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The latest annual total for Nevada is 16,846, compared with 16,882 in 2024. For Nevada, this represents a 0.2% decrease.
Nevada couples took out 16,947 licenses in 2007, the highest published annual count; the low was 13,781 in 2020.
For Nevada, the biggest year-on-year percentage fall was between 2019 and 2020: 15,479 to 13,781 licenses.
The biggest annual percentage increase for Nevada was 8.7% in 2021, ending at 14,981 licenses.
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| License issue year | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 16,947 |
| 2008 | 15,722 |
| 2009 | 14,578 |
| 2010 | 14,390 |
| 2011 | 14,358 |
| 2012 | 14,549 |
| 2013 | 14,129 |
| 2014 | 15,043 |
| 2015 | 15,511 |
| 2016 | 16,167 |
| 2017 | 16,128 |
| 2018 | 15,553 |
| 2019 | 15,479 |
| 2020 | 13,781 |
| 2021 | 14,981 |
| 2022 | 15,402 |
| 2023 | 15,609 |
| 2024 | 16,882 |
| 2025 | 16,846 |
In the Nevada age counts, 31,486 partners fell in the leading 25-29 band. Following that band, Nevada had 31,310 partners aged 30-34. Compared with 16.6% across all origins, Nevada recorded 19.8% of partners in its 25-29 age band, a share above the countywide figure. Younger partners, those under 35, made up 51.0% of Nevada records, higher than 42.7% for all couples. Further down the Nevada age distribution, 35-39 accounted for 22,843 people and 20-24 for 17,017, giving those bands the third and fourth positions by published count.
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| Age band | People |
|---|---|
| 15-19 | 1,564 |
| 20-24 | 17,017 |
| 25-29 | 31,486 |
| 30-34 | 31,310 |
| 35-39 | 22,843 |
| 40-44 | 16,131 |
| 45-49 | 11,836 |
| 50-54 | 9,703 |
| 55-59 | 6,715 |
| 60-64 | 4,668 |
| 65-69 | 2,884 |
| 70-74 | 1,670 |
| 75-79 | 996 |
| 80-84 | 434 |
| 85-89 | 136 |
| 90-94 | 41 |
| 95-99 | fewer than 10 |
| Unclassified age | fewer than 10 |
First marriages for both partners numbered 42,790 in the Nevada group, alongside 36,930 couples in which someone had married before. Nevada's both-first-marriage share reached 53.7%, or 3.50 percentage points above the 50.2% across all couples.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| Both first marriage | 42,790 |
| At least one repeat marriage | 36,930 |
| Unclassified history | 0 |
October drew the largest published month total from Nevada: 7,670 licenses, or 9.6% of the recent total. July had the smallest published month count, 5,978, leaving a gap of 1,692 licenses between the busiest and quietest months. March followed with 7,327 licenses.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| January | 6,123 |
| February | 6,923 |
| March | 7,327 |
| April | 7,099 |
| May | 6,555 |
| June | 6,100 |
| July | 5,978 |
| August | 6,482 |
| September | 6,906 |
| October | 7,670 |
| November | 6,241 |
| December | 6,316 |
Across all couples, October accounted for 10.33% of recent licenses, compared with 9.62% for Nevada, a gap of 0.71 percentage points below the overall share. The next month after March for Nevada couples was April, with 7,099 licenses, placing it third in the published monthly ranking. Together, October, March and April supplied 22,096 recent Nevada licenses, or 27.7% of the 79,720 total; those same months accounted for 28.4% of all-origin licenses in 2021 to 2025.
Couples from Nevada had a median matched distance of 12 straight-line miles to Las Vegas, with matches for 79,718 licenses. Matching covered 100.00% of recent Nevada licenses, using home postal-area or place centroids.
The latest Nevada total corresponds to 647.01 licenses per 100,000 adults, using the Census count of 2,603,663 adults.
The state-occurrence estimate for Nevada is 80,688 marriages in 2024, using 3,253,543 residents and a provisional CDC rate of 24.80 per 1,000. For comparison, the Las Vegas Nevada count in that year was 16,882 licenses.
Nevada's ACS 2024 first-marriage medians were 31.7 years for men, margin 0.9, and 30.0 for women, margin 0.6 years.
City origins, 2021 to 2025
| Mailing locality | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| Las Vegas city | 57,735 |
| Henderson city | 10,578 |
| North Las Vegas city | 8,523 |
| Pahrump CDP | 582 |
| Mesquite city | 425 |
| Boulder City city | 368 |
| Reno city | 290 |
Looking back at Nevada couples, the published counts were 16,947 in 2007, 15,479 in 2019, 13,781 in 2020, 14,981 in 2021, 15,609 in 2023. Against 2019, Nevada couples recorded 8.8% more licenses in 2025. Couples from Nevada supplied 21.22% of recent Las Vegas licenses: 79,720 within a countywide 375,664 in 2021 to 2025. For Nevada, the latest count accounts for 23.86% of 70,598 Las Vegas licenses in 2025. The Nevada share at the beginning of this record was 15.71% in 2007, when 16,947 of the county's 107,901 licenses carried that address.
Plan the $102 license visit
If you are arranging your visit from Nevada, the marriage license guide covers the $102 fee, identification and collection together at the bureau. For proof to use back in Nevada, 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.