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Oregon couples took out 765 licenses in 2025, down from 902 in 2024. For Oregon, that is a fall of 15.2%.
The annual record for Oregon ranges from 594 in 2020 to 1,183 in 2007.
The sharpest annual fall for Oregon was 26.8% in 2020, from 811 to 594 licenses.
The strongest Oregon annual rebound brought 1,040 licenses in 2021, up 75.1% from 594.
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| License issue year | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 1,183 |
| 2008 | 1,024 |
| 2009 | 949 |
| 2010 | 907 |
| 2011 | 912 |
| 2012 | 931 |
| 2013 | 847 |
| 2014 | 806 |
| 2015 | 825 |
| 2016 | 835 |
| 2017 | 806 |
| 2018 | 862 |
| 2019 | 811 |
| 2020 | 594 |
| 2021 | 1,040 |
| 2022 | 957 |
| 2023 | 836 |
| 2024 | 902 |
| 2025 | 765 |
For couples from Oregon, both-first marriages accounted for 1,899 licenses; another 2,601 involved a remarriage. At 42.2%, Oregon's both-first share was below the countywide 50.2% by 7.98 percentage points.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| Both first marriage | 1,899 |
| At least one repeat marriage | 2,601 |
| Unclassified history | 0 |
For Oregon, the age distribution peaks at 30-34 with 1,620 people. Another 1,454 people on Oregon licenses were in the second-largest 25-29 band. Partners aged 30-34 represented 18.0% of people on Oregon licenses, below their 19.3% share among all couples. Across Oregon licenses, 40.0% of partners were under 35, a lower share than the all-origin 42.7%. After its leading two age bands, Oregon recorded 1,328 partners aged 35-39, followed by 1,157 aged 40-44 in the next position by count.
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| Age band | People |
|---|---|
| 15-19 | 12 |
| 20-24 | 516 |
| 25-29 | 1,454 |
| 30-34 | 1,620 |
| 35-39 | 1,328 |
| 40-44 | 1,157 |
| 45-49 | 943 |
| 50-54 | 754 |
| 55-59 | 518 |
| 60-64 | 349 |
| 65-69 | 204 |
| 70-74 | 88 |
| 75-79 | 40 |
| 80-84 | 13 |
| 85-89 | fewer than 10 |
| 90-94 | fewer than 10 |
April drew the largest published month total from Oregon: 468 licenses, or 10.4% of the recent total. January had the smallest published month count, 229, leaving a gap of 239 licenses between the busiest and quietest months. May followed with 444 licenses.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| January | 229 |
| February | 354 |
| March | 360 |
| April | 468 |
| May | 444 |
| June | 376 |
| July | 333 |
| August | 391 |
| September | 412 |
| October | 441 |
| November | 362 |
| December | 330 |
Across all couples, April accounted for 9.70% of recent licenses, compared with 10.40% for Oregon, a gap of 0.70 percentage points above the overall share. The next month after May for Oregon couples was October, with 441 licenses, placing it third in the published monthly ranking. Together, April, May and October supplied 1,353 recent Oregon licenses, or 30.1% of the 4,500 total; those same months accounted for 29.4% of all-origin licenses in 2021 to 2025.
Couples from Oregon had a median matched distance of 731 straight-line miles to Las Vegas, with matches for 4,496 licenses. Matching covered 99.91% of recent Oregon licenses, using home postal-area or place centroids.
On a population scale, Oregon recorded 22.10 licenses per 100,000 adults; the denominator is 3,461,772 adult residents.
Oregon's 2024 population was 4,265,324; with the provisional CDC rate of 5.90 per 1,000, that yields an estimated 25,165 marriages performed there. Las Vegas separately recorded 902 licenses with Oregon addresses that year.
The 2024 ACS puts Oregon's median first-marriage age at 30.3 among men and 29.2 among women, subject to margins of 0.5 and 0.6 years.
City origins, 2021 to 2025
| Mailing locality | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| Portland city | 824 |
| Salem city | 262 |
The Oregon series includes 1,183 in 2007, 811 in 2019, 594 in 2020, 1,040 in 2021, 836 in 2023 along the way. Comparing 2019 with 2025 puts Oregon 5.7% below that earlier annual total. Oregon's 4,500 licenses made up 1.20% of the 375,664 countywide count across 2021 to 2025. Looking only at 2025, 1.08% of the county's 70,598 licenses came from Oregon. In 2007, 1,183 licenses from Oregon made up 1.10% 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 Oregon starts with the $102 license and the joint collection visit described in the marriage license guide. The certificate you take home to Oregon 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.