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Las Vegas recorded 3,847 licenses from the United Kingdom in 2025; the previous year brought 3,597. Year on year, the United Kingdom count moved 7.0% higher.
Couples from the United Kingdom took out 3,966 licenses in 2016, the highest published annual count; the low was 207 in 2021.
In 2020, the United Kingdom count fell 85.3% to 449, its steepest annual percentage decline.
The sharpest upward movement for the United Kingdom was from 207 in 2021 to 3,210 in 2022.
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| License issue year | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 3,803 |
| 2008 | 3,738 |
| 2009 | 3,538 |
| 2010 | 3,945 |
| 2011 | 3,844 |
| 2012 | 3,537 |
| 2013 | 3,402 |
| 2014 | 3,580 |
| 2015 | 3,906 |
| 2016 | 3,966 |
| 2017 | 3,694 |
| 2018 | 3,200 |
| 2019 | 3,064 |
| 2020 | 449 |
| 2021 | 207 |
| 2022 | 3,210 |
| 2023 | 3,187 |
| 2024 | 3,597 |
| 2025 | 3,847 |
The recent group for the United Kingdom includes 9,132 couples marrying for the first time and 4,916 with a previous marriage for at least one partner. The first-wedding share for the United Kingdom was 65.0%, compared with 50.2% across all origins, a gap of 14.83 percentage points above that benchmark.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| Both first marriage | 9,132 |
| At least one repeat marriage | 4,916 |
| Unclassified history | 0 |
The most common published ages among the United Kingdom partners were 30-34, a group of 7,026 people. Second place in the United Kingdom age profile went to 35-39, numbering 4,741 people. The United Kingdom share aged 30-34 was 25.0%, above the 19.3% countywide share for those ages. The next largest published age band for the United Kingdom was 25-29 at 3,972 partners, then 40-44 at 3,603, following the first two groups in the recent window.
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| Age band | People |
|---|---|
| 15-19 | fewer than 10 |
| 20-24 | 363 |
| 25-29 | 3,972 |
| 30-34 | 7,026 |
| 35-39 | 4,741 |
| 40-44 | 3,603 |
| 45-49 | 2,312 |
| 50-54 | 2,675 |
| 55-59 | 1,883 |
| 60-64 | 1,024 |
| 65-69 | 339 |
| 70-74 | 114 |
| 75-79 | 31 |
| 80-84 | fewer than 10 |
| 85-89 | fewer than 10 |
| Unclassified age | fewer than 10 |
The busiest month for couples from the United Kingdom was September, with 2,221 licenses and 15.8% of the recent count. The quietest published month was January at 383, 1,838 fewer than September. May followed with 1,835 licenses.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| January | 383 |
| February | 677 |
| March | 1,032 |
| April | 1,627 |
| May | 1,835 |
| June | 1,025 |
| July | 882 |
| August | 1,018 |
| September | 2,221 |
| October | 1,784 |
| November | 968 |
| December | 596 |
The United Kingdom's September share of 15.81% was above the 9.08% of all licenses issued in that month, a difference of 6.73 percentage points. Following September and May, couples from the United Kingdom collected 1,784 licenses in October, the third-largest published monthly group. Across September, May and October, couples from the United Kingdom collected 5,840 licenses, making up 41.6% of their 14,048 recent total; across all couples, those months supplied 28.8% of licenses in 2021 to 2025.
Compare the United Kingdom's 14,048 recent licenses with 7,295 from Canada, the adjacent published origin in the overseas ranking. For the United Kingdom, first was the latest-year overseas rank, alongside first in the recent-count ranking of published overseas origins. Across the recent 2021 to 2025 files, the United Kingdom averaged 2809.6 recorded licenses per year, retaining the 22 December cutoff for 2022 in the pooled count.
The UK nations, 2007 to 2025
The UK tables retain England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, plus unspecified UK addresses. Each nation has its own annual row, so you can follow its contribution to the combined UK count. For a comparison with weddings closer to home, read Gretna Green to Las Vegas.
| Issue year | England | Scotland | Wales | Northern Ireland | UK unspecified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3,301 | 313 | 128 | 61 | 0 |
| 2008 | 3,170 | 355 | 141 | 72 | 0 |
| 2009 | 3,016 | 330 | 127 | 65 | 0 |
| 2010 | 3,375 | 335 | 176 | 59 | 0 |
| 2011 | 3,257 | 350 | 168 | 69 | 0 |
| 2012 | 2,983 | 351 | 147 | 56 | 0 |
| 2013 | 2,888 | 307 | 147 | 60 | 0 |
| 2014 | 3,076 | 289 | 156 | withheld | fewer than 10 |
| 2015 | 3,224 | 428 | 158 | 96 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3,301 | 404 | 162 | 99 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3,083 | 364 | 157 | 90 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2,664 | 306 | 138 | 92 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2,601 | 245 | 144 | 74 | 0 |
| 2020 | 374 | withheld | 39 | fewer than 10 | 0 |
| 2021 | 160 | 16 | fewer than 10 | fewer than 10 | 15 |
| 2022 | 2,741 | 241 | 138 | 73 | 17 |
| 2023 | 2,659 | 264 | 158 | 79 | 27 |
| 2024 | 2,979 | 362 | 177 | 79 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3,206 | 334 | 203 | 104 | 0 |
Before you travel: the United Kingdom government guidance on marrying abroad.
Looking back at couples from the United Kingdom, the published counts were 3,803 in 2007, 3,064 in 2019, 449 in 2020, 207 in 2021, 3,187 in 2023. The United Kingdom's latest annual total was 25.6% above the count recorded in 2019. Couples from the United Kingdom supplied 3.74% of recent Las Vegas licenses: 14,048 within a countywide 375,664 in 2021 to 2025. For the United Kingdom, the latest count accounts for 5.45% of 70,598 Las Vegas licenses in 2025. The United Kingdom share at the beginning of this record was 3.52% in 2007, when 3,803 of the county's 107,901 licenses carried that address.
Plan the $102 license visit
If you are arranging your visit from the United Kingdom, the marriage license guide covers the $102 fee, identification and collection together at the bureau. For proof to use back in the United Kingdom, follow the certified-copy guide after the marriage is recorded: a certified certificate costs $20 per copy, and the officiant must return the completed document within 10 days of the ceremony for recording.