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The latest annual total for Utah is 1,132, compared with 1,204 in 2024. For Utah, this represents a 6.0% decrease.
The annual record for Utah ranges from 917 in 2020 to 1,770 in 2007.
For Utah, the biggest year-on-year percentage fall was between 2019 and 2020: 1,109 to 917 licenses.
The biggest annual percentage increase for Utah was 32.3% in 2021, ending at 1,213 licenses.
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| License issue year | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 1,770 |
| 2008 | 1,612 |
| 2009 | 1,579 |
| 2010 | 1,349 |
| 2011 | 1,480 |
| 2012 | 1,377 |
| 2013 | 1,228 |
| 2014 | 1,146 |
| 2015 | 1,260 |
| 2016 | 1,245 |
| 2017 | 1,158 |
| 2018 | 1,103 |
| 2019 | 1,109 |
| 2020 | 917 |
| 2021 | 1,213 |
| 2022 | 1,234 |
| 2023 | 1,180 |
| 2024 | 1,204 |
| 2025 | 1,132 |
In the Utah age counts, 2,370 partners fell in the leading 25-29 band. Following that band, Utah had 1,985 partners aged 30-34. Compared with 16.6% across all origins, Utah recorded 19.9% of partners in its 25-29 age band, a share above the countywide figure. Younger partners, those under 35, made up 52.0% of Utah records, higher than 42.7% for all couples. Further down the Utah age distribution, 20-24 accounted for 1,742 people and 35-39 for 1,568, giving those bands the third and fourth positions by published count.
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| Age band | People |
|---|---|
| 15-19 | 102 |
| 20-24 | 1,742 |
| 25-29 | 2,370 |
| 30-34 | 1,985 |
| 35-39 | 1,568 |
| 40-44 | 1,324 |
| 45-49 | 1,080 |
| 50-54 | 704 |
| 55-59 | 457 |
| 60-64 | 290 |
| 65-69 | 152 |
| 70-74 | 79 |
| 75-79 | 44 |
| 80-84 | 17 |
| 85-89 | fewer than 10 |
| 90-94 | fewer than 10 |
| 95-99 | fewer than 10 |
| Unclassified age | fewer than 10 |
Among recent Utah couples, 2,742 reported a first marriage for each partner and 3,221 reported at least one previous marriage. Compared with 50.2% for all couples, 46.0% of Utah couples were both marrying for the first time, 4.20 percentage points below the overall share.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| Both first marriage | 2,742 |
| At least one repeat marriage | 3,221 |
| Unclassified history | 0 |
April drew the largest published month total from Utah: 587 licenses, or 9.8% of the recent total. January had the smallest published month count, 367, leaving a gap of 220 licenses between the busiest and quietest months. October followed with 564 licenses.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| January | 367 |
| February | 446 |
| March | 538 |
| April | 587 |
| May | 558 |
| June | 544 |
| July | 448 |
| August | 446 |
| September | 491 |
| October | 564 |
| November | 496 |
| December | 478 |
Across all couples, April accounted for 9.70% of recent licenses, compared with 9.84% for Utah, a gap of 0.14 percentage points above the overall share. The next month after October for Utah couples was May, with 558 licenses, placing it third in the published monthly ranking. Together, April, October and May supplied 1,709 recent Utah licenses, or 28.7% of the 5,963 total; those same months accounted for 29.4% of all-origin licenses in 2021 to 2025.
Couples from Utah had a median matched distance of 352 straight-line miles to Las Vegas, with matches for 5,954 licenses. Matching covered 99.85% of recent Utah licenses, using home postal-area or place centroids.
The latest Utah total corresponds to 43.26 licenses per 100,000 adults, using the Census count of 2,616,637 adults.
The state-occurrence estimate for Utah is 46,940 marriages in 2024, using 3,502,983 residents and a provisional CDC rate of 13.40 per 1,000. For comparison, the Las Vegas Utah count in that year was 1,204 licenses.
Census ACS 2024 estimated median first-marriage ages in Utah at 27.2 for men and 25.2 for women, with margins of error of 0.6 and 0.3 years respectively.
City origins, 2021 to 2025
| Mailing locality | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| Salt Lake City city | 525 |
The Utah series includes 1,770 in 2007, 1,109 in 2019, 917 in 2020, 1,213 in 2021, 1,180 in 2023 along the way. Utah's latest annual total was 2.1% above the count recorded in 2019. Utah's 5,963 licenses made up 1.59% of the 375,664 countywide count across 2021 to 2025. Looking only at 2025, 1.60% of the county's 70,598 licenses came from Utah. In 2007, 1,770 licenses from Utah made up 1.64% 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 Utah starts with the $102 license and the joint collection visit described in the marriage license guide. The certificate you take home to Utah 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.