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Ohio couples took out 1,007 licenses in 2025, down from 1,227 in 2024. For Ohio, that is a fall of 17.9%.
The largest yearly group from Ohio numbered 2,090 in 2007. Its smallest published group was 949 in 2020.
The sharpest annual fall for Ohio was 24.9% in 2020, from 1,264 to 949 licenses.
The strongest Ohio annual rebound brought 1,543 licenses in 2021, up 62.6% from 949.
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| License issue year | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 2,090 |
| 2008 | 1,707 |
| 2009 | 1,605 |
| 2010 | 1,527 |
| 2011 | 1,555 |
| 2012 | 1,314 |
| 2013 | 1,166 |
| 2014 | 1,093 |
| 2015 | 1,299 |
| 2016 | 1,181 |
| 2017 | 1,329 |
| 2018 | 1,269 |
| 2019 | 1,264 |
| 2020 | 949 |
| 2021 | 1,543 |
| 2022 | 1,280 |
| 2023 | 1,220 |
| 2024 | 1,227 |
| 2025 | 1,007 |
For couples from Ohio, both-first marriages accounted for 2,640 licenses; another 3,637 involved a remarriage. At 42.1%, Ohio's both-first share was below the countywide 50.2% by 8.12 percentage points.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| Both first marriage | 2,640 |
| At least one repeat marriage | 3,637 |
| Unclassified history | 0 |
Partners aged 30-34 formed the biggest published age band for Ohio, at 2,148 people. The next Ohio age group, 35-39, contained 1,907 partners. For Ohio, the 30-34 age band made up 17.1% of partners, compared with 19.3% for all origins, putting it below the overall share. Partners under 35 accounted for 34.5% of all people on Ohio licenses, lower than the 42.7% across all origins. The third and fourth age groups from Ohio were 40-44 and 25-29, containing 1,697 and 1,681 partners respectively in the recent pooled record.
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| Age band | People |
|---|---|
| 15-19 | 12 |
| 20-24 | 486 |
| 25-29 | 1,681 |
| 30-34 | 2,148 |
| 35-39 | 1,907 |
| 40-44 | 1,697 |
| 45-49 | 1,495 |
| 50-54 | 1,339 |
| 55-59 | 886 |
| 60-64 | 511 |
| 65-69 | 251 |
| 70-74 | 88 |
| 75-79 | 35 |
| 80-84 | 13 |
| 85-89 | fewer than 10 |
| 90-94 | fewer than 10 |
For Ohio, October led the monthly totals at 731 licenses, accounting for 11.7% of the period. By comparison, January brought 297 licenses, the lowest published monthly total and 434 below October. April followed with 678 licenses.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| January | 297 |
| February | 484 |
| March | 512 |
| April | 678 |
| May | 623 |
| June | 537 |
| July | 528 |
| August | 499 |
| September | 588 |
| October | 731 |
| November | 445 |
| December | 355 |
Compared with 10.33% across all origins, October contributed 11.65% of Ohio licenses, putting its share 1.32 percentage points above the countywide figure. The third monthly position for Ohio went to May, contributing 623 licenses behind October and April. The leading months, October, April and May, together accounted for 2,032 Ohio licenses, representing 32.4% of the 6,277 recent count; those same months accounted for 29.4% of all-origin licenses in 2021 to 2025.
Across 6,273 matched Ohio licenses, the median straight-line distance to Las Vegas rounded to 1,774 miles. Coverage reached 99.94% for Ohio, joining postal-area centroids or uniquely matched places to the Las Vegas centroid.
Against 9,368,603 adult residents, Ohio's latest license total works out at 10.75 per 100,000 adults.
Applying Ohio's provisional CDC marriage rate of 4.90 per 1,000 residents to its 2024 Census population of 11,860,621 gives an estimated 58,117 in-state marriages. That year, Ohio couples also took out 1,227 Las Vegas licenses.
The 2024 ACS puts Ohio's median first-marriage age at 30.1 among men and 27.5 among women, subject to margins of 0.3 and 0.5 years.
City origins, 2021 to 2025
| Mailing locality | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| Columbus city | 496 |
| Cincinnati city | 404 |
| Cleveland city | 306 |
The Ohio series includes 2,090 in 2007, 1,264 in 2019, 949 in 2020, 1,543 in 2021, 1,220 in 2023 along the way. By 2025, Ohio's count stood 20.3% below its 2019 level. Ohio's 6,277 licenses made up 1.67% of the 375,664 countywide count across 2021 to 2025. Looking only at 2025, 1.43% of the county's 70,598 licenses came from Ohio. In 2007, 2,090 licenses from Ohio made up 1.94% 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 Ohio starts with the $102 license and the joint collection visit described in the marriage license guide. The certificate you take home to Ohio 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.