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The Michigan count fell to 1,060 in 2025 after 1,217 licenses the year before. Michigan's annual change was 12.9% down.
Couples from Michigan reached an annual high of 2,460 licenses in 2007, against a low of 1,060 in 2025.
The steepest Michigan drop came in 2022: 2,203 licenses became 1,555, a 29.4% fall.
The largest Michigan percentage rise came in 2021, as 1,426 licenses became 2,203.
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| License issue year | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 2,460 |
| 2008 | 1,978 |
| 2009 | 1,797 |
| 2010 | 1,784 |
| 2011 | 1,726 |
| 2012 | 1,503 |
| 2013 | 1,427 |
| 2014 | 1,405 |
| 2015 | 1,449 |
| 2016 | 1,445 |
| 2017 | 1,378 |
| 2018 | 1,393 |
| 2019 | 1,250 |
| 2020 | 1,426 |
| 2021 | 2,203 |
| 2022 | 1,555 |
| 2023 | 1,316 |
| 2024 | 1,217 |
| 2025 | 1,060 |
Among recent Michigan couples, 3,246 reported a first marriage for each partner and 4,105 reported at least one previous marriage. Compared with 50.2% for all couples, 44.2% of Michigan couples were both marrying for the first time, 6.02 percentage points below the overall share.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| Both first marriage | 3,246 |
| At least one repeat marriage | 4,105 |
| Unclassified history | 0 |
For Michigan, the age distribution peaks at 30-34 with 2,651 people. Another 2,214 people on Michigan licenses were in the second-largest 35-39 band. Partners aged 30-34 represented 18.0% of people on Michigan licenses, below their 19.3% share among all couples. Partners under 35 accounted for 35.5% of all people on Michigan licenses, lower than the 42.7% across all origins. After its leading two age bands, Michigan recorded 2,061 partners aged 25-29, followed by 1,994 aged 40-44 in the next position by count.
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| Age band | People |
|---|---|
| 15-19 | 20 |
| 20-24 | 483 |
| 25-29 | 2,061 |
| 30-34 | 2,651 |
| 35-39 | 2,214 |
| 40-44 | 1,994 |
| 45-49 | 1,735 |
| 50-54 | 1,498 |
| 55-59 | 1,004 |
| 60-64 | 586 |
| 65-69 | 262 |
| 70-74 | 110 |
| 75-79 | 57 |
| 80-84 | 24 |
| 85-89 | fewer than 10 |
| 90-94 | fewer than 10 |
The busiest month for Michigan couples was April, with 814 licenses and 11.1% of the recent count. The quietest published month was January at 408, 406 fewer than April. May followed with 790 licenses.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| January | 408 |
| February | 622 |
| March | 617 |
| April | 814 |
| May | 790 |
| June | 581 |
| July | 528 |
| August | 621 |
| September | 678 |
| October | 758 |
| November | 483 |
| December | 451 |
Michigan's April share of 11.07% was above the 9.70% of all licenses issued in that month, a difference of 1.37 percentage points. Following April and May, Michigan couples collected 758 licenses in October, the third-largest published monthly group. Across April, May and October, Michigan couples collected 2,362 licenses, making up 32.1% of their 7,351 recent total; across all couples, those months supplied 29.4% of licenses in 2021 to 2025.
Across 7,327 matched Michigan licenses, the median straight-line distance to Las Vegas rounded to 1,740 miles. Coverage reached 99.67% for Michigan, joining postal-area centroids or uniquely matched places to the Las Vegas centroid.
Michigan had 13.14 Las Vegas licenses per 100,000 adults in 2025, based on 8,065,114 Census adult residents.
For 2024, an estimated 51,510 marriages were performed in Michigan, calculated from the provisional CDC rate of 5.10 per 1,000 and population 10,099,962. The same year brought 1,217 Las Vegas licenses from Michigan.
For first marriages in Michigan, ACS 2024 reports medians of 31.0 years for men and 28.7 for women, with respective margins of error of 0.3 and 0.4 years.
City origins, 2021 to 2025
| Mailing locality | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| Detroit city | 754 |
| Grand Rapids city | 252 |
Looking back at Michigan couples, the published counts were 2,460 in 2007, 1,250 in 2019, 1,426 in 2020, 2,203 in 2021, 1,316 in 2023. The latest Michigan count is 15.2% below the 2019 figure, using the same address grouping. Couples from Michigan supplied 1.96% of recent Las Vegas licenses: 7,351 within a countywide 375,664 in 2021 to 2025. For Michigan, the latest count accounts for 1.50% of 70,598 Las Vegas licenses in 2025. The Michigan share at the beginning of this record was 2.28% in 2007, when 2,460 of the county's 107,901 licenses carried that address.
Plan the $102 license visit
If you are arranging your visit from Michigan, the marriage license guide covers the $102 fee, identification and collection together at the bureau. For proof to use back in Michigan, 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.