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Las Vegas recorded 753 licenses from North Carolina in 2025; the previous year brought 814. Year on year, the North Carolina count moved 7.5% lower.
North Carolina couples took out 894 licenses in 2021, the highest published annual count; the low was 450 in 2020.
In 2020, the North Carolina count fell 25.6% to 450, its steepest annual percentage decline.
The sharpest North Carolina upward movement was from 450 in 2020 to 894 in 2021.
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| License issue year | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 826 |
| 2008 | 688 |
| 2009 | 742 |
| 2010 | 683 |
| 2011 | 679 |
| 2012 | 578 |
| 2013 | 522 |
| 2014 | 552 |
| 2015 | 511 |
| 2016 | 499 |
| 2017 | 606 |
| 2018 | 573 |
| 2019 | 605 |
| 2020 | 450 |
| 2021 | 894 |
| 2022 | 804 |
| 2023 | 801 |
| 2024 | 814 |
| 2025 | 753 |
Across 4,064 matched North Carolina licenses, the median straight-line distance to Las Vegas rounded to 1,966 miles. Coverage reached 99.95% for North Carolina, joining postal-area centroids or uniquely matched places to the Las Vegas centroid.
The busiest month for North Carolina couples was October, with 463 licenses and 11.4% of the recent count. The quietest published month was January at 189, 274 fewer than October. April followed with 419 licenses.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| January | 189 |
| February | 296 |
| March | 298 |
| April | 419 |
| May | 377 |
| June | 334 |
| July | 334 |
| August | 343 |
| September | 367 |
| October | 463 |
| November | 309 |
| December | 337 |
North Carolina's October share of 11.39% was above the 10.33% of all licenses issued in that month, a difference of 1.06 percentage points. Following October and April, North Carolina couples collected 377 licenses in May, the third-largest published monthly group. Across October, April and May, North Carolina couples collected 1,259 licenses, making up 31.0% of their 4,066 recent total; across all couples, those months supplied 29.4% of licenses in 2021 to 2025.
For couples from North Carolina, both-first marriages accounted for 1,661 licenses; another 2,405 involved a remarriage. At 40.9%, North Carolina's both-first share was below the countywide 50.2% by 9.33 percentage points.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| Both first marriage | 1,661 |
| At least one repeat marriage | 2,405 |
| Unclassified history | 0 |
The most common published ages among North Carolina partners were 30-34, a group of 1,498 people. Second place in the North Carolina age profile went to 35-39, numbering 1,289 people. The North Carolina share aged 30-34 was 18.4%, below the 19.3% countywide share for those ages. The under-35 share was 36.6% for North Carolina and 42.7% countywide, putting this origin lower on that measure. The next largest published North Carolina age band was 25-29 at 1,140 partners, then 40-44 at 1,102, following the first two groups in the recent window.
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| Age band | People |
|---|---|
| 15-19 | 17 |
| 20-24 | 318 |
| 25-29 | 1,140 |
| 30-34 | 1,498 |
| 35-39 | 1,289 |
| 40-44 | 1,102 |
| 45-49 | 920 |
| 50-54 | 763 |
| 55-59 | 566 |
| 60-64 | 288 |
| 65-69 | 126 |
| 70-74 | 75 |
| 75-79 | 23 |
| 80-84 | fewer than 10 |
| 85-89 | fewer than 10 |
Against 8,838,026 adult residents, North Carolina's latest license total works out at 8.52 per 100,000 adults.
Applying North Carolina's provisional CDC marriage rate of 6.10 per 1,000 residents to its 2024 Census population of 11,052,061 gives an estimated 67,418 in-state marriages. That year, North Carolina couples also took out 814 Las Vegas licenses.
The 2024 ACS puts North Carolina's median first-marriage age at 29.9 among men and 27.5 among women, subject to margins of 0.4 and 0.5 years.
City origins, 2021 to 2025
| Mailing locality | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| Charlotte city | 626 |
| Raleigh city | 254 |
The North Carolina series includes 826 in 2007, 605 in 2019, 450 in 2020, 894 in 2021, 801 in 2023 along the way. Against 2019, North Carolina couples recorded 24.5% more licenses in 2025. North Carolina's 4,066 licenses made up 1.08% of the 375,664 countywide count across 2021 to 2025. Looking only at 2025, 1.07% of the county's 70,598 licenses came from North Carolina. In 2007, 826 licenses from North Carolina made up 0.77% 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 North Carolina starts with the $102 license and the joint collection visit described in the marriage license guide. The certificate you take home to North Carolina 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.