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The Philippines count fell to 42 in 2025 after 49 licenses the year before. The Philippines' annual change was 14.3% down.
The annual record for the Philippines ranges from 12 in 2007 to 49 in 2024.
The drop for the Philippines came in 2009: 21 licenses became 17, a 19.1% fall.
The Philippines percentage rise came in 2008, as 12 licenses became 21.
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| License issue year | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 12 |
| 2008 | 21 |
| 2009 | 17 |
| 2010 | 16 |
| 2011 | 14 |
| 2012 | withheld |
| 2013 | 20 |
| 2014 | 23 |
| 2015 | 19 |
| 2016 | 23 |
| 2017 | 21 |
| 2018 | 25 |
| 2019 | 28 |
| 2020 | fewer than 10 |
| 2021 | fewer than 10 |
| 2022 | withheld |
| 2023 | 28 |
| 2024 | 49 |
| 2025 | 42 |
For couples from the Philippines, both-first marriages accounted for 104 licenses; another 49 involved a remarriage. At 68.0%, the Philippines' both-first share was above the countywide 50.2% by 17.79 percentage points.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| Both first marriage | 104 |
| At least one repeat marriage | 49 |
| Unclassified history | 0 |
The largest age group on the Philippines licenses was 30-34, containing 64 partners. The Philippines' next largest band was 35-39 with 61 people. The 30-34 band represented 20.9% of partners from the Philippines, above the 19.3% in the same band across all couples. Beyond those first two bands, the Philippines had 45 partners aged 40-44 and 44 aged 45-49, the next two largest published groups in descending order.
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| Age band | People |
|---|---|
| 20-24 | fewer than 10 |
| 25-29 | 24 |
| 30-34 | 64 |
| 35-39 | 61 |
| 40-44 | 45 |
| 45-49 | 44 |
| 50-54 | 20 |
| 55-59 | 18 |
| 60-64 | 13 |
| 65-69 | fewer than 10 |
| 70-74 | fewer than 10 |
| 75-79 | fewer than 10 |
| 80-84 | fewer than 10 |
The busiest month for couples from the Philippines was September, with 24 licenses and 15.7% of the recent count. The quietest published month was January at 10, 14 fewer than September. October followed with 21 licenses.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| January | 10 |
| February | 10 |
| March | 11 |
| April | 14 |
| May | fewer than 10 |
| June | fewer than 10 |
| July | 12 |
| August | fewer than 10 |
| September | 24 |
| October | 21 |
| November | 13 |
| December | 19 |
The Philippines' September share of 15.69% was above the 9.08% of all licenses issued in that month, a difference of 6.61 percentage points. Following September and October, couples from the Philippines collected 19 licenses in December, the third-largest published monthly group. Across September, October and December, couples from the Philippines collected 64 licenses, making up 41.8% of their 153 recent total; across all couples, those months supplied 26.8% of licenses in 2021 to 2025.
The Philippines' recent count of 153 was more than the 137 from Hong Kong, its adjacent published overseas origin by volume. In 2025, the Philippines was 25th among recognized overseas origins, while its pooled recent total ranked 27th among published overseas pages. The recorded total for the Philippines across those recent files averages 30.6 licenses per file year, with 2022 covered only through 22 December within the pooled 2021 to 2025 window.
The earlier checkpoints for the Philippines were 12 in 2007, 28 in 2019, 28 in 2023. Against 2019, couples from the Philippines recorded 50.0% more licenses in 2025. Across 2021 to 2025, the Philippines contributed 153 of the 375,664 countywide licenses, or 0.04%. In 2025 alone, the Philippines represented 0.06% of the 70,598 licenses from all origins. At the start of the series, the Philippines supplied 12 of 107,901 countywide licenses in 2007, a 0.01% share of that year's total.
Plan the $102 license visit
For your own visit from the Philippines, 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 the Philippines, 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.