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After 737 licenses in 2024, couples from Wisconsin obtained 660 in 2025. The Wisconsin difference amounts to 10.4%.
The largest yearly group from Wisconsin numbered 1,463 in 2007. Its smallest published group was 574 in 2020.
The largest percentage setback in the published Wisconsin series occurred in 2020, when 574 licenses followed 816 the previous year.
Wisconsin recorded its fastest annual percentage growth in 2021: 84.8%, reaching 1,061 licenses.
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| License issue year | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 1,463 |
| 2008 | 1,192 |
| 2009 | 1,211 |
| 2010 | 1,113 |
| 2011 | 1,103 |
| 2012 | 1,029 |
| 2013 | 863 |
| 2014 | 811 |
| 2015 | 825 |
| 2016 | 832 |
| 2017 | 927 |
| 2018 | 869 |
| 2019 | 816 |
| 2020 | 574 |
| 2021 | 1,061 |
| 2022 | 913 |
| 2023 | 786 |
| 2024 | 737 |
| 2025 | 660 |
For couples from Wisconsin, both-first marriages accounted for 1,738 licenses; another 2,419 involved a remarriage. At 41.8%, Wisconsin's both-first share was below the countywide 50.2% by 8.37 percentage points.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| Both first marriage | 1,738 |
| At least one repeat marriage | 2,419 |
| Unclassified history | 0 |
For Wisconsin, the age distribution peaks at 30-34 with 1,465 people. Another 1,308 people on Wisconsin licenses were in the second-largest 35-39 band. Partners aged 30-34 represented 17.6% of people on Wisconsin licenses, below their 19.3% share among all couples. Partners under 35 accounted for 35.3% of all people on Wisconsin licenses, lower than the 42.7% across all origins. After its leading two age bands, Wisconsin recorded 1,186 partners aged 40-44, followed by 1,121 aged 25-29 in the next position by count.
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| Age band | People |
|---|---|
| 15-19 | 14 |
| 20-24 | 337 |
| 25-29 | 1,121 |
| 30-34 | 1,465 |
| 35-39 | 1,308 |
| 40-44 | 1,186 |
| 45-49 | 987 |
| 50-54 | 835 |
| 55-59 | 497 |
| 60-64 | 309 |
| 65-69 | 138 |
| 70-74 | 82 |
| 75-79 | 27 |
| 80-84 | fewer than 10 |
| 85-89 | fewer than 10 |
For Wisconsin, April led the monthly totals at 486 licenses, accounting for 11.7% of the period. By comparison, January brought 244 licenses, the lowest published monthly total and 242 below April. October followed with 436 licenses.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| January | 244 |
| February | 374 |
| March | 375 |
| April | 486 |
| May | 400 |
| June | 338 |
| July | 297 |
| August | 314 |
| September | 347 |
| October | 436 |
| November | 288 |
| December | 258 |
Compared with 9.70% across all origins, April contributed 11.69% of Wisconsin licenses, putting its share 1.99 percentage points above the countywide figure. The third monthly position for Wisconsin went to May, contributing 400 licenses behind April and October. The leading months, April, October and May, together accounted for 1,322 Wisconsin licenses, representing 31.8% of the 4,157 recent count; those same months accounted for 29.4% of all-origin licenses in 2021 to 2025.
For 4,154 matched Wisconsin licenses, the median distance to Las Vegas was 1,506 miles in a straight line. The matched group represents 99.93% of licenses from Wisconsin, using postal-area centroids and unique places.
On a population scale, Wisconsin recorded 13.89 licenses per 100,000 adults; the denominator is 4,750,680 adult residents.
Wisconsin's 2024 population was 5,957,168; with the provisional CDC rate of 5.20 per 1,000, that yields an estimated 30,977 marriages performed there. Las Vegas separately recorded 737 licenses with Wisconsin addresses that year.
The 2024 ACS puts Wisconsin's median first-marriage age at 30.5 among men and 28.3 among women, subject to margins of 0.3 and 0.6 years.
City origins, 2021 to 2025
| Mailing locality | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| Milwaukee city | 676 |
The Wisconsin series includes 1,463 in 2007, 816 in 2019, 574 in 2020, 1,061 in 2021, 786 in 2023 along the way. By 2025, Wisconsin's count stood 19.1% below its 2019 level. Wisconsin's 4,157 licenses made up 1.11% of the 375,664 countywide count across 2021 to 2025. Looking only at 2025, 0.93% of the county's 70,598 licenses came from Wisconsin. In 2007, 1,463 licenses from Wisconsin made up 1.36% 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 Wisconsin starts with the $102 license and the joint collection visit described in the marriage license guide. The certificate you take home to Wisconsin 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.