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Missouri couples took out 623 licenses in 2025, down from 759 in 2024. For Missouri, that is a fall of 17.9%.
The largest yearly group from Missouri numbered 1,257 in 2007. Its smallest published group was 550 in 2020.
The sharpest annual fall for Missouri was 21.6% in 2020, from 702 to 550 licenses.
The strongest Missouri annual rebound brought 857 licenses in 2021, up 55.8% from 550.
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| License issue year | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 1,257 |
| 2008 | 1,118 |
| 2009 | 986 |
| 2010 | 971 |
| 2011 | 924 |
| 2012 | 848 |
| 2013 | 698 |
| 2014 | 687 |
| 2015 | 779 |
| 2016 | 802 |
| 2017 | 823 |
| 2018 | 806 |
| 2019 | 702 |
| 2020 | 550 |
| 2021 | 857 |
| 2022 | 803 |
| 2023 | 759 |
| 2024 | 759 |
| 2025 | 623 |
For couples from Missouri, both-first marriages accounted for 1,547 licenses; another 2,254 involved a remarriage. At 40.7%, Missouri's both-first share was below the countywide 50.2% by 9.48 percentage points.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| Both first marriage | 1,547 |
| At least one repeat marriage | 2,254 |
| Unclassified history | 0 |
For Missouri, the age distribution peaks at 30-34 with 1,344 people. Another 1,160 people on Missouri licenses were in the second-largest 35-39 band. Partners aged 30-34 represented 17.7% of people on Missouri licenses, below their 19.3% share among all couples. After its leading two age bands, Missouri recorded 1,142 partners aged 25-29, followed by 1,020 aged 40-44 in the next position by count.
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| Age band | People |
|---|---|
| 15-19 | withheld |
| 20-24 | 359 |
| 25-29 | 1,142 |
| 30-34 | 1,344 |
| 35-39 | 1,160 |
| 40-44 | 1,020 |
| 45-49 | 805 |
| 50-54 | 758 |
| 55-59 | 445 |
| 60-64 | 283 |
| 65-69 | 158 |
| 70-74 | 75 |
| 75-79 | 24 |
| 80-84 | fewer than 10 |
For Missouri, October led the monthly totals at 441 licenses, accounting for 11.6% of the period. By comparison, January brought 174 licenses, the lowest published monthly total and 267 below October. April followed with 376 licenses.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| January | 174 |
| February | 272 |
| March | 319 |
| April | 376 |
| May | 376 |
| June | 327 |
| July | 306 |
| August | 290 |
| September | 358 |
| October | 441 |
| November | 284 |
| December | 278 |
Compared with 10.33% across all origins, October contributed 11.60% of Missouri licenses, putting its share 1.27 percentage points above the countywide figure. May matched April at 376 Missouri licenses, sharing second place behind October. The leading months, October, April and May, together accounted for 1,193 Missouri licenses, representing 31.4% of the 3,801 recent count; those same months accounted for 29.4% of all-origin licenses in 2021 to 2025.
The median straight-line journey from Missouri to Las Vegas measured 1,264 miles across 3,788 matched licenses. Those postal-area and place matches cover 99.66% of the Missouri total.
Missouri had 12.69 Las Vegas licenses per 100,000 adults in 2025, based on 4,910,413 Census adult residents.
For 2024, an estimated 36,213 marriages were performed in Missouri, calculated from the provisional CDC rate of 5.80 per 1,000 and population 6,243,544. The same year brought 759 Las Vegas licenses from Missouri.
At home in Missouri, the ACS 2024 median age at first marriage was 29.2 for men and 26.8 for women; the respective margins of error were 0.5 and 0.5 years.
City origins, 2021 to 2025
| Mailing locality | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| Kansas City city | 463 |
For Missouri, the annual chart records 1,257 in 2007, 702 in 2019, 550 in 2020, 857 in 2021, 759 in 2023. The latest Missouri count is 11.2% below the 2019 figure, using the same address grouping. Out of 375,664 recent licenses countywide, 3,801 carried a Missouri address, accounting for 1.01% of the 2021 to 2025 total. The latest-year Missouri share was 0.88%, against 70,598 licenses in the full county total. The opening 2007 file placed Missouri at 1.16% of the total, with 1,257 licenses within the county's 107,901 for that year.
Plan the $102 license visit
Before leaving Missouri, use the marriage license guide to check identification and plan the joint license visit, which costs $102. For your return to Missouri, 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.