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After 797 licenses in 2024, couples from New Jersey obtained 703 in 2025. The New Jersey difference amounts to 11.8%.
At the top of the New Jersey series is 2007, with 1,372 licenses; 2020 sits at the bottom with 548.
The largest percentage setback in the published New Jersey series occurred in 2020, when 548 licenses followed 690 the previous year.
New Jersey recorded its fastest annual percentage growth in 2021: 70.8%, reaching 936 licenses.
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| License issue year | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 1,372 |
| 2008 | 1,117 |
| 2009 | 1,082 |
| 2010 | 933 |
| 2011 | 844 |
| 2012 | 756 |
| 2013 | 748 |
| 2014 | 677 |
| 2015 | 690 |
| 2016 | 745 |
| 2017 | 682 |
| 2018 | 679 |
| 2019 | 690 |
| 2020 | 548 |
| 2021 | 936 |
| 2022 | 885 |
| 2023 | 757 |
| 2024 | 797 |
| 2025 | 703 |
The New Jersey journey had a straight-line median of 2,220 miles, calculated from 3,863 matched home locations. Postal-area or unique-place matches supplied distances for 94.73% of the New Jersey group.
The busiest month for New Jersey couples was October, with 439 licenses and 10.8% of the recent count. The quietest published month was January at 249, 190 fewer than October. April followed with 418 licenses.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| January | 249 |
| February | 322 |
| March | 315 |
| April | 418 |
| May | 374 |
| June | 290 |
| July | 285 |
| August | 385 |
| September | 364 |
| October | 439 |
| November | 342 |
| December | 295 |
New Jersey's October share of 10.77% was above the 10.33% of all licenses issued in that month, a difference of 0.44 percentage points. Following October and April, New Jersey couples collected 385 licenses in August, the third-largest published monthly group. Across October, April and August, New Jersey couples collected 1,242 licenses, making up 30.5% of their 4,078 recent total; across all couples, those months supplied 28.1% of licenses in 2021 to 2025.
First marriages for both partners numbered 1,955 in the New Jersey group, alongside 2,123 couples in which someone had married before. New Jersey's both-first-marriage share reached 47.9%, or 2.24 percentage points below the 50.2% across all couples.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| Both first marriage | 1,955 |
| At least one repeat marriage | 2,123 |
| Unclassified history | 0 |
In the New Jersey age counts, 1,634 partners fell in the leading 30-34 band. Following that band, New Jersey had 1,257 partners aged 35-39. Compared with 19.3% across all origins, New Jersey recorded 20.0% of partners in its 30-34 age band, a share above the countywide figure. Further down the New Jersey age distribution, 25-29 accounted for 1,142 people and 40-44 for 1,044, giving those bands the third and fourth positions by published count.
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| Age band | People |
|---|---|
| 15-19 | fewer than 10 |
| 20-24 | 228 |
| 25-29 | 1,142 |
| 30-34 | 1,634 |
| 35-39 | 1,257 |
| 40-44 | 1,044 |
| 45-49 | 815 |
| 50-54 | 763 |
| 55-59 | 575 |
| 60-64 | 392 |
| 65-69 | 178 |
| 70-74 | 79 |
| 75-79 | 29 |
| 80-84 | 13 |
| 85-89 | fewer than 10 |
| 90-94 | fewer than 10 |
Against 7,557,289 adult residents, New Jersey's latest license total works out at 9.30 per 100,000 adults.
Applying New Jersey's provisional CDC marriage rate of 5.00 per 1,000 residents to its 2024 Census population of 9,506,354 gives an estimated 47,532 in-state marriages. That year, New Jersey couples also took out 797 Las Vegas licenses.
New Jersey's ACS 2024 first-marriage medians were 31.6 years for men, margin 0.4, and 29.8 for women, margin 0.3 years.
City origins, 2021 to 2025
| Mailing locality | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| Jersey City city | 272 |
The New Jersey series includes 1,372 in 2007, 690 in 2019, 548 in 2020, 936 in 2021, 757 in 2023 along the way. New Jersey's latest annual total was 1.9% above the count recorded in 2019. New Jersey's 4,078 licenses made up 1.09% of the 375,664 countywide count across 2021 to 2025. Looking only at 2025, 1.00% of the county's 70,598 licenses came from New Jersey. In 2007, 1,372 licenses from New Jersey made up 1.27% 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 New Jersey starts with the $102 license and the joint collection visit described in the marriage license guide. The certificate you take home to New Jersey 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.