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Las Vegas recorded 135 licenses from New Zealand in 2025; the previous year brought 129. Year on year, the New Zealand count moved 4.7% higher.
At the top of the New Zealand series is 2017, with 173 licenses; 2021 sits at the bottom with 0.
In 2021, the New Zealand count fell 100.0% to 0, its steepest annual percentage decline.
The sharpest New Zealand upward movement was from 41 in 2022 to 140 in 2023.
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| License issue year | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 73 |
| 2008 | 85 |
| 2009 | 86 |
| 2010 | 109 |
| 2011 | 100 |
| 2012 | 149 |
| 2013 | 140 |
| 2014 | 160 |
| 2015 | 148 |
| 2016 | 148 |
| 2017 | 173 |
| 2018 | 135 |
| 2019 | 133 |
| 2020 | 14 |
| 2021 | 0 |
| 2022 | 41 |
| 2023 | 140 |
| 2024 | 129 |
| 2025 | 135 |
The recent New Zealand group includes 291 couples marrying for the first time and 154 with a previous marriage for at least one partner. The first-wedding share for New Zealand was 65.4%, compared with 50.2% across all origins, a gap of 15.21 percentage points above that benchmark.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| Both first marriage | 291 |
| At least one repeat marriage | 154 |
| Unclassified history | 0 |
The most common published ages among New Zealand partners were 30-34, a group of 216 people. Second place in the New Zealand age profile went to 35-39, numbering 141 people. The New Zealand share aged 30-34 was 24.3%, above the 19.3% countywide share for those ages. Younger partners, those under 35, made up 39.3% of New Zealand records, lower than 42.7% for all couples. The next largest published New Zealand age band was 25-29 at 118 partners, then 40-44 at 107, following the first two groups in the recent window.
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| Age band | People |
|---|---|
| 20-24 | 16 |
| 25-29 | 118 |
| 30-34 | 216 |
| 35-39 | 141 |
| 40-44 | 107 |
| 45-49 | 85 |
| 50-54 | 99 |
| 55-59 | 56 |
| 60-64 | 31 |
| 65-69 | withheld |
| 70-74 | fewer than 10 |
Couples from New Zealand collected their largest published monthly total in September: 65 licenses, a 14.6% share. At the other end was January, with 12 licenses; September recorded 53 more. October followed with 50 licenses.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| January | 12 |
| February | 35 |
| March | 23 |
| April | 41 |
| May | 48 |
| June | 27 |
| July | 37 |
| August | 42 |
| September | 65 |
| October | 50 |
| November | 35 |
| December | 30 |
For all origins combined, the September share was 9.08%; New Zealand's 14.61% was 5.53 percentage points above that countywide seasonal benchmark. Third in the New Zealand month counts was May at 48 licenses, after the leading September and October totals. Combining September, October and May gives 163 licenses from New Zealand, a 36.6% share of 445 recent licenses; those same months accounted for 28.8% of all-origin licenses in 2021 to 2025.
Across the recent window, New Zealand recorded 445 licenses and its neighboring overseas origin, Switzerland, recorded 427. The latest-year overseas rank for New Zealand was 15th; over the recent window, it stood 15th in the published overseas list. The pooled New Zealand count averages 89.0 licenses for each file year in 2021 to 2025; 2022 contributes dates only through 22 December to that recent record.
For New Zealand, the annual chart records 73 in 2007, 133 in 2019, 14 in 2020, 0 in 2021, 140 in 2023. Comparing 2019 with 2025 puts New Zealand 1.5% above that earlier annual total. Out of 375,664 recent licenses countywide, 445 carried a New Zealand address, accounting for 0.12% of the 2021 to 2025 total. The latest-year New Zealand share was 0.19%, against 70,598 licenses in the full county total. The opening 2007 file placed New Zealand at 0.07% of the total, with 73 licenses within the county's 107,901 for that year.
Plan the $102 license visit
Before leaving New Zealand, use the marriage license guide to check identification and plan the joint license visit, which costs $102. For your return to New Zealand, 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.