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Couples from Puerto Rico took out 82 licenses in 2025, down from 126 in 2024. For Puerto Rico, that is a fall of 34.9%.
Couples from Puerto Rico took out 144 licenses in 2021, the highest published annual count; the low was 63 in 2020.
The sharpest annual fall for Puerto Rico was 36.1% in 2022, from 144 to 92 licenses.
The strongest Puerto Rico annual rebound brought 144 licenses in 2021, up 128.6% from 63.
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| License issue year | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 65 |
| 2008 | 83 |
| 2009 | 110 |
| 2010 | 102 |
| 2011 | 93 |
| 2012 | 98 |
| 2013 | 97 |
| 2014 | 92 |
| 2015 | 86 |
| 2016 | 77 |
| 2017 | 70 |
| 2018 | 105 |
| 2019 | 83 |
| 2020 | 63 |
| 2021 | 144 |
| 2022 | 92 |
| 2023 | 111 |
| 2024 | 126 |
| 2025 | 82 |
At least one partner had been married before on 305 recent Puerto Rico licenses, while 250 were first marriages for both partners. Both-first marriages made up 45.0% of the Puerto Rico total, 5.13 percentage points below the all-couples share of 50.2%.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| Both first marriage | 250 |
| At least one repeat marriage | 305 |
| Unclassified history | 0 |
The largest age group on Puerto Rico licenses was 35-39, containing 191 partners. Puerto Rico's next largest band was 40-44 with 185 people. The 35-39 band represented 17.2% of partners from Puerto Rico, above the 15.2% in the same band across all couples. Partners under 35 accounted for 30.4% of all people on Puerto Rico licenses, lower than the 42.7% across all origins. Beyond those first two bands, Puerto Rico had 178 partners aged 30-34 and 145 aged 45-49, the next two largest published groups in descending order.
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| Age band | People |
|---|---|
| 20-24 | 32 |
| 25-29 | 127 |
| 30-34 | 178 |
| 35-39 | 191 |
| 40-44 | 185 |
| 45-49 | 145 |
| 50-54 | 101 |
| 55-59 | 67 |
| 60-64 | 40 |
| 65-69 | 26 |
| 70-74 | withheld |
| 75-79 | fewer than 10 |
October drew the largest published month total from Puerto Rico: 63 licenses, or 11.3% of the recent total. January had the smallest published month count, 29, leaving a gap of 34 licenses between the busiest and quietest months. April followed with 56 licenses.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| January | 29 |
| February | 46 |
| March | 47 |
| April | 56 |
| May | 43 |
| June | 35 |
| July | 40 |
| August | 53 |
| September | 45 |
| October | 63 |
| November | 50 |
| December | 48 |
Across all couples, October accounted for 10.33% of recent licenses, compared with 11.35% for Puerto Rico, a gap of 1.02 percentage points above the overall share. The next month after April for couples from Puerto Rico was August, with 53 licenses, placing it third in the published monthly ranking. Together, October, April and August supplied 172 recent Puerto Rico licenses, or 31.0% of the 555 total; those same months accounted for 28.1% of all-origin licenses in 2021 to 2025.
Across the recent window, Puerto Rico recorded 555 licenses and its neighboring overseas origin, Austria, recorded 551. The latest-year overseas rank for Puerto Rico was 19th; over the recent window, it stood 12th in the published overseas list. The pooled Puerto Rico count averages 111.0 licenses for each file year in 2021 to 2025; 2022 contributes dates only through 22 December to that recent record.
For Puerto Rico, the annual chart records 65 in 2007, 83 in 2019, 63 in 2020, 144 in 2021, 111 in 2023. Comparing 2019 with 2025 puts Puerto Rico 1.2% below that earlier annual total. Out of 375,664 recent licenses countywide, 555 carried a Puerto Rico address, accounting for 0.15% of the 2021 to 2025 total. The latest-year Puerto Rico share was 0.12%, against 70,598 licenses in the full county total. The opening 2007 file placed Puerto Rico at 0.06% of the total, with 65 licenses within the county's 107,901 for that year.
Plan the $102 license visit
Before leaving Puerto Rico, use the marriage license guide to check identification and plan the joint license visit, which costs $102. For your return to Puerto Rico, the certified-copy guide explains requesting proof after recording, at $20 for each certified certificate; the officiant has 10 days after the ceremony to return the completed document for recording.