 757 |
| November | 526 |
| December | 448 |
For all origins combined, the April share was 9.70%; Illinois's 10.74% was 1.04 percentage points above that countywide seasonal benchmark. Third in the Illinois month counts was May at 708 licenses, after the leading April and October totals. Combining April, October and May gives 2,236 licenses from Illinois, a 31.1% share of 7,179 recent licenses; those same months accounted for 29.4% of all-origin licenses in 2021 to 2025.
For 7,177 matched Illinois licenses, the median distance to Las Vegas was 1,507 miles in a straight line. The matched group represents 99.97% of licenses from Illinois, using postal-area centroids and unique places.
Against 10,100,540 adult residents, Illinois's latest license total works out at 10.97 per 100,000 adults.
Applying Illinois's provisional CDC marriage rate of 5.20 per 1,000 residents to its 2024 Census population of 12,703,033 gives an estimated 66,056 in-state marriages. That year, Illinois couples also took out 1,380 Las Vegas licenses.
Illinois's ACS 2024 first-marriage medians were 31.3 years for men, margin 0.4, and 29.9 for women, margin 0.3 years.
City origins, 2021 to 2025
| Mailing locality | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| Chicago city | 1,670 |
Looking back at Illinois couples, the published counts were 2,655 in 2007, 1,338 in 2019, 1,174 in 2020, 1,885 in 2021, 1,443 in 2023. By 2025, Illinois's count stood 17.2% below its 2019 level. Couples from Illinois supplied 1.91% of recent Las Vegas licenses: 7,179 within a countywide 375,664 in 2021 to 2025. For Illinois, the latest count accounts for 1.57% of 70,598 Las Vegas licenses in 2025. The Illinois share at the beginning of this record was 2.46% in 2007, when 2,655 of the county's 107,901 licenses carried that address.
Plan the $102 license visit
If you are arranging your visit from Illinois, the marriage license guide covers the $102 fee, identification and collection together at the bureau. For proof to use back in Illinois, 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.