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The latest annual total for North Dakota is 155, compared with 163 in 2024. For North Dakota, this represents a 4.9% decrease.
At the top of the North Dakota series is 2014, with 281 licenses; 2020 sits at the bottom with 122.
For North Dakota, the biggest year-on-year percentage fall was between 2019 and 2020: 171 to 122 licenses.
The biggest annual percentage increase for North Dakota was 58.2% in 2021, ending at 193 licenses.
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| License issue year | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 204 |
| 2008 | 182 |
| 2009 | 224 |
| 2010 | 214 |
| 2011 | 259 |
| 2012 | 264 |
| 2013 | 255 |
| 2014 | 281 |
| 2015 | 226 |
| 2016 | 217 |
| 2017 | 191 |
| 2018 | 173 |
| 2019 | 171 |
| 2020 | 122 |
| 2021 | 193 |
| 2022 | 163 |
| 2023 | 143 |
| 2024 | 163 |
| 2025 | 155 |
Among recent North Dakota couples, 363 reported a first marriage for each partner and 454 reported at least one previous marriage. Compared with 50.2% for all couples, 44.4% of North Dakota couples were both marrying for the first time, 5.75 percentage points below the overall share.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| Both first marriage | 363 |
| At least one repeat marriage | 454 |
| Unclassified history | 0 |
In the North Dakota age counts, 358 partners fell in the leading 30-34 band. Following that band, North Dakota had 287 partners aged 25-29. Compared with 19.3% across all origins, North Dakota recorded 21.9% of partners in its 30-34 age band, a share above the countywide figure. Further down the North Dakota age distribution, 35-39 accounted for 266 people and 40-44 for 214, 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 | 106 |
| 25-29 | 287 |
| 30-34 | 358 |
| 35-39 | 266 |
| 40-44 | 214 |
| 45-49 | 144 |
| 50-54 | 121 |
| 55-59 | 65 |
| 60-64 | 46 |
| 65-69 | 14 |
| 70-74 | fewer than 10 |
| 75-79 | fewer than 10 |
For North Dakota, October led the monthly totals at 94 licenses, accounting for 11.5% of the period. By comparison, January brought 36 licenses, the lowest published monthly total and 58 below October. April followed with 93 licenses.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| January | 36 |
| February | 69 |
| March | 80 |
| April | 93 |
| May | 67 |
| June | 71 |
| July | 65 |
| August | 60 |
| September | 63 |
| October | 94 |
| November | 54 |
| December | 65 |
Compared with 10.33% across all origins, October contributed 11.51% of North Dakota licenses, putting its share 1.18 percentage points above the countywide figure. The third monthly position for North Dakota went to March, contributing 80 licenses behind October and April. The leading months, October, April and March, together accounted for 267 North Dakota licenses, representing 32.7% of the 817 recent count; those same months accounted for 28.4% of all-origin licenses in 2021 to 2025.
The median straight-line journey from North Dakota to Las Vegas measured 1,086 miles across 817 matched licenses. Those postal-area and place matches cover 100.00% of the North Dakota total.
The latest North Dakota total corresponds to 25.15 licenses per 100,000 adults, using the Census count of 616,388 adults.
The state-occurrence estimate for North Dakota is 4,126 marriages in 2024, using 793,387 residents and a provisional CDC rate of 5.20 per 1,000. For comparison, the Las Vegas North Dakota count in that year was 163 licenses.
Census ACS 2024 estimated median first-marriage ages in North Dakota at 28.3 for men and 26.0 for women, with margins of error of 1.6 and 0.5 years respectively.
The earlier North Dakota checkpoints were 204 in 2007, 171 in 2019, 122 in 2020, 193 in 2021, 143 in 2023. Comparing 2019 with 2025 puts North Dakota 9.4% below that earlier annual total. Across 2021 to 2025, North Dakota contributed 817 of the 375,664 countywide licenses, or 0.22%. In 2025 alone, North Dakota represented 0.22% of the 70,598 licenses from all origins. At the start of the series, North Dakota supplied 204 of 107,901 countywide licenses in 2007, a 0.19% share of that year's total.
Plan the $102 license visit
For your own visit from North Dakota, budget $102 for the license and bring the identification listed in the marriage license guide; both partners attend to collect it. To obtain a certificate to take home to North Dakota, allow for the officiant's filing stage, with a deadline of 10 days after the ceremony, then follow the certified-copy guide for the $20 certified certificate once the marriage is recorded.