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After 997 licenses in 2024, couples from Pennsylvania obtained 875 in 2025. The Pennsylvania difference amounts to 12.2%.
The largest yearly group from Pennsylvania numbered 1,874 in 2007. Its smallest published group was 862 in 2020.
The largest percentage setback in the published Pennsylvania series occurred in 2008, when 1,535 licenses followed 1,874 the previous year.
Pennsylvania recorded its fastest annual percentage growth in 2021: 55.1%, reaching 1,337 licenses.
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| License issue year | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 1,874 |
| 2008 | 1,535 |
| 2009 | 1,533 |
| 2010 | 1,468 |
| 2011 | 1,319 |
| 2012 | 1,286 |
| 2013 | 1,178 |
| 2014 | 1,144 |
| 2015 | 1,162 |
| 2016 | 1,069 |
| 2017 | 1,087 |
| 2018 | 998 |
| 2019 | 1,028 |
| 2020 | 862 |
| 2021 | 1,337 |
| 2022 | 1,110 |
| 2023 | 982 |
| 2024 | 997 |
| 2025 | 875 |
The Pennsylvania journey had a straight-line median of 2,117 miles, calculated from 5,293 matched home locations. Postal-area or unique-place matches supplied distances for 99.85% of the Pennsylvania group.
For Pennsylvania, October led the monthly totals at 631 licenses, accounting for 11.9% of the period. By comparison, January brought 254 licenses, the lowest published monthly total and 377 below October. May followed with 550 licenses.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| January | 254 |
| February | 421 |
| March | 464 |
| April | 536 |
| May | 550 |
| June | 420 |
| July | 420 |
| August | 453 |
| September | 530 |
| October | 631 |
| November | 362 |
| December | 260 |
Compared with 10.33% across all origins, October contributed 11.90% of Pennsylvania licenses, putting its share 1.57 percentage points above the countywide figure. The third monthly position for Pennsylvania went to April, contributing 536 licenses behind October and May. The leading months, October, May and April, together accounted for 1,717 Pennsylvania licenses, representing 32.4% of the 5,301 recent count; those same months accounted for 29.4% of all-origin licenses in 2021 to 2025.
Among recent Pennsylvania couples, 2,403 reported a first marriage for each partner and 2,898 reported at least one previous marriage. Compared with 50.2% for all couples, 45.3% of Pennsylvania couples were both marrying for the first time, 4.85 percentage points below the overall share.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| Both first marriage | 2,403 |
| At least one repeat marriage | 2,898 |
| Unclassified history | 0 |
For Pennsylvania, the age distribution peaks at 30-34 with 1,879 people. Another 1,645 people on Pennsylvania licenses were in the second-largest 35-39 band. Partners aged 30-34 represented 17.7% of people on Pennsylvania licenses, below their 19.3% share among all couples. After its leading two age bands, Pennsylvania recorded 1,480 partners aged 40-44, followed by 1,377 aged 25-29 in the next position by count.
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| Age band | People |
|---|---|
| 15-19 | fewer than 10 |
| 20-24 | 343 |
| 25-29 | 1,377 |
| 30-34 | 1,879 |
| 35-39 | 1,645 |
| 40-44 | 1,480 |
| 45-49 | 1,188 |
| 50-54 | 1,063 |
| 55-59 | 792 |
| 60-64 | 440 |
| 65-69 | 231 |
| 70-74 | 96 |
| 75-79 | 46 |
| 80-84 | fewer than 10 |
| 85-89 | fewer than 10 |
| 90-94 | fewer than 10 |
For every 100,000 adults in Pennsylvania, there were 8.34 Las Vegas licenses in 2025, using a Census adult population of 10,488,801.
The provisional 2024 CDC rate for Pennsylvania was 5.50 marriages per 1,000 residents; applying it to 13,045,848 people gives an estimated 71,752 marriages performed in the state. Alongside that estimate, 997 Las Vegas licenses carried an address in Pennsylvania.
For first marriages in Pennsylvania, ACS 2024 reports medians of 30.9 years for men and 29.3 for women, with respective margins of error of 0.3 and 0.3 years.
City origins, 2021 to 2025
| Mailing locality | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| Philadelphia city | 819 |
| Pittsburgh city | 422 |
The Pennsylvania series includes 1,874 in 2007, 1,028 in 2019, 862 in 2020, 1,337 in 2021, 982 in 2023 along the way. The latest Pennsylvania count is 14.9% below the 2019 figure, using the same address grouping. Pennsylvania's 5,301 licenses made up 1.41% of the 375,664 countywide count across 2021 to 2025. Looking only at 2025, 1.24% of the county's 70,598 licenses came from Pennsylvania. In 2007, 1,874 licenses from Pennsylvania made up 1.74% 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 Pennsylvania starts with the $102 license and the joint collection visit described in the marriage license guide. The certificate you take home to Pennsylvania 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.