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South Dakota couples took out 82 licenses in 2025, down from 108 in 2024. For South Dakota, that is a fall of 24.1%.
Couples from South Dakota reached an annual high of 193 licenses in 2009, against a low of 76 in 2020.
The sharpest annual fall for South Dakota was 29.6% in 2020, from 108 to 76 licenses.
The strongest South Dakota annual rebound brought 127 licenses in 2021, up 67.1% from 76.
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| License issue year | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 191 |
| 2008 | 160 |
| 2009 | 193 |
| 2010 | 165 |
| 2011 | 175 |
| 2012 | 143 |
| 2013 | 155 |
| 2014 | 148 |
| 2015 | 140 |
| 2016 | 122 |
| 2017 | 130 |
| 2018 | 112 |
| 2019 | 108 |
| 2020 | 76 |
| 2021 | 127 |
| 2022 | 106 |
| 2023 | 107 |
| 2024 | 108 |
| 2025 | 82 |
The recent South Dakota group includes 206 couples marrying for the first time and 324 with a previous marriage for at least one partner. The first-wedding share for South Dakota was 38.9%, compared with 50.2% across all origins, a gap of 11.31 percentage points below that benchmark.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| Both first marriage | 206 |
| At least one repeat marriage | 324 |
| Unclassified history | 0 |
For South Dakota, the age distribution peaks at 30-34 with 187 people. Another 159 people on South Dakota licenses were in the second-largest 25-29 band. Partners aged 30-34 represented 17.6% of people on South Dakota licenses, below their 19.3% share among all couples. Across South Dakota licenses, 39.6% of partners were under 35, a lower share than the all-origin 42.7%. After its leading two age bands, South Dakota recorded 152 partners aged 35-39, followed by 127 aged 40-44 in the next position by count.
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| Age band | People |
|---|---|
| 20-24 | 74 |
| 25-29 | 159 |
| 30-34 | 187 |
| 35-39 | 152 |
| 40-44 | 127 |
| 45-49 | 118 |
| 50-54 | 89 |
| 55-59 | 69 |
| 60-64 | 49 |
| 65-69 | 19 |
| 70-74 | 11 |
| 75-79 | fewer than 10 |
| 80-84 | fewer than 10 |
Couples from South Dakota collected their largest published monthly total in February: 57 licenses, a 10.8% share. At the other end was November, with 32 licenses; February recorded 25 more. April followed with 51 licenses.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| January | 43 |
| February | 57 |
| March | 41 |
| April | 51 |
| May | 50 |
| June | 42 |
| July | 38 |
| August | 35 |
| September | 43 |
| October | 50 |
| November | 32 |
| December | 48 |
For all origins combined, the February share was 7.92%; South Dakota's 10.75% was 2.83 percentage points above that countywide seasonal benchmark. Third in the South Dakota month counts was May at 50 licenses, after the leading February and April totals. Combining February, April and May gives 158 licenses from South Dakota, a 29.8% share of 530 recent licenses; those same months accounted for 27.0% of all-origin licenses in 2021 to 2025.
The median straight-line journey from South Dakota to Las Vegas measured 1,069 miles across 530 matched licenses. Those postal-area and place matches cover 100.00% of the South Dakota total.
South Dakota had 11.47 Las Vegas licenses per 100,000 adults in 2025, based on 714,952 Census adult residents.
For 2024, an estimated 5,748 marriages were performed in South Dakota, calculated from the provisional CDC rate of 6.20 per 1,000 and population 927,110. The same year brought 108 Las Vegas licenses from South Dakota.
Census ACS 2024 estimated median first-marriage ages in South Dakota at 27.5 for men and 26.2 for women, with margins of error of 1.3 and 0.6 years respectively.
The earlier South Dakota checkpoints were 191 in 2007, 108 in 2019, 76 in 2020, 127 in 2021, 107 in 2023. By 2025, South Dakota's count stood 24.1% below its 2019 level. Across 2021 to 2025, South Dakota contributed 530 of the 375,664 countywide licenses, or 0.14%. In 2025 alone, South Dakota represented 0.12% of the 70,598 licenses from all origins. At the start of the series, South Dakota supplied 191 of 107,901 countywide licenses in 2007, a 0.18% share of that year's total.
Plan the $102 license visit
For your own visit from South Dakota, 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 South Dakota, 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.